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This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas. <br /><br /><br />
This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas. <br /><br />


===== Local Relevant Organizations: =====


Local Relevant Organizations:
[http://olpcsf.org One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco]<br>


[http://olpcsf.org One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco]
[http://partimus.org Partimus] - providing computers and Free Software system administration support to several San Francisco Bay Area schools.<br/>


[http://partimus.org Partimus] - providing computers and Free Software system administration support to several San Francisco Bay Area schools.
[https://diy.org/skills DIY.org's skills]<br/>
[http://ca.mousesquad.org/aboutus/ourstory/index.html Mouse Squad] - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.<br/>
[http://otxwest.org/ OTX West] provides Pentium 3 & 4 computers with Windows XP Professional to any Oakland students in grades 6-12. To earn a computer, the student and parent/adult must register and attend a 3 hour THCP class. Classes are held at OTX-West at least twice per month from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on a [http://otxwest.org/calendar.html Thursday or a Saturday] 9am-12pm. Classes start promptly so please arrive early.  


[https://diy.org/skills DIY.org's skills]
'''Reading Materials'''
* Connected Learning Research Network [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/must-read-report-on-maker-driv.html report on maker-driven education].


'''Manipulatives (toys)'''
-legos 
-robotic legos
-cardboard boxes
-bubble wrap
-wooden blocks
-wooden science oriented toys (telescope, microscopes, stethescopes)
-wooden molecules, double helix


'''Activities'''
<br /><br />
-scratch based computer games
[[sudoKids]]<br />
  -scan a sketch n animate it
A more kid centric sudo room<br />
-cardboard box imaginarium
   -cities & homes
   -things that go (fast) rocket ships, cars, light cycles
   -stores and lemonade stands
-theater of squishy
   -obleck: cornstarch n water
   -gack: borax and glue
-paleolithic tech
   -fire from friction - bow drill method
-video with special fx
-stop motion movie
   -character design
   -costuming
   -set design
   -lighting design with LEDs
   -scriptwriting
   -editing
-soldering
-whittling with sharp knives ;)
-creating density columns
-astronomy telescopes - navigation from stars, astrolabs, compass
 
'''Art supplies'''
-glitter
-house made playdoughs (glow in the dark)
-markers
-Popsicle sticks n tongue depressors
-pipe cleaners multiple colors and in glitter
-crayons (house made)
-butcher paper
-protractors, rulers, compasses
 
'''SCIENTIFIC PROCESS'''
 
1. ) State the problem : concise accurate terms that describe the problem
 
2. ) Research : Find research or related research that has been done previously on stated problem
 
3. ) Observation :  Use accurately calibrated tools to describe the process of the problem
 
4.)  Hypothesis :  a tentative idea about how to solve the problem
 
5. ) Experiment : test the hypothesis unbiasly
 
6. ) Analysis : record all of the steps and results of the experiment
 
7. ) Conclusion :  compare hypothesis to the conclusion

Latest revision as of 11:00, 26 January 2013

This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas.

Local Relevant Organizations:

One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco

Partimus - providing computers and Free Software system administration support to several San Francisco Bay Area schools.

DIY.org's skills
Mouse Squad - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.
OTX West provides Pentium 3 & 4 computers with Windows XP Professional to any Oakland students in grades 6-12. To earn a computer, the student and parent/adult must register and attend a 3 hour THCP class. Classes are held at OTX-West at least twice per month from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on a Thursday or a Saturday 9am-12pm. Classes start promptly so please arrive early.

Reading Materials




sudoKids
A more kid centric sudo room

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