[LCA2015-Chat] RFC Parenting Miniconf at lca2016

[Michael Schmitz]

Thanks Thomas,

I'll give that a try, our little monster starts kindy this week, there
may be reading on the cards soon.

I'll mention gcompris to the kindy staff - not sure what they already
have on their computers, this may be a nice addition (or something to
recommend for the parents).

  Michael


On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Thomas Sprinkmeier
<thomas.sprinkmeier at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/17/15 17:41, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>>
>> Tabitha,
>>
>> seems you found yourself a new organiser role for the next conference :-)
>>
>> Seriously though - one question along the lines of this that I meant to
>> ask you (as OLPC volunteer) during the conference: are there any free / open
>> educational games apps for Android for small kids?
>
>
> As it happens, it seems gcompris was just released for android:
>
>     http://gcompris.net/newsall-en.html#2015-01-06
>
> Thomas
>
>
>>
>> I've found plenty of 'free' stuff for school-age kids but nothing for the
>> preschoolers at a quick glance.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>  Michael
>>
>>
>>> Sorry, too excited and forgot to say who I am.
>>> I ran the education miniconf in Wellington LCA2010 and volunteered at
>>> Auckland LCA2015.
>>>
>>> My many hats - teacher development (elearning) at a NZ polytechnic,
>>> consultancy for a Moodle Partner, volunteer for OLPC and Sugarlabs, and a
>>> founding member of the Manaiakalani hackers.
>>>
>>> Most important hat, I have small kids which puts me in the interested
>>> parent category.
>>>
>>> Tabitha Roder
>>>  On 17 Jan 2015 19:15, "Tabitha Roder" <tabitha at tabitha.net.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes! Totally interested in supporting this idea for a miniconf. Putting
>>>> thinking cap on.
>>>> Tabitha
>>>>  Calling all parents, educators and other interested parties!
>>>>
>>>> If a group of free and open technology enthusiasts went to playgroup,
>>>> what
>>>> would they talk about? What would the kids be playing with and doing?
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to put forward the idea of doing a "Geek Parenting" Mininconf
>>>> at
>>>> next year's LCA. I'm putting the concept to the community at large to
>>>> help
>>>> define the scope and ideals of the day in preparation for putting in a
>>>> submission when the CFP opens.
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in ways to encourage an interest in technology for my
>>>> children as they grow up. I'm looking for other like minded people to
>>>> share
>>>> ideas on what they do with their kids, what works and what doesnt.
>>>>
>>>> Like Bdale (I think) said in Friday's keynote, in the 80s there were
>>>> books
>>>> in the library you could borrow that contained BASIC code to be typed
>>>> into
>>>> your C64 for fun. Hands up how many people got the bug that way? Well,
>>>> what
>>>> is the 21st century equivalent.
>>>>
>>>> I have been thinking about this idea for awhile and comments Bdale made
>>>> along with Thomas Sprinkmeier's talk on training your minions yesterday
>>>> gave me the extra enthusiasm to get the ball rolling.
>>>>
>>>> As an aside, how awesome would it be that at a future LCA, one of the
>>>> tracks in the open hardware miniconf was aimed at kids? And our kids
>>>> went
>>>> to that as part of the partners program for that day?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Jared
>>>>
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