[DC LoCo] Off Topic: Edtech, Debian, Raspberry Pi

[rik goldman]

Greets,
I'm working on a project that I hope will become collaborative. I'd by end
of July to have produced as an open and free document, an IT/ICT curriculum
for grades 7-12 (US) that share the Raspberry Pi as a primary resource.

The curriculum I have in mind will be standards-based, rely heavily on
contructivist learning theory, and will encourage reading and writing
across the curriculum. I specify July as a prospective deadline because
adoption of the Common Core curriculum goes into effect 2013-2014 academic
year.

In addition to fed and district mandates, I have learning objectives from
Linux+/LPI, Network+, Security+ and A+ in mind (only the non-proprietary
learning objectives). I have to ground this essentially in the CIsco
program schools in DC and MD have adopted and will make substitutions where
appropriate.

That doesn't even touch what the Raspi is intended to do, and that's where
I need help. I'd like to infuse each year with software engineering
objectives and hardware/electronic engineering objectives. I'm weak to
worthless at both. I can see where they'd fit in, and could elaborate or
clarify if I were asked.

When essential part of the vision that I have articulated to Raspi
Foundation and Cambridge (they both gave a nod of support) is the reliance
on authentic assessment. Because the assessments are to be projects and
tasks that serve a real-world purpose, I'm at a significant loss because of
my lack of experience in programming and EE.

I have setup a cluster of sites here: http://badsville.ignorelist.com/moodle
.

Feel free to browse (let it know you're a guest) or feel encouraged and
welcome to create an account (top right of home page). Please spread the
word to others who are a) possibly interested in discussing possible and
realisitic projects b) collaborative writing and publishing or c)
interested in a community of educators with an appetite for Raspi in the
classroom.

Thanks for reading through this. I appreciate your time and encourage you
to spread the word.

Rik Goldman
Chelsea School
Silver Spring
rikgoldman at gmail.com
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