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==About Bulletin
board
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==About Bulletin
Board
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[[File:Bulletinboard-icon.svg]]
[[File:Bulletinboard-icon.svg]]
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Similar to [[Activities/Portfolio]], the Bulletin
-board
Activity creates a slide show from Sugar Journal entries that have been 'starred'. But here the idea is to share Journal entries that are part of group projects. Each member of a project team stars entries and collectively they are shared in a slide show. Each team member can contribute an audio annotation for the slide show.
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Similar to [[Activities/Portfolio]], the Bulletin
Board
Activity creates a slide show from Sugar Journal entries that have been 'starred'. But here the idea is to share Journal entries that are part of group projects. Each member of a project team stars entries and collectively they are shared in a slide show. Each team member can contribute an audio annotation for the slide show.
[[File:Bulletinboard-Tool.png]]
[[File:Bulletinboard-Tool.png]]
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== Where to get Bulletin
board
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== Where to get Bulletin
Board
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The Bulletin
-board
activity is '''not yet''' available for download from the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org Sugar
activity portal
]: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4588 Bulletin
board
]
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The Bulletin
Board
activity is '''not yet''' available for download from the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org Sugar
Activity Library
]: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4588 Bulletin
Board
]
The source code is available on [http://git.sugarlabs.org/bulletinboard the Sugar Labs Gitorious server].
The source code is available on [http://git.sugarlabs.org/bulletinboard the Sugar Labs Gitorious server].
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== Using Bulletin
board
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== Using Bulletin
Board
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Before you launch the activity, use the ☆ on the left of each Journal entry to mark that entry for inclusion on the Bulletin
board
. The Bulletin
-board
Activity will use the entry title as well as the preview image and description.
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Before you launch the activity, use the ☆ on the left of each Journal entry to mark that entry for inclusion on the Bulletin
Board
. The Bulletin
Board
Activity will use the entry title as well as the preview image and description.
[[File:Starred-Journal-Entries.png|300px]]
[[File:Starred-Journal-Entries.png|300px]]
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[[File:Abacus-detail.png|300px]]
[[File:Abacus-detail.png|300px]]
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One team member should launch Bulletin
board
and enable sharing from the palette on the Activity toolbar. Other team members should join the shared instance. Once everyone has joined, starred items for each team member will appear.
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One team member should launch Bulletin
Board
and enable sharing from the palette on the Activity toolbar. Other team members should join the shared instance. Once everyone has joined, starred items for each team member will appear.
In the Thumbnail View, each team member can reorder the slides by dragging. (The frame around each thumbnail takes on the colors of the user who shared that item.)
In the Thumbnail View, each team member can reorder the slides by dragging. (The frame around each thumbnail takes on the colors of the user who shared that item.)
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=== Saving to PDF ===
=== Saving to PDF ===
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Each time your launch the Bulletin
-board
activity, it will update to reflect the current contents of your Journal. If you want to save a presentation that represents a particular moment in time (or you want to share your presentation with someone other than your project team), you need to save it as a PDF document. Click on the "Save as PDF" Button from the Activity toolbar menu and the content of the portfolio will be saved as a document in the Journal.
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Each time your launch the Bulletin
Board
activity, it will update to reflect the current contents of your Journal. If you want to save a presentation that represents a particular moment in time (or you want to share your presentation with someone other than your project team), you need to save it as a PDF document. Click on the "Save as PDF" Button from the Activity toolbar menu and the content of the portfolio will be saved as a document in the Journal.
:'''Tip:''' Open your Journal to make sure the presentation has been saved.
:'''Tip:''' Open your Journal to make sure the presentation has been saved.
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[[File:Step2.png|300px]]
[[File:Step2.png|300px]]
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== Learning with Bulletin
board
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== Learning with Bulletin
Board
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Most education experts agree that the best approach to learning involves doing and then stepping back to reflect on the doing: What did I learn? How can I use that? What questions do I have?1 By helping children to ask good questions about the things they’ve done, as opposed to remembering the right answers, we are helping them to build the critical thinking skills that enable them to be independent problem solvers. Without reflection, learning is an open loop, and an open-loop system can neither identify and correct errors nor adapt to change.
Most education experts agree that the best approach to learning involves doing and then stepping back to reflect on the doing: What did I learn? How can I use that? What questions do I have?1 By helping children to ask good questions about the things they’ve done, as opposed to remembering the right answers, we are helping them to build the critical thinking skills that enable them to be independent problem solvers. Without reflection, learning is an open loop, and an open-loop system can neither identify and correct errors nor adapt to change.
Sugar facilitates reflective learning by ensuring that everything a child does is recorded in an electronic journal which includes screen capture of a child’s work. After every activity, children are encouraged to share their observations, which are recorded in an electronic portfolio. From this record of activities, children can expand their portfolio into a multimedia narrative that shows what they have done, how they have done it and what their thoughts are on what they have created—children essentially become curators of their own work. The child’s process of telling about what they have learned as a “story” is a simple way to help reflection become a norm in their education.
Sugar facilitates reflective learning by ensuring that everything a child does is recorded in an electronic journal which includes screen capture of a child’s work. After every activity, children are encouraged to share their observations, which are recorded in an electronic portfolio. From this record of activities, children can expand their portfolio into a multimedia narrative that shows what they have done, how they have done it and what their thoughts are on what they have created—children essentially become curators of their own work. The child’s process of telling about what they have learned as a “story” is a simple way to help reflection become a norm in their education.
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By building upon the automatic accumulation of work in the Sugar
journal
, the portfolio process can readily be integrated into the classroom routine. It can be used as an assessment tool to help teachers, parents, and school administrators understand better the depth and breadth of what a child has learned.2 At a “portfolio social”, parents could be invited to view presentations and ask children about their learning. The classroom teacher can add
addition
assessment slides to the portfolio addressing themes such as work habits and personal growth. This can become part of an archive that travels with a child across grade levels. Through juxtaposition, the child and teacher can see what has changed over the course of the years, trends, and areas for improvement.
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By building upon the automatic accumulation of work in the Sugar
Journal
, the portfolio process can readily be integrated into the classroom routine. It can be used as an assessment tool to help teachers, parents, and school administrators understand better the depth and breadth of what a child has learned.2 At a “portfolio social”, parents could be invited to view presentations and ask children about their learning. The classroom teacher can add
additional
assessment slides to the portfolio addressing themes such as work habits and personal growth. This can become part of an archive that travels with a child across grade levels. Through juxtaposition, the child and teacher can see what has changed over the course of the years, trends, and areas for improvement.
It is recommended that periodically (once per week, month, semester) that the children are asked to select and edit items for a portfolio presentation. For example, a weekly presentation could be made to classmates; a monthly one to parents; and perhaps once per semester, a school-wide presentation that makes all of the learning visible to administrators and community members during a social event.
It is recommended that periodically (once per week, month, semester) that the children are asked to select and edit items for a portfolio presentation. For example, a weekly presentation could be made to classmates; a monthly one to parents; and perhaps once per semester, a school-wide presentation that makes all of the learning visible to administrators and community members during a social event.
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Periodic PDF snapshots are also a great way to preserve a record of each child's work, and as a vehicle for assessing progress.
Periodic PDF snapshots are also a great way to preserve a record of each child's work, and as a vehicle for assessing progress.
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== Extending Bulletin
board
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== Extending Bulletin
Board
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In addition to using Bulletin
board
as a tool for reflection, it can be used as a more general-purpose presentation tool. For example, a collection of photographs can be annotated (by using the title and description fields in the Journal detail view for each photo) and then made into a slide show. The order of the slides can be modified from the Thumbnail view.
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In addition to using Bulletin
Board
as a tool for reflection, it can be used as a more general-purpose presentation tool. For example, a collection of photographs can be annotated (by using the title and description fields in the Journal detail view for each photo) and then made into a slide show. The order of the slides can be modified from the Thumbnail view.
== Where to report problems ==
== Where to report problems ==
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== Credits ==
== Credits ==
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Bulletin
board
was written and is maintained by [[User:Walter]]. He was inspired in part by the [http://teamup.aalto.fi/ Teamup project] at Aalto University.
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Bulletin
Board
was written and is maintained by [[User:Walter]]. He was inspired in part by the [http://teamup.aalto.fi/ Teamup project] at Aalto University.
[[Category:Activity]]
[[Category:Activity]]