Re: [IAEP] [FIELDBACK] Etoys

2010-02-26 Thread Kurt Gramlich
* Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org [100226 07:42]: Gerald, It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing up something and getting them to explore. Once they realize that they can affect the object by scripts they just want to do everything they can possibly

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Maria Droujkova
Gerald, Check out Nibipedia for that sort of software. The creators may be open for collaboration. Cheers, Maria Droujkova http://www.naturalmath.com Make math your own, to make your own math. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: Caroline,

Re: [IAEP] [FIELDBACK] Etoys

2010-02-26 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
On Friday 26 February 2010 12:12:19 pm Cherry Withers wrote: It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing up something and getting them to explore. Once they realize that they can affect the object by scripts they just want to do everything they can possibly do in

Re: [IAEP] [FIELDBACK] Etoys

2010-02-26 Thread Gerald Ardito
Subbu, Thanks for this. Your idea about watchers is a really good one. Gerald On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:53 AM, K. K. Subramaniam subb...@gmail.comwrote: On Friday 26 February 2010 12:12:19 pm Cherry Withers wrote: It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing up

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Gerald Ardito
Maria, Thanks for the tip. Gerald On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.comwrote: Gerald, Check out Nibipedia for that sort of software. The creators may be open for collaboration. Cheers, Maria Droujkova http://www.naturalmath.com Make math your own, to

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread James Simmons
Sebastien, Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive have plays in their collections. You might try Read Etexts and Get Internet Archive Books to see what plays are available. I think I've seen some plays in these collections that might be suitable for younger performers, and they would all be

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Caroline Meeks
Here is a page on 4 YouTube Math Tutors http://www.squidoo.com/Youtube-Math-Tutors I think Gerald is right, we need a general way to help Sugar Teachers use YouTube resources. Can people help me brainstorm? Challenges to using YouTube Resources: 1. YouTube is blocked by the district 2.

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:31, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: Here is a page on 4 YouTube Math Tutors http://www.squidoo.com/Youtube-Math-Tutors I think Gerald is right, we need a general way to help Sugar Teachers use YouTube resources. Can people help me brainstorm?

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Gerald Ardito
Caroline, You do a good job outlining the problem. Even with bandwidth, the Browse activity is just not that great (at least on the XOs) for streaming video. I am imagining some combination of teachers providing scaffolding or a preview of some video(s), and then the students watching them from

Re: [IAEP] [FIELDBACK] Etoys

2010-02-26 Thread Gerald Ardito
Edward, I know that my 5th graders who are using XOs and Sugar would love to participate with you in this project. Gerald On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: I would also like to hear any such ideas. I am writing about exploring the XO and its

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sebastian Silva sebast...@fuentelibre.org wrote: Hello James, Thank you for your quick response. I have been navigating thru ASLO looking for something I could use or maybe base upon for building a play-reading activity, one that could be used perhaps to

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:02, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sebastian Silva sebast...@fuentelibre.org wrote: Hello James, Thank you for your quick response. I have been navigating thru ASLO looking for something I could use or maybe base

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-02-26 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 17:57, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Caroline, You do a good job outlining the problem. Even with bandwidth, the Browse activity is just not that great (at least on the XOs) for streaming video. An activity based on Grilo could be optimized for this use

Re: [IAEP] Finally trying Sugar

2010-02-26 Thread Sean DALY
Greetings Marilyn - that's very exciting! We are eager to hear about what works ( doesn't); don't hesitate to ask questions - there are teachers and techies here on the list! Sean On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:44 PM, mari...@ourdyslexicchildren.org wrote: Hi there! Thanks to you all for your

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread James Simmons
Sebastian, RenPy looks pretty cool. Sugar does ship with PyGame and can play audio in OGG format so making a Sugarized RenPy Activity might be possible. As Ed pointed out we have Text to Speech using espeak as well. I wrote a book called Make Your Own Sugar Activities!, available for free at

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Cherry Withers
Hi Sebastian, Copying Steve Thomas on this thread. He made an excellent project using Etoys that may interest you: http://www.squeakland.org/launcher/?http://www.squeakland.org/content/showcase/everyone/accounts/mrsteve/The%20Holder%20Episode%201.019.pr You'll need to download the plug-in from:

Re: [IAEP] Finally trying Sugar

2010-02-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
Thanks, Sebastian. Perhaps we can package Sugar on a Stick for USB in various Linux distributions. The normal package installation process can run a configuration script, which presumably could prompt the user to insert a USB stick, warn about potential data loss, and verify the size and format of

Re: [IAEP] Turtle Art on Activities.sugarlabs.org

2010-02-26 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 19:08, David Farning dfarn...@gmail.com wrote: The other day during an infrastructure meeting, Walter brought up some thought on how to enable kids to exchange Turtle Art projects Alsroot has been thinking about how to do this through a.sl.o since he became the

[IAEP] Fundraising for international deployments

2010-02-26 Thread David Han
Hi - I'm David Han. I'm a student at Boston University. This summer, Anurag Goel (BU Engineering 2012) and I are running a Sugar on a Stick deployment in Delhi, India. I know that some of you are also planning XO/Sugar deployments abroad. I'm sure those of you who have done a XO/Sugar deployment

Re: [IAEP] Finally trying Sugar

2010-02-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Edward, Sebastian and others, On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:32:49PM -0500, Edward Cherlin wrote: Thanks, Sebastian. Perhaps we can package Sugar on a Stick for USB in various Linux distributions. The normal package installation process can run a configuration script, which presumably could

[IAEP] NOW! Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting, 3:45PM Boston Time, Friday)

2010-02-26 Thread Holt
Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: http://forum.laptop.org/chat Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * XO-1.5 early production machines now available:

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread C. Scott Ananian
I've always thought that we should involve the camera activity, to make it easier for kids to turn their stories into films. Write the script, film you and your friends performing it, and then edit it down and share it. --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ )

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Pato Acevedo
Hola Sebastian: Tal vez quieras probar scratch para contar historias interactivas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_yaKT0zCd0 También Etoys podría servir para tu propósito: http://www.waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/movie.jsp?id=78 Saludos Pato

Re: [IAEP] Finally trying Sugar

2010-02-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Marilyn, Where are you in TX? You might be interested in what the New Tech High is doing with Sugar and an OLPC Contributors Program project in Coppell TX (near DFW). Here is a link to their website: http://newtechcoppell.org/New_Tech/Home.html Be sure to check their blog. A copy of

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hola Pato y Sebastian (e otros), ¿En sus opiniones, cual sería lo más facil usar para esto? ¿eToys o Scratch? Carolina From: patitoacev...@hotmail.com To: sebast...@fuentelibre.org Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:00:50 + CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

[IAEP] Girls in Open Source

2010-02-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All... Check this out! I found the link on Twitter. I missed the girls session as I was involved in the OSSIE track and they were in the WIOS track. Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

2010-02-26 Thread Pato Acevedo
Hi carolina: Solo considerando facilidad de uso la respuesta es Scratch. El problema es que se alcanza el techo muy rapido. Por favor, revisa esta interesante link de Bill Kerr donde revisa este tópico.