Re: [IAEP] [POLL] Non Sugar Platform activities in Activity Library

2010-03-01 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 01.03.2010, at 10:07, Aleksey Lim wrote: Should sugar be closed education environment with activities created(in python) only for sugar or sugar provides programming languages agnostic services (Journal, Collab oriented features) that could be used by *existed* education applications

Re: [IAEP] Math on Web

2010-03-01 Thread Gerald Ardito
Iago, Thanks for this. Gerald On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:18 AM, itoral ito...@igalia.com wrote: On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:08:14 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso to...@tomeuvizoso.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 17:57, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Caroline, You do a good job

Re: [IAEP] [POLL] Non Sugar Platform activities in Activity Library

2010-03-01 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:31:14AM +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote: On 01.03.2010, at 10:07, Aleksey Lim wrote: Should sugar be closed education environment with activities created(in python) only for sugar or sugar provides programming languages agnostic services (Journal, Collab

[IAEP] Thank you

2010-03-01 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
Hi, Sikshana (http://www.sikshana.org) won a best NGO award from the citizens of Bangalore for its initiative to improve the quality of public education: http://citizensalliance.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/good-samaritans-some-of- bangalore-recognised One of the key empowerment initiative in

Re: [IAEP] [POLL] Non Sugar Platform activities in Activity Library

2010-03-01 Thread James Simmons
Aleksey, My thought was that we could include the JRE in SoaS and in Sugar on the XO 1.5 but other than that provide no support for creating Activities in Java. Sort of like we do with Gnash. You could write a limited sort of Activity in Flash using hulahop and that subset of Flash that Gnash

[IAEP] Attend the CUE (Computer Using Educators) Conference in your PJs!

2010-03-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, The CUE Conference (Computer Using Educators) will be this coming weekend in Palm Springs CA, and through the magic of Classroom 2.0 you can attend, free from wherever you are. All you have to do is sign up for Classroom 2.0 and learn to use the Eluminate Conferencing tool. While

Re: [IAEP] [POLL] Non Sugar Platform activities in Activity Library

2010-03-01 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:11:24AM -0600, James Simmons wrote: Aleksey, My thought was that we could include the JRE in SoaS and in Sugar on the XO 1.5 but other than that provide no support for creating Activities in Java. Sort of like we do with Gnash. You could write a limited sort of

[IAEP] Argentina Training DVD

2010-03-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All (again!), Argentina has produced a follow-up DVD for the teachers recently trained in La Rioja. Here is a link to the story: http://www.idukay.edu.ar/dirprimaria/ Caryl P.S. I want one! ___ IAEP --

[IAEP] update from Triage Day

2010-03-01 Thread Walter Bender
While we haven't finished yet, we did manage to plow through most of the 167 open tickets for Release 0.88. We've ended the formal session for the day, but plan to keep working. We will reconvene next Monday, March 8, to catch anything that has fallen between the cracks. Many thanks to erikos,

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] update from Triage Day

2010-03-01 Thread Simon Schampijer
On 03/01/2010 07:35 PM, Walter Bender wrote: While we haven't finished yet, we did manage to plow through most of the 167 open tickets for Release 0.88. We've ended the formal session for the day, but plan to keep working. We will reconvene next Monday, March 8, to catch anything that has

Re: [IAEP] [POLL] Non Sugar Platform activities in Activity Library

2010-03-01 Thread Aleksey Lim
Gary, I guess here is the core misunderstanding, in my mind situation is not (or shouldn't) look like Lets make all education software sugar but Lets provide sugar features (Journal, collab intergration etc) for existed education software (and of course write new, within sugar,

[IAEP] ASLO update

2010-03-01 Thread dfarning
The activities.sugarlabs.org update is progressing.nbsp; It has taken some detours but I think they will be worth it. A couple of weeks ago the mediawiki machines arrived.nbsp; 6 in Boston and 6 in Washington DC.nbsp; Of the 6 in Boston,nbsp; Dogi has 3 tested and rack at Pika which we are

[IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread Parichay Parivesh
Hello, I am developing an activity for XO laptop. Through which child can learn about the various mode of transpiration. Can any body suggest me which software I can use to develop the activity. I thought of using Adobe Illustrator for design and all other development will in Flash. Which means

Re: [IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
Parichay Parivesh wrote: I am developing an activity for XO laptop. Through which child can learn about the various mode of transpiration. Can any body suggest me which software I can use to develop the activity. Instead of Flash, I recommend that you try Karma: http://karma.sugarlabs.org/

Re: [IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread forster
I am developing an activity for XO laptop. Through which child can learn about the various mode of transpiration. Can any body suggest me which software I can use to develop the activity. Maybe Etoys or Turtle Art? Both are powerful programming languages, they also allow students to look

Re: [IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread Steve Thomas
One possibility would be Etoys. You can create the Artwork in Illustrator and copy it into Etoys. Simply export to jpeg or png, then drag the file onto the Etoys world. If you need help with the animation send an email can also send to squeakl...@squeakland.org Stephen On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at

Re: [IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread James Simmons
Parichay, Flash is problematic for developing Sugar Activities. Because it is a commercial product it cannot ship pre-installed with Sugar, although it can be installed later (but not as easily as you would like). As an alternative Sugar supplies Gnash, which supports a subset of Flash. It

Re: [IAEP] guidance for developing activity

2010-03-01 Thread Simon Schampijer
On 03/02/2010 04:31 AM, James Simmons wrote: Parichay, Flash is problematic for developing Sugar Activities. Because it is a commercial product it cannot ship pre-installed with Sugar, although it can be installed later (but not as easily as you would like). As an alternative Sugar