On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Luke Faraone l...@sugarlabs.org wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry for the confusion regarding the 2010-2011 elections. We all could
have done a better job promoting it. For that reason, I'm adjusting the
election schedule[1] as follows:
* 2010-11-01 23:59 EDT:
FYI. I forwarded luke's message to most spanish speaking lists.
I also announced my running as candidate and motivations, as well as
invited the wider spanish speaking community to take part in these
elections, both as candidates and as official members of Sugar Labs.
Needless to say I think the
On Friday 29 Oct 2010 3:21:55 pm Teemu Leinonen wrote:
On 26.10.2010, at 20.12, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
I watched Negroponte on the Colbert show last night. Nice. He
seems to have toned down his former we don't need teachers... kids
will do it all line a bit, but it is still implied.
Agree with Subbu about the situation in India.
Many teachers unknowingly prevent learning to happen as they have been
themselves prevented from learning in their own school years. The emphasis
is more on following rote memorization rather than encourage the exploring
of newer horizons.
OLPC can
Actually, Mitra's Grannies may not be actual grand parents and they do have a
curriculum. They are chosen from older folks (he implies they are all women)
who have time and want to volunteer to help children learn. They meet regularly
with their assigned children in groups of 4 via the
