Re: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text

2009-12-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:45, Art Hunkins abhun...@uncg.edu wrote: It has recently been suggested to me that the religious/spiritual text in my OurMusic and OurMusicMC activities may not be well received by some, and that the text may hinder chances for deployment and even potentially cause

Re: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text

2009-12-17 Thread Wade Brainerd
Hi Art, Personally, I would find it appropriate and sufficient if you added a note about the religious content to the OurMusic and OurMusicMC activity descriptions at activities.sugarlabs.org. I was one of the ones who (privately) flagged your activities as a possible issue for SugarLabs, and I

Re: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text

2009-12-17 Thread Caroline Meeks
The XO in the Classroom book by Sdenka Salas from Peru has an example of the use of local religion to make education more relevant for the students. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sdenka_Salas_-_The_XO_Laptop_in_the_Classroom#.C2.A9_THE_XO_LAPTOP_IN_THE_CLASSROOM See activity 19: Documenting our

Re: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text

2009-12-17 Thread Jim Simmons
From: Art Hunkins abhun...@uncg.edu Subject: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text It has recently been suggested to me that the religious/spiritual text in my OurMusic and OurMusicMC activities may not be well received by some, and that the text may hinder chances for deployment and even

Re: [Sugar-devel] Religious/Spiritual Text

2009-12-17 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 04:03:13PM -0500, Wade Brainerd wrote: Personally, I would find it appropriate and sufficient if you added a note about the religious content to the OurMusic and OurMusicMC activity descriptions at activities.sugarlabs.org. I too think that is appropriate and