Hi Brett, I don't have much to add to Kevin's comments besides the fact that your vision is indeed ambitious.
I'm not sure whether there are any other OLPC / Sugar aficionados in your area but if so then I'd try to organize some sort of meetup with them. Else finding other groups or organizations who work in the space you're interested might be a worthwhile thing to do. Given that you seem to have some UX experience it might also be a good idea to sit down and sketch some of the ideas you have in terms of the UI. That would (a) be good material for your blog and (b) would give people a better idea of what you have in mind when saying "the Sugar user experience is in no way optimized for the high school learner". Cheers for now and good luck! :-) Christoph Am 01.08.2010 23:14, schrieb Kevin Kirton: > Hi Brett, > > I had a quick look at your Project coEL site and your vision is > certainly ambitious. And I mean that as a compliment, don't give too > much attention to naysayers. > > I'm not sure what (if any) advice I could give you, except perhaps > just become involved in OLPC, IAEP, or your own coEL projects in any > way you find enjoyable. When I was a teenager I really enjoyed school > and studying (still do), but if you don't, perhaps you could test > drive some of the high school activities in Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) > and write about the things you like or don't like there. > > Hope this helps, > > Kevin Kirton > >> More specifically, I want to start a grassroots effort, but I'm not quite >> sure where to go from here. Should I apply to the contributors program? >> Start a regional group? How? Participate in the IRC chatrooms? Edit the >> wiki? Any other suggestions/advice? > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
