David Farning wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 22:25 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Arjun Sarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> IMHO the mission statement should also include a mention of how >>> educators are an integral part of defining and structuring the >>> ecosystem. >>> >> I hope that the mission and the ecology include bringing teachers, >> students, and parents together on creating the new curriculum and a >> new kind of Free textbook incorporating Sugar software capabilities. >> > > I am reluctant to start enumerating specific groups in the community. I > welcome anyone who shares the goals of 'building an educational platform > based on the principles of collaboration, reflection, discovery.' > >
How would you define "platform". Is it specific as in OS, or generic as in "ecosystem"? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ >> I >> am concerned that we are putting so much effort into software and >> essentially nothing into new textbooks. (FLOSS Manuals and some >> developers are doing a great job on documentation, but that is a >> separate issue.) >> > > Sugar Labs is a community project;) If anyone is not happy with the > community direction 'patches are welcome.' > > thanks > dfarning > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
