Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but the suggestions are very suggestive of Candyland. http://bp1.blogger.com/_GBSubG7_qbw/Rj_u39QVD7I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YAZ3WRMdYbU/s1600-h/Candyland-1949.JPG
http://www.mipo37.com/CandyLand.jpg On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > I guess Bryan thinks of it as a play on "Mathland" (in Papert's sense, > not the curriculum of the same name). The name of squeakland.org was > inspired by the same idea: > > "What would happen if children who can't do math grew up in Mathland, > a place that is to math what France is to French?" --S.P. > > Also see > > http://www.kusasa.org/background/mathland/mathland.html > > - Bert - > > On 12.01.2009, at 06:36, Wade Brainerd wrote: > > > I personally prefer 'Sugar' over 'Sugarland'. The latter seems a bit > > like another world, where I think people want to be educated to > > succeed in the real one. > > > > SugarLand might appeal more to children. But then we would also want > > to make the UI less focused and more like a video game, which I don't > > necessarily agree with. > > > > Best, > > Wade > > > > On 1/11/09, Bryan Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> my apologies ;) > >> > >> What do you guys think? > >> > >> Playground : Where kids learn and play > >> > >> or > >> > >> SugarLand: where kids learn and play > >> > >> or > >> > >> Sugar: Where kids learn and play > >> > >> w/ transpositions of learn and play > >> > >> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 19:05 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > >>> Btw, we are having this discussion in the development list, thus > >>> only > >>> including geeks :p > >>> > >>> [adding iaep and marketing to cc] > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 17:54, imm <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 11 Jan 2009, at 15:43, Bryan Berry wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> "Sugar: A Place to Play and Learn" > >>>>> > >>>>> I have trouble saying this 3x quickly due to the repetition of the > >>>>> "Pla" > >>>>> sound. It may sound trivial but it does affect our ability to > >>>>> repeat it > >>>>> often and consistently > >>>> > >>>> Yes - me too, that's why I thought the "Learn and Play" form flowed > >>>> better... I liked the sounds of that first form, but the concept of > >>>> the second form. > >>>> -- > >>>> imm > >>>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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