This issue was discussed at length about a week ago, and James Simmons and Alexei (I think) were discussing the provision of a library activity. Until that happens, I think James' reader activity and Sayamendu's fbreader activity should be packaged for SOAS to allow epub, comic format and text formats to be read conveniently in SOAS.
http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=newbery&cat=all is a package on aslo of all the free Newbery honor books by women authors as a .xol package. The texts themselves are epub format. I wish someone would reinstate the ability to access .xol files in SOAS. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected] > wrote: > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Edward Cherlin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Add the Bible and Qur'an reader programs? > > > Those should at least be on the activity portal. Can you see if you can > get in touch with the maintainers? > > Thanks, > Caroline > >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Caroline Meeks >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > For the next SoaS Beta I'd like to help users trying out Sugar, >> especially >> > educators, have an "ah ha" moment about how Sugar on a Stick can open a >> huge >> > world of books for their students. >> > >> > The US elementary schools I visit have a computer lab and they have >> books. >> > But they certainly don't have the budget to get as many copies of as >> many >> > different books as they would like. >> > >> > Maybe our new users will know that there are free books on the internet. >> > Good chance they have never actually tried it themselves. Plus, having >> a >> > book on the internet doesn't help their students if they get one hour of >> > computer time in the lab. >> > >> > But having a book on your Sugar Stick and being able to read it in >> multiple >> > locations is actually very useful! >> > >> > This is one of the many things I want educators to discover as they play >> > with their Sugar Sticks. >> > >> > I know we have wonderful library apps coming down the pike. What I'm >> > interested in right now is what is the art of the possible for the next >> Beta >> > in June? >> > >> > Suggestions so far: >> > >> > - Include the FLOSS Sugar manual in the SoaS Image >> > - Add a link to one or more free book sites in the startup page on >> Browse >> > - Include a kids book in the SoaS Image. >> > >> > Other ideas? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Caroline >> > >> > -- >> > Caroline Meeks >> > Solution Grove >> > [email protected] >> > >> > 617-500-3488 - Office >> > 505-213-3268 - Fax >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name >> And Children are my nation. >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. >> http://earthtreasury.org/worknet (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) >> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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