On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 09:36, Christoph Derndorfer <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, I also normally do that during hands-on sessions but it's a bit > hard to pull of on a stage in front of 150 people;-)
Yes, it would be much easier to take a series of screen shots of the process, or a video, to show in a presentation. > Christoph > > Am 09.02.2011 05:34, schrieb Edward Cherlin: >> I like to take two laptops running Sugar connected to the same Jabber >> server, and demonstrate collaboration in Write, Paint, TamTam...As >> they say in the movie business, show, don't tell. >> >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 16:31, Christoph Derndorfer >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Am 08.02.2011 05:05, schrieb Walter Bender: >>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Christoph Derndorfer >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm giving two presentations about OLPC in Switzerland later this week >>>>> and so I'm currently in the process of planning them as well as >>>>> (re-)designing the accompanying slides. >>>>> >>>>> I realized that I'm not entirely happy about the part where I talk about >>>>> Sugar which essentially hasn't changed since mid-2008 (slides 35 to 42 >>>>> in this slide-deck: >>>>> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf) >>>>> Now I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve / revamp that section. >>>>> >>>>> One of the two talks will be in front of an audience mainly consisting >>>>> of teachers and IT administrators from Swiss and German schools and >>>>> cantons. Hence I'm particularly interested in hearing what people who >>>>> have presented in front of such an education-focused crowd talked on >>>>> when it comes to Sugar. >>>> >>>> I typically try to make the point that the culture of FOSS is a >>>> culture that sets the expectation of engagement and that is >>>> synergistic with the goals of learning. Walk them through an activity >>>> that enables the end user to make modifications: Memorize, Abacus, >>>> Turtle Art, etc. >>> >>> Thanks, that sounds like a great idea. >>> >>> Last night I actually wanted to go and re-watch your TEDxBrussels talk >>> for inspiration, unfortunately it's not available on YouTube yet. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Christoph >>> >>> -- >>> Christoph Derndorfer >>> co-editor, www.olpcnews.com >>> e-mail: [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
