Marilyn, I'm in. I'm using PuppyStudio3.3-vanilla.iso
http://brainwavedesigncentral.net/mike/index.php?dir=Puplets-Woof-Based/&sort=date&order=desc and they also have an RT for real-time kernal settings I've know about Musix for a while and really like their website interface Another option is the http://indamixx.com portable studio computers and software which was created by 64studio folks for Ron at Indamixx I'm hopefull about there being another http://dynoblic.org and http://mepis.org is what initially provided the best desktop to migrate from using windows at all in 2004 or so I've standardized on http://openacs.org/xowiki/debian and /ubuntu for running the http://dotlrn.org package on my http://teknowledgy.org instance. I know this is a lot and I'm finally moving forward with 3 core aspects of an enterprise learning system the conversations toolkit School2.0 http://etoolkit.org which was developed by Stanford Research Institute. Learning Management Systems of http://solutiongrove.com which has Moodle Elgg and LAMS (MEL), http;//dotlrn.org Entrepreneurship Simulations Curriculum GIS Framework http://teknowledgy.org/simulations Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Customer Relations Management (CRM) http://project-open.org and http://www.vtiger.com/ Hi there! I am a lurker on this list - read posts once in a while. Last semester I was teaching at an elementary school and used Sugar on a live CD with the kids. It was a big hit and I passed out at least a hundred Sugar CDs to students. They squealed with delight and begged to use it in class. A very important piece of dyslexia legislation passed the house and senate unanimously in Texas over the weekend. The three most important features in my mind are: * All school personnel must be trained in the recent scientific studies about dyslexia ( Reference: http://www.dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexiastraighttalk.html ) * Teachers must use multi-sensory methods (audio, video, etc.) to teach dyslexic students * Schools must incorporate assistive technologies that are helpful to dyslexic students I am currently working on writing a high school class that accommodates dyslexia (http://marilyn.hagle.com). It is a music technology type class and I am using Musix, a Linux OS that focuses on music compostion and audio/video production, for my software base. Downloads are already available of course, but I will make sure students can inexpensively purchase live DVDs or USBs that are software ready. I am writing to the folks on this list, hoping that one of you will take on a similar project for dyslexic elementary students using Sugar. Make a Moodle site and post video & audio with lessons using Sugar. If one or more of you wish to do this, make sure you write to Virginia Gonzalez ([email protected]), the state dyslexia consultant and tell her about it so she can get the word out. You know that commercial interests will see dollar signs and try to make a buck off of this. I would do it myself, but this class I am working on will at least take months to finish. Thanks! And thanks for creating Sugar! Marilyn Hagle _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- http://64.27.24.247:8000/xowiki/en:weblog?summary=1 _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
