On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:02, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 02:10, Jim Simmons<[email protected]> wrote: >> Edward, >> >> I guess we have a Bible reading Activity (Sword?) and a Qur'an >> reading >> Activity somewhere, and while it would make sense to get these on >> ASLO >> I don't see that they belong as one of the pre-installed Activities >> on >> SoaS. As for a selection of literature, I see two problems: >> >> 1). How to make the selection? >> 2). How to communicate that this selection is just a drop in the >> ocean of what is available for free? >> >> Now if you install _Get Internet Archive Books_ you can type in the >> word "Bible", "Qur'an", and even "Koran" and get a list of hundreds >> of >> books including and about the Bible and the Qur'an, in several >> languages, including Arabic. For the Bible you can get several >> versions of the book itself in several languages, plus tracts >> condemning slavery that quote from the Bible, tracts condemning >> Abolitionists quoting from the Bible, etc. Add _Read Etexts_ to >> Sugar >> and download another 28,000 or so books, including the Bible and the >> Qur'an, an English translation of the Mahabharata, etc. >> >> At one time I did favor getting some books added to the Journal, >> maybe >> something non-controversial like an Oz book, etc. Now I think we >> have >> to make teachers and learners understand just how easy it is to get >> their own books in the Journal. >> >> I'm blowing my own horn here, but I do think what I have created >> gives >> us something good to sell. > > Enthusiastic +1
+1 from me too :-) > But what about users without easy internet access? Are we not drifting into deployment questions here? If I was running a deployment, I would want to be customising an image for the requirements of that deployment. In a low or no Internet environment that would likely include a large collection of deployment specific books and material pre-installed to the Journal. After that, it only takes one individual with a stick to occasionally go somewhere with Internet access, download new material, and share it back at the deployment. Regards, --Gary _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
