On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]>wrote:
>> I wish for a more instructive poster next year with bullet points and >> photos showing Sugar in use and some of the Activity interfaces. Something a >> teacher could read in a minute while walking by. I'll try to work on that >> soon. The Sugar Learning Platform poster meant nothing to most people. >> Additionally, it would be really nice to have a projector going to do >> non-stop 10-minute live demos of Sugar and Activities. >> >> Collaboration is a killer feature of Sugar, and we were largely blocked >> from demoing that because the wifi channels at the convention center were >> saturated much of the time. My Verizon MiFi card wouldn't work for the same >> reason. I will bring a hub/switch with hard wiring next year. > > > TODO (and this one is on my urgent list) - Bug 1113- I tried this at a local > expo I went to and IT DID NOT WORK. I have no idea why. Mike, can you try it > at home > and let me know if it works for > you? We need this to work for both conferences and to put computer clusters > into the GPA. > >> I'll try one night this week. I don't have a switch, but can pick one up. > > >> >> Lastly, I will know to make a pitch way before Denver to pay for our own >> table in the open source area so that we can plan for a more versatile booth >> setup with some assurance of enough table space. I'm sure we could hit up >> the Scratch and Etoys teams next year for help in expanding the booth. I'd >> also like not to wait a year before doing another education conference and >> will be looking for opportunities in the DC area in the coming months to >> keep practicing our elevator pitches and building the field demo kit. > > > There are Computer Using Educator or similar conferences in every state > every year, so lots of opportunities to practice. It would be awesome to > have a kit, and a how to, and to have facilitators all over the country > going to their local conferences. > Looks like CUE is mostly in California. I'll look for, and take suggestions on, conferences or workshops in the mid-Atlantic area where we can set up. Mike
_______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
