>> Is there anybody at UW that is interested in meeting with some OLPC >> people? (I'm cc'ing this to sage-devel, because people there are generally >> interested in OLPC.) > >I'm not in Seattle, so I can't meet with the OLPC people, >but a very enthusiastic +1 on this effort. Sounds awesome. > >-Alex > > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Seth Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM >> Subject: One Laptop Per Child Is very interested in Sage >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm an intern at OLPC and I'm throwing an event at UW this weekend. >> While the event is specifically about healthcare, there will be >> several people there that are strongly involved in OLPC. For some >> time SAGE has been kicked around as a back end for a graphic >> calculator application on the XO laptop, and there are many developers >> that would love to pick your brain on the subject. >> >> Since there will be several OLPC people at the UW this weekend, I was >> wondering if you would be interested in meeting up with us and >> discussing SAGE. This invitation of course applies to any of the >> other SAGE team members as well. >> >> The XO laptop is a great piece of machinery. >> > Seth Woodworth, HealthJam Organizer.
I'm actively working with Luanne Burns on a version of her PhD thesis <http://digitalcommons.libraries.columbia.edu/dissertations/AAI9333735/> called MEADOW: An integrated system for intelligent tutoring of subtraction concepts and procedures. Basically what happens is that the student does subtraction homework problems and this software monitors the students actions (using a combination neural net and rule based programming). If the student makes a mistake the system analyzes the mistake and explains the mistake (using pictures, scripts, audio, etc) to the student. Thus it acts as a constant tutor to the student in a home setting. Thus it is perfect for "at home" tutoring. We think that the 3rd world students will not have timely access to tutors and the parents may not have the necessary expertise to handle arithmetic. This is "math" in some sense but quite far away on the spectrum from doing Sage on an XO :-). It is probably best to have any further discussions off the Sage lists. Tim Daly Axiom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
