Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] copy files to/from server
Excerpts from Martin Langhoff's message of Tue May 17 18:34:09 +0200 2011: Unfortuntely, there's no easy way to do it with CIFS or NFS -- it would be an interesting addition to Sugar (possibly to the Journal) but it's a big project. NFS mounts do turn up as storage devices in the Journal (at least on Debian Squeeze). They will be treated exactly the same as other storage devices, i.e. USB sticks and SD cards. I would expect CIFS mounts to behave the same way. Don't forget to tweak the mount options to avoid processes from going zombie-like on connection loss. If you had an XS, you could probably use the DataManager activity [1]. A properly configured HTTP server will at least allow you serve a) any kind of content with a proper Content-Type (- mime_type) directly (but without other metadata) and b) Journal Entry Bundles [2] including full metadata. There's currently no way to create a (single-entry) JEB directly from within Sugar. Writing an activity that does so shouldn't be hard; you can copy the bundle generation parts from Backup [3]. Sascha [1] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4208 [2] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundles [3] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326 -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] C5 2012 Call for Papers
Sugar would be right on topic. Very nice conference, I've attended a couple of times. Hope to see you there :) Please spread widely. - Bert - The 10th International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2012) 18-20 January 2012 Playa Vista, CA USA http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-12/ Hosted by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies http://www.ict.usc.edu Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are pervasive in our information-based society. Unfortunately, most users of this technology use it for passive consumption of information and entertainment. To evolve into a true knowledge society it is critical that we transform computer-based human activities to engage users in the active process of creating, connecting, and collaborating together. The C5 conference is for anyone interested in the use of computers as tools to develop and enable user-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration processes. Researchers, developers, educators and users come together at C5 to present new and ongoing work and to discuss future directions for creative computing and multimedia environments. We welcome the submission of theoretical and technical papers, practitioner/experience reports, and papers that bridge the gap between theory and practice or that encourage inter- and cross-disciplinary study. === Keynote Speakers === Helping Everyone Create with Computing Dr. Mark Guzdial Georgia Institute of Technology C2P3: Creating and Controlling Personalisation and Privacy in Pervasive Digital Ecosystems Dr. Judy Kay University of Sydney === Topics === C5 invites submissions of full papers in (but not limited to) the following areas: - Technology-enhanced human-computer and human-human interaction and collaboration - Virtual worlds and immersive environments - Educational environments for classroom, field work and online/distance learning - New technologies for literature, music and the visual arts - Technologies for collaborative and self-empowered learning - Multimedia authoring environments - Gaming/entertainment platforms, virtual characters, and software infrastructure - Social networks and social networking - Novel programming paradigms and languages for implementors - Scripting or visual paradigms and languages for end-users - Creating and maintaining online communities - Tools for creating/managing online services/environments - Distributed and collaborative working - Social and cultural implications of new technologies Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=c512 Submissions must be written in English (the official language of the conference) and must not exceed eight (8) pages. They should use the IEEE 10-point two-column format, templates for which are available at: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/home === Proceedings === A preliminary version of the proceedings will be distributed during the conference. The formal version of the proceedings will be published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and sent to authors after the conference. For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to attend the conference and deliver the presentation; otherwise the paper will not be included in the formal proceedings. === Dates === Submission of papers: October 7, 2011 Author notification: November 18, 2011 Camera-ready copy: December 16, 2011 Conference:January 18-20, 2012 http://people.ict.usc.edu/~lane/C5/C5-12-CFP.pdf ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Looking for the Animation
Hi I am looking for the source of the great multiplication tables animated cartoon that someone used in their talk at eduJAM. Can anyone help me? This was the one where the students were reciting the tables that were written on the chalkboard then they were sitting in front of computer monitors reciting the same way. Technology put on top of the same old thing! Thanks,Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [All-edujam2011] Looking for the Animation
/Caryl Bigenho wrote: I am looking for the source of the great multiplication tables animated cartoon -/ HEre is the video: In portuguese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Yp-QIPw_A With Subtitles in spanish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnrYDObIiAE Paolo Benini ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] copy files to/from server
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Martin Abente martin.abente.lah...@gmail.com wrote: I still didn't make up my mind about which technical approach should I take in order to get this working, but I guess people already started sharing some ideas. And I would appreciate more ideas and discussion before I get to that point. ok - some notes from me on this topic For file management, I very strongly recommend using WebDAV. It is a bit less efficient than real network file system protocols, but the benefits are many: - more flexibilty - closer to you and me in the stack - you can easily find WebDAV toolkits in HLLs that allow you to expose your data as files and directories over WebDAV, as well as client implementations - it deals reasonably gracefully with intermittent connectivity (SMB/CIFS, NFS, etc get you nasty system freezes if the server disappears) - wide range of (fairly well behaved) client and server implementations - a good test suite for the server side - On the XS side... Moodle has a WebDAV implementation and Apache has one too. From the department of optimizations to keep in mind early (but implement late...) -- if ds-backup is working correctly, you'll have most of the content already on the XS. Might be a nice optimisation to skip transferring it -- if you have a msg exchange *before* the WebDAV (or other) file transfer. The very basic requirement is: each children must have its private cloud volume, where they can drop their files in the same way they interact with physical external storage devices. Why would I drop the file there? In my understanding, what you want to do with it is *publish* it. On top of that we can do a lot of things that might be very useful for teachers daily in the classrooms. Yeah - *publish it to my classroom group* -- via Moodle. I've worked for ~10 years with teachers and that's what they want to do 99.9% of the time -- publish it to the group. If we do that nicely, we're golden. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] Partnering with OLPC
I am copying my reply to the It's An Education Project and OLPC-SUR mailing lists of Sugar Labs. I recommend that your staff and members take a look at the archives of these lists, and consider whether to join them. http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:44, Evan Markiewicz emarkiew...@sbcglobal.net wrote: To whom it may concern, I am writing to introduce you to our organization, ViviendasLeon. We are a non-profit community development and global education organization based in San Francisco and Leon, Nicaragua. We work in rural communities creating development programs in construction, environmental, economic, capacity building and education development. We have recently been informed of your organization by a teacher in San Rafael who knows of your organization OLPC and recommended we contact you. We are delighted to hear from you. I would like to know how we might partner with OLPC to provide computer training and equipment for the pre-school through 11th grade students in the communities we work in, and for small business start ups we develop in Nicaragua. OLPC provides XO laptops running Sugar education software through governments and NGOs. It commonly happens that people in a particular country get together over the Internet to work on such projects. In your case, this is http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nicaragua Sugar Labs has just begun a project to produce learning materials for free distribution. If you tell us your requirements, and introduce us to your trainers, we can work together using our Replacing Textbooks server. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks ViviendasLeon partners with other organizations and institutions to provide the spectrum of development programs we offer in Nicaragua. One of these partners is the USF School of Business. We have been working with the PSIP program there for 3 years to develop small businesses including a sewing cooperative and our current project, a bee keeping cooperative. These small businesses in particular, and like everything we do in Nicaragua is a laboratory to explore best practices in development and implementation of projects uniquely suited to the location and community. I am of the opinion that creating businesses through microfinance and other methods is a critical factor for the success of the OLPC education project's mission to end poverty. I would be delighted to discuss this with your partners. We would be interested to find out how we might work with you. There are several possibilities. Obviously, OLPC is most interested in getting XO laptops with Sugar software into schools. Can you tell us how many schools you have in and near Leon, with how many teachers and students? We can then discuss what it would cost for such a program, including XOs, electricity, Internet connections, school servers, training, and so on, and consider how to raise the funds needed. If any of your schools have any computers, we can show you how to get Sugar software running on them, and discuss how you could use it. We are in need of help to translate software and other materials into Spanish, and to translate Spanish-language teacher training materials into English. Do you have any contacts within the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education? What is the political climate around education? How is the economy doing? How do you choose communities to work in? How are your relations with local leaders? I will have many more questions after you answer those. ^_^ Regards, Evan -- Evan Markiewicz Executive Director ViviendasLeón Sustaining Communities Connecting Cultures 1585 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 255-2920 (415) 255-2921 fax e...@viviendasleon.org www.viviendasleon.org ___ OLPC-SF mailing list olpc...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf -- 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. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
