I'm guilty of spending more time than I probably should at newgrounds.com,
their slogan being Everything, by Everyone.
Its a melting pot of free content, and what really impresses me are the
absolute gems of creativity that one finds from time to time.
I dont see flash as the main XO education
Sorry, guys, but I just don't see why the content is somehow corrupted or
limited by deployment on the Flash platform.The FlashPlayer implements a
virtual machine that is customized by Adobe to run on various hardware and
OSs. They're extending it now to ARM-processor-based devices (cell
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Stanley Sokolow
overb...@earthlink.net wrote:
So, please explain why constructionist educational models can't be
Nobody has stated that it can't be done. But experience shows the
opposite correlation (and I have worked in many edu projects using
Flash myself,
You can see the Xubuntu system running on our XO-1 at: Internet Math
Tutoring / OLPC Project
http://internetmathtutoring.com/olpc/static.php?page=static090711-100100.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Stanley Sokolow overb...@earthlink.netwrote:
Sorry, guys, but I just don't see why the content
stanley wrote:
You can see the Xubuntu system running on our XO-1 at: Internet Math
Tutoring / OLPC Project
http://internetmathtutoring.com/olpc/static.php?page=static090711-100100.
what does this have to do with flash?
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Stanley Sokolow
Hi,
has a free-open-source IDE (FlashDevelop) from a community,
does this run on the XO?
Nope. We're to believe that Flash is appropriate for constructionism
on the XO even though it doesn't allow XO users to construct anything.
- Chris.
--
Chris Ball c...@laptop.org
One Laptop Per
That page shows Vyew.com running on Xubuntu on the XO-1. In my experience,
Vyew.com is something outstanding for learning
with low barriers of entry and no ceiling that Martin asked to see built
with Flash. (Stanford University uses Vyew for its Stanford Engineering
I guess I don't understand constructionism.
Is it reasonable to require that the development system run on the target
machine?If Apple had this requirement, all of the iPhone/iPod/iPad
applications would be gone. We wouldn't have any of the millions of
devices (mp3 players, routers, modems,
Nobody has stated that it can't be done. But experience shows the
opposite correlation (and I have worked in many edu projects using
Flash myself, some huge such as TLF's SOCCI).
Maybe it's a cultural problem (ie: people who get excited with Flash
things singing and dancing tend to build
stanley wrote:
I guess I don't understand constructionism.
i think that's right.
Is it reasonable to require that the development system run on the target
machine?
yes. it's one of the reasons most activities, and many of the
system, is coded in python.
If Apple had this
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Carlos Nazareno object...@gmail.com wrote:
Martin, how is this Flash's fault?
I didn't say it was its fault -- I did point out the same cultural
issue you mention.
And shiny distracts. You are writing very long emails and not pointing
to compelling deep and rich
-- Forwarded message --
From: Stanley Sokolow overb...@earthlink.net
Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Flash + AIR on OLPC
To: Paul Fox p...@laptop.org
Sorry, Paul, I just can't accept the idea that the target audience of the
OLPC projects must necessarily include
stanley wrote:
Sorry, Paul, I just can't accept the idea that the target audience of the
OLPC projects must necessarily include kids who are capable and interested
in re-programming the software activities they're using.Moreover, would
you want to modify and re-compile your
There's been all this discussion of AIR. I am unfamiliar with AIR.
My question : Why would I (as an user) __need__ AIR ?
I do not mind using a browser, nor do I mind installing a
special-purpose plugin into my browser in order to access particular
material. But what does AIR provide that for
AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a desktop application that runs the
FlashPlayer virtual machine outside of a browser. You know that Flash is
usually thought of as a plug-in to run Flash content inside of a web page
being displayed on a browser. To maintain web security, the Flash plug-in
Sorry, I keep forgetting to put the list manager in my addresses. Here's
my latest message:
-- Forwarded message --
From: Stanley Sokolow overb...@earthlink.net
Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Flash + AIR on OLPC
To: mi...@bga.com
I forgot to answer your
The AIR application is given more freedom -- for example, it can
access local files.
Back when Netscape first came out, I was bitten when a selfish plugin
changed my system's defaults without me realizing it. Ever since, I do
NOT want a remotely acquired program to be able to access the local
So, I guess you don't install any software that you download and run, like
Firefox or OpenOffice.org or Google Earth? An AIR program doesn't just
sneak itself onto your system -- the user decides to buy it, or trust the
source of it, downloads it, and runs the installer. The point about AIR is
So, I guess you don't install any software that you download and run, like
Firefox or OpenOffice.org or Google Earth?
I've installed and am running applications such as Firefox 3.6.3 (plus
Flash 10.1), Google Chrome 5.0.342.9, Adobe Reader 9.3.1, mplayer,
FBReader, etc. -- because I trust the
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Carlos Nazareno object...@gmail.com wrote:
hey guys! Good news, I was able to get in touch with John Dowdell of
Adobe (email below).
jd is still around! We used to correspond over bug and quirks in
Director versions 3 to 6.
From my PoV, Flash is ok installation
Hey Martin! JD also hooked us up with Tom Nguyen, product manager for
the Flash Player and here's what Tom said:
Great to meet you. I actually recently graduated with an MA in
Education from Stanford, where I spent a bit of time focusing on
constructionist learning methods, so it's great to hear
On Apr 11, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Carlos Nazareno wrote:
Hey Martin! JD also hooked us up with Tom Nguyen, product manager for
the Flash Player and here's what Tom said:
Great to meet you. I actually recently graduated with an MA in
Education from Stanford, where I spent a bit of time focusing
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote:
It is extremely hard to see how anyone conversant with constructionist
learning could get excited about Flash + OLPC.
Ditto here. I have never seen anyone who understands learning in depth
advocating Flash. Social
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 08:51:01PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote:
But hey. Flash developers want Flash in it. It's gotta be good for
something.
My guess is that it is handy for repurposing the system for
entertainment usage. (I don't have Flash enabled on my systems, so I
don't really know what
On Apr 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, James Cameron wrote:
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 08:51:01PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote:
But hey. Flash developers want Flash in it. It's gotta be good for
something.
My guess is that it is handy for repurposing the system for
entertainment usage. (I don't have
hey guys! Good news, I was able to get in touch with John Dowdell of
Adobe (email below).
I'll coordinate with Reuben Ed for the info needed by Adobe to
improve Flash AIR behavior on the XOs. *crosses fingers*
-Naz
Some stuff OLPC needs to get Flash AIR running better on the XO-1 1.5:
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