Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Board elections (was Re: Sugar Digest 2009-07-22)

2009-07-27 Thread Mel Chua
It doesn't look like we've got a page for this yet, so I'm putting current notes about how the election process will/could run here. Deliberately roughly written and incomplete to encourage others to put in their own ideas.

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Board elections (was Re: Sugar Digest 2009-07-22)

2009-07-27 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 08:05, Mel Chuameta...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't look like we've got a page for this yet, so I'm putting current notes about how the election process will/could run here. Deliberately roughly written and incomplete to encourage others to put in their own ideas.

[IAEP] Youngster Meeting 2009 (was Re: etoys, moodle, gcompris, kde-edu and other sister projects)

2009-07-27 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 19:02, Kurt Gramlichkurt.graml...@lugrav.de wrote: * Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org [090724 18:24]: Wonder what we could do so that these other projects feel more welcomed to our community and more collaboration opportunities are taken. Any ideas?

[IAEP] Math4

2009-07-27 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi, how is going the project? Anything we can give for testing to olpc-sur, boston pilots, etc? Regards, Tomeu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] [DESIGN] control center proposal for GNOME

2009-07-27 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi, Sun proposed this experience for a rework of the preferences system in GNOME: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/ControlCenter Might have interesting ideas for the future of the Sugar settings panel? Regards, Tomeu ___ IAEP --

Re: [IAEP] [DESIGN] control center proposal for GNOME

2009-07-27 Thread Sayamindu Dasgupta
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Tomeu Vizosoto...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Hi, Sun proposed this experience for a rework of the preferences system in GNOME: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/ControlCenter Might have interesting ideas for the future of the Sugar settings panel?

Re: [IAEP] The Next Wave of Activity Sharing

2009-07-27 Thread Costello, Rob R
don't know how the Scratch site has negotiated this on a legal front but sharing and remixing of student generated content seems to work pretty well there ...half a million projects uploaded there http://scratch.mit.edu/ and that would be a tiny percentage of what is sitting on school networks

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Directions of Growth

2009-07-27 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Caroline Meekssolutiongr...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to build on this from the 100 ft level and Sugar on a Stick. I've been with kids this summer and when Sugar is working on the computer in front of them the experience is great. Lots of learning, great

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] Next run of Sugar Labs Sticks

2009-07-27 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.comwrote: I'm going to place an order for more Sugar Labs branded USB sticks. The cost will be in the $7.50 to $9 per 2GB stick, depending on how many I order. Would anyone like to go in on the order so I can bring up the

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content tothe Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

2009-07-27 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 16:08, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 22 Jul 2009, at 10:59, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 14:46, Costello, Rob Rcostello.ro...@edumail.vic.gov.au wrote: if you need some one to look at a fla or decompile a swf and have a look at what the

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content tothe Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 16:08, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 22 Jul 2009, at 10:59, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 14:46, Costello, Rob Rcostello.ro...@edumail.vic.gov.au wrote: if you need some one to look at a

Re: [IAEP] Notes from GPA 7-21

2009-07-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi Caroline and All, This is great stuff! I hope you are working up a very detailed, Grannie's Guide-No Fail style set of teachers' instructions so that other (non-techie) teachers who don't have you there to help

Re: [IAEP] GPA Notes 7/23/09

2009-07-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM, K. K. Subramaniam subb...@gmail.comwrote: On Friday 24 Jul 2009 7:08:05 am Anurag Goel wrote: I feel most kids struggled with this because they had not learned too much about geometry, particularily concepts involving degrees and radii. However, kids

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content tothe Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

2009-07-27 Thread Costello, Rob R
i've got flash CS4 and the latest ASV decompiler ...might have missed an email but i asked offlist if the swf had been moved...can debug on windows (if that word survives the technical or ideological filters!) if needed From: Gary C Martin

Re: [IAEP] Notes from GPA 7-21

2009-07-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Caroline Meekscarol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: 2nd Grade working with turtle art and a community map. This is an excellent report. I would be grateful if you would add the issues you found in discoverability to the Wiki page [[The undiscoverable]], along with

[IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Bill Kerr
My second semester year 10 control tech class is trialling SoaS. My blog is http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/ describes some of the lesson plans and issues arising. *Student blogs (first impressions) are linked on the sidebar* One big issue at this stage is that a Physics screen does not appear to

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content tothe Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jul 2009, at 23:23, Costello, Rob R wrote: i've got flash CS4 and the latest ASV decompiler ...might have missed an email but i asked offlist if the swf had been moved...can debug on windows (if that word survives the technical or ideological filters!) if needed

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Bill Kerrbillk...@gmail.com wrote: My second semester year 10 control tech class is trialling SoaS. My blog is http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/ describes some of the lesson plans and issues arising. Student blogs (first impressions) are linked on the sidebar

Re: [IAEP] GPA Notes 7/23/09

2009-07-27 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
On Tuesday 28 Jul 2009 2:25:29 am Caroline Meeks wrote: On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM, K. K. Subramaniam subb...@gmail.comwrote: On Friday 24 Jul 2009 7:08:05 am Anurag Goel wrote: ..Some kids realized that if they input a really large number they would get the same result as importing a

Re: [IAEP] GPA Notes 7/23/09

2009-07-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:55 AM, K. K. Subramaniamsubb...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 24 Jul 2009 7:08:05 am Anurag Goel wrote: I feel most kids struggled with this because they had not learned too much about geometry, particularily concepts involving degrees and radii. However, kids

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 28 Jul 2009, at 01:18, Bill Kerr wrote: My second semester year 10 control tech class is trialling SoaS. My blog is http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/ describes some of the lesson plans and issues arising. Student blogs (first impressions) are linked on the sidebar One big issue at

Re: [IAEP] GPA Notes 7/23/09

2009-07-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Anurag Goelagoe...@gmail.com wrote: GPA Notes 7/23/09 Who: Walter, Caroline, Jennifer, Anurag 10:45: Set-up computers and projector. Walter worked on Clock program in Turtle Art Walter: Today we are going to use the turtle to play with clocks. (Walter

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:02, Edward Cherlin wrote: It saves on mine, in Strawberry. Which version of SoaS are you using? Just to confirm: Physics-2 has no save support, v2 is the currently released/distributed version. We have been working on the next Physics release cycle in its

Re: [IAEP] GPA Notes 7/23/09

2009-07-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:55 AM, K. K. Subramaniamsubb...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 24 Jul 2009 7:08:05 am Anurag Goel wrote: I feel most kids struggled with this because they had not learned too much about

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:52, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:02, Edward Cherlin wrote: It saves on mine, in Strawberry. Which version of SoaS are you using? Just to confirm:

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:52, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:02, Edward Cherlin wrote: It saves on mine, in

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 28 Jul 2009, at 03:18, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009, at 02:52, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Edward, On 28 Jul 2009,

Re: [IAEP] SoaS feedback

2009-07-27 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Bill Kerrbillk...@gmail.com wrote: My second semester year 10 control tech class is trialling SoaS. My blog is http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/ describes some of the lesson plans and issues arising. Student blogs (first impressions) are linked on the sidebar

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Directions of Growth

2009-07-27 Thread David Farning
These are precisely the types of discussions that will be extremely beneficial to Sugar Labs and the Sugar project over the next several months to a year. The questions are about: What do we _need_ to make our deployment work? How do we prioritize those _needs_? How do we work with the larger

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Directions of Growth

2009-07-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
Ok first pass at putting in more details here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/TODO#Using_a_CD_helper_takes_a_lot_of_prep_time_before_and_after_class Please edit, add your ideas and links to previous discussions. Bill do you have details you can add about Collaboration issues? My

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Directions of Growth

2009-07-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
Yikes I meant to link to: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/TODO#Sugar_on_a_Stick_Improve_Deployability Sorry On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: Ok first pass at putting in more details here: