[IAEP] The Inquirer: One Laptop per Child marches on

2009-09-25 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1555781/one-laptop-per-child-marches I'm quoted in this one... an exception, since I'm not a self-promoter by nature Sean ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

2009-09-25 Thread Sean DALY
I volunteer as well thanks Sean On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Samuel Klein s...@laptop.org wrote: I volunteer. I don't have a strong opinion yet, but am interested in the future of SoaS. When I give talks about OLPC and Sugar, there are almost always audience members who have used it.

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

2009-09-25 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 15:37, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Hi all, Sebastian Dziallas has asked for clarity on how the SoaS distribution he maintains is going to be treated and considered by SL.  It doesn't

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

2009-09-25 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 15:37, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: I presume there's a defined amount of people on this panel. When and where is the chosen panel announced? It's being discussed right now in the SLOBS meeting in #sugar-meeting. Oops. I seem to

[IAEP] NOW: Contributors Program Mtg! (Fri 2PM Boston time, #olpc-meeting)

2009-09-25 Thread Holt
Please join us Right Now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT Boston Time Friday) http://forum.laptop.org/chat Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * New projects libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:

Re: [IAEP] Contents of IAEP Digest, Vol 18, Issue 99

2009-09-25 Thread Tabitha Roder
  5. Re: A Virtual Box solution that works with Sticks (Gary C Martin) Message: 5 From: Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com Subject: Re: [IAEP] A Virtual Box solution that works with Sticks Can anyone think of way to use Virtual Box that would allow students to use the info on their sticks so

[IAEP] Teleread.org: 2 posts about OLPC and Sugar; reader Activities under discussion

2009-09-25 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/25/e-reading-still-neglected-by-the-olpc-laptop-folks-yep-at-least-for-now-but-the-future-may-be-brighter/ http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/25/olpc-e-reading-software-the-choices-available/ I was disappointed at the first post, but pleased to find my comment was

[IAEP] Fwd: Project 10^100: Reminder to vote

2009-09-25 Thread Edward Cherlin
Our idea for free digital textbooks has been incorporated into one of the proposals for the next round of voting at Google 10^100. Please vote. Make educational content available online for free Education Make educational and course materials more accessible online to students worldwide. Lots

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

2009-09-25 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:33:45AM -0400, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: 4. We will entrust the marketing team with labeling products in a way that is amenable to all parties, including the users and creators of Sugar-based systems. The Marketing team is, and has been, responsible for ensuring

Re: [IAEP] Project 10^100: Reminder to vote

2009-09-25 Thread Edward Cherlin
Oops, the voting link fell out when I forwarded the message. Here you go. http://www.project10tothe100.com/vote.html On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: Our idea for free digital textbooks has been incorporated into one of the proposals for the next round

[IAEP] Schools kill creativity...

2009-09-25 Thread Sameer Verma
In my typical Friday afternoon TED Talk overindulgence, I came across this one. Its hilarious and informative. It also talks to some of the things we've argued about in this project. http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma,

[IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-25 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, On Thursday, Ben wrote in the IAEP list: My feeling is that the most important thing we can do in this area is to make it easy to write Activities that are intrinsically cross-platform. To borrow a phrase, one way to do this is to choose languages, and interpreters, that are incapable

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-25 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Caryl, On 26 Sep 2009, at 05:00, Caryl Bigenho wrote: On Thursday, Ben wrote in the IAEP list: My feeling is that the most important thing we can do in this area is to make it easy to write Activities that are intrinsically cross- platform. To borrow a phrase, one way to do this is

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-25 Thread DancesWithCars
For a college level class, starting with Python (as most Activities are probably Python, and Sugar seems to be implemented in it), but will probably drop into C (kernel and other linux plus application stuff). But Scratch, EToys, Emacs, etc provide some other languages under the hood (even if in