Re: [IAEP] Scenarios for licensing our trademarks

2010-02-01 Thread Sean DALY
I don't think brand-building - raising awareness of what we do - is an eithor/or proposition killing collaboration. However, I guarantee 100% that a weak trademark policy will lead to no awareness raised. The challenge of marketing is to get people who don't know or care about something to do so.

Re: [IAEP] Scenarios for licensing our trademarks

2010-02-01 Thread Xander Pirdy
This wouldn't be as necessary if the distros had strong brands and could promote Sugar. However, unfortunately they don't. In our ecosystem, the strongest brand is the little green $100 computer with the crank, the image most people likely have of the project. Sadly, none of OLPC's brand

[IAEP] Two Waveplace pilots start today in Cambridge

2010-02-01 Thread Timothy Falconer
Hi everyone, Our two Cambridge pilots start today, which are preparation for our Haitian pilots next month. More at http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/000850.jsp In the next few weeks, we'll be making the Basic Etoys and Storytelling units, which will become part of the Squeakland

[IAEP] LOGO advocacy

2010-02-01 Thread Bernie Innocenti
[cc iaep] Dear Walter, the education technology lead at Paraguay Educa, Pacita, is looking for some good papers about the benefits of LOGO and similar technologies on child development and possible applications to traditional curriculum. This will be used for a presentation introducing Turtle

[IAEP] OLPC Vietnam Pilot Presentation - Sunday Feb 7 - 12NOON EST

2010-02-01 Thread Holt
Nancie Severs' just arrived back from Vietnam and will present to us, fresh off the boat, her Contributors Program project at the Vung Vieng Village Floating School in Northeast Vietnam: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Public commenting now open, join the conversation! (dml)

2010-02-01 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
To complete the info: You can discuss Sugar proposal (if you got an account on the digital media and learning site) going to. http://dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=496#discuss Also there is a nice feature ''tell a friend'', where you can put three mails to inform about the proposal

Re: [IAEP] LOGO advocacy

2010-02-01 Thread forster
Bernie I have added Logo material at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Presentations#Presentations_on_Logo_Like_Languages Tony [cc iaep] Dear Walter, the education technology lead at Paraguay Educa, Pacita, is looking for some good papers about the benefits of LOGO and similar

[IAEP] Laptops?!?

2010-02-01 Thread Adam Holt
By Carmina, one of many Haitian-American bloggers/entrepreneurs/educators/open sourcerers I met in NYC Saturday, /willing to Take a Stand for Haiti:/ Laptops?!? My good friend Mike asked puzzled. And I understood his reaction because I had the same one at first. Haiti 's children don't