[IAEP] Really cool developments with SoaS v3

2010-05-26 Thread Daniel Drake
There have been some nice little changes in various parts of SugarLabs recently which make me happy to see that core contributors are really thinking about sugar sustainability and sugar in the field, but I think we've all just been blown out of the water with 4 really great things about the new So

[IAEP] Fwd: "Why Science is Cool" National K-12 Video Contest in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and SciVee

2010-05-26 Thread Frederick Grose
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Re: [IAEP] Books and educational achievement

2010-05-26 Thread Frederick Grose
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:42 AM, Martin Dengler wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 05:26:37PM -0400, Chris Leonard wrote: > ... > > Books in the home as important as parents’ education level > > > http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=5450&zoneid=8 > > The article itself: >

Re: [IAEP] Books and educational achievement

2010-05-26 Thread James Simmons
Chris, I'm as big a believer in the value of e-books as anyone you're likely to meet, but I don't think we can assume that laptops that can download potentially a million e-books would have the same effect as a home library of conventional books. My parents had a fair number of books in the house

Re: [IAEP] Books and educational achievement

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 05:26:37PM -0400, Chris Leonard wrote: > This study seems to make a powerful argument in favor of ramping up the > quantity of e-book content on school servers. > > Books in the home as important as parents’ education level > http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.

Re: [IAEP] Announcing Sugar on a Stick v.3 (Mirabelle)

2010-05-26 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 04:01, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > Mirabelles have arrived! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/enil/3892066169/) Congratulations to all involved! Tomeu > I am proud to announce the availability of Sugar on a Stick v.3, > code-named Mirabelle. More information about Sugar on a

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] review process follow-up.

2010-05-26 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 17:48, David Farning wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> thanks a lot for putting some new energy on this discussion, there's >> certainly more opportunities for us in revising this process. > > Certainly, and I will do my best