Re: [IAEP] Ideas

+1! Yes, I suggested this a couple of years ago. I used Cuisenaire rods in the classroom years ago. They are a great way for students to understand some basic math concepts. One of the nice things about Cuisenaire rods is that they are based on the metric system with the unit as a cm (cc, a

Re: [IAEP] Ideas

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > I have had requests for a few things over the years. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods - these are popular > math manipulative and an online version would be cool. > Here are some Cuisinaire Rods in Etoys (sorry Patricia, I

Re: [IAEP] Ideas

Kellie, I created a word sort program in Etoys (which is already on the OLPC) here is a blog entry on the project Etoys Minute - Word Sorts the actual project is posted on the Squeakland site here

Re: [IAEP] africa labs

On 10/25/2010 8:57 PM, Bernie Innocenti wrote: Mozambique is just starting out with 3000 laptops: http://codewiz.org/wiki/blog/2010/10#fri-oct-15--first-classroom-sessions Bernie, Can you update these 3 pages? http://olpcMAP.net http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments http://wiki.

[IAEP] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] Transbot: An Interchannel IRC Translator

Hello, Transbot is an IRC translation bot designed to be a tool to connect IRC channels that are in different languages. Transbot is now in a state of development where it will benefit from community feedback and testing. There is a dedicated version of the bot that communicates between the follow

[IAEP] Sugar Digest 2010-10-26

==Sugar Digest== 1. Tomeu's departure from the project has set off a lot of introspection, speculation, 'blunt' emails, and thoughtful responses. There is no doubt that we will miss Tomeu. He has been not just a prolific contributor to the project, but also a steady hand, with the professional's e

Re: [IAEP] NN, Mitra, and the role of the teacher

While it's true that I was (and still am) somewhat self-motivated when it came to computers, I'd have to say that for me, personally, it was the teachers who either through direct instruction, or through my observation and emulation of them, taught me a sort of "zen" of programming, for lack of a b

Re: [IAEP] NN, Mitra, and the role of the teacher

James Simmons wrote: Caryl, This is an interesting question. I have a niece (friend of the family sense, not a blood relation) who went to the Illinois Math and Science Academy. This is actually a public boarding school for very bright students. They have no textbooks, probably no School Bo

Re: [IAEP] NN, Mitra, and the role of the teacher

Caryl, This is an interesting question. I have a niece (friend of the family sense, not a blood relation) who went to the Illinois Math and Science Academy. This is actually a public boarding school for very bright students. They have no textbooks, probably no School Board, and from what I hear

[IAEP] NN, Mitra, and the role of the teacher

HI All... I watched Negroponte on the Colbert show last night. Nice. He seems to have toned down his former "we don't need teachers... kids will do it all" line a bit, but it is still implied. Sugata Mitra implies the same in his TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_ho

Re: [IAEP] Colbert Report guest: Nicholas Negroponte

Thanks Kevin, I only received your mail today but I just watched the show at http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/363111/october-25-2010/nicholas-negroponte Thanks. Carlos Rabassa Volunteer Plan Ceibal Support Network Montevideo, Uruguay On Oct 25, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Kevin

Re: [IAEP] stepping down as maintainer

Please excuse my rash pushing of the 'send' button: On 26 October 2010 23:42, Tim McNamara wrote: > *Issue 2*: veto > > We have a small cadre of experienced and highly able contributors. > This means that an expectation of very high-quality will become established as the norm. This is a hard w

Re: [IAEP] stepping down as maintainer

On 24 October 2010 17:42, David Farning wrote: > Sugar Labs lost its lead developer. [...] > At the risk of angering pretty much everybody Sugar Labs has three > fundamental problems. Sugar Labs is optimistic to the point of > untruthfulness. Sugar Labs is lead by veto rather than vision.