[IAEP] Another question... follow-up on Really Dumb Question

Hi Folks, Thanks to those of you who took the time to help me with the other question. Python it is! I have downloaded both the Byte of Python book and the Python for Dummies book. Both are free. Now, I am a Mac Person. What is the best way to get Python running on my Mac? Or would I do

Re: [IAEP] Vargas Llosa en UCU Montevideo Uruguay

¡Hola Amigos/as! Creo una solución sencilla para este problema es en el titulo del mensaje. Si el subjecto es muy claro, personas que tienen interes, puedan leerlo. Otros mensajes ,sin interes, pueden eliminarselo sin leerlo. Abrazos!Carolina (Caryl) Hi Friends, I think a simple solution to

[IAEP] Really Dumb Question

Hi All, Heading for the summit in Montevideo and since the last language I programmed in was Pascal, thought I should get up to speed on what they are using now... at least a little bit. So, I downloaded a free copy of Python For Dummies and started reading. Surprise! Reading the history of

[IAEP] New Blog for CP in South Central LA

Hi All, We have just started a new blog for the Audubon Middle School Contributors Program project. The project was stalled after 2 years when the original project head moved away and a secondary tech person had to concentrate on other things for their FAMLI foundation. A couple of

Re: [IAEP] Exploring Sugar-on-Tablets

This is very exciting stuff! Being hardware independent would be great. I look forward to seeing it work in Uruguay! Caryl Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:57:58 -0400 From: csc...@laptop.org To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Exploring

Re: [IAEP] Exploring Sugar-on-Tablets

...@hotmail.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: This is very exciting stuff! Being hardware independent would be great. I look forward to seeing it work in Uruguay! Sugar already

Re: [IAEP] Exploring Sugar-on-Tablets

...@gmail.com CC: cbige...@hotmail.com; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; pbrobin...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: PCs and Linux

[IAEP] FW: McKinsey report: Urban world: mapping the economic power of cities (PDF / ePub)

Thanks, Sean This is fascinating stuff! It fits right in with the book I am currently reading: Arrival City by Doug Saunders (ISBN 978-0-375-42549-3). The book is full of tales of people migrating from rural to urban areas over the past 150 years. It tells how various policies toward

Re: [IAEP] Conozco Uruguay in Mac computer

Hi Carlos, I have used SoaS on the Mac with some success, but only as it came. I have never added any other Activities... but would like to learn how to do it. If you aren't in a huge hurry, I will bring my Mac when I come for the Conozco Uruguay tour and EDUJam next month. Maybe we can get

Re: [IAEP] Khan academy content

Hi... When I first saw the Khan Academy videos, I didn't like them. They just seemed to be the traditional Sage on a Stage style of teaching not at all collaborative or constructionist. But then, I watched his TED talk (

Re: [IAEP] First day of Etoys class in Somerville

Hi... I have tested Etoys to go, downloaded from the Squeakland site and found it works fine on PC (Windows) and Mac... even the older Power PC Macs. Nothing special installed. Just plug in the stick and open it. Projects totally transferrable between machines. It is a great resource. Caryl

[IAEP] Happy Birthday twitter!

Hi All, In honor of twitter's 5th birthday today, I would like to share this link to a neat blog by a relative of mine about all things twitter, including some great ways to use it with students. http://bit.ly/hUmLEh Enjoy! Caryl

Re: [IAEP] Teacher feedback TamTam

Hi Sean, A couple of teachers in Uruguay have done some nice things with Tam Tam. They are included in the set of video taped sample lessons on Canal Ceibal. The classes are in Spanish, but if you know anything about music, you will still be able to understand what is going on. Here is a

[IAEP] Update: Wish this little PC was an XO! ; -D It was! Almost....

Hi All... This will be the last episode (I hope) in the saga about getting an EeePC 900 back to usability by, finally reflashing. It was actually very much like reflashing an XO. The big difference was that instead of a usb thumb drive with the needed software, I had to go out an buy an usb

[IAEP] Update: Wish this little PC was an XO! :-(

Many thanks to all of you who tried to help me get my eeePC back on the internet (Skype works fine). I tried all of your suggestions and none fixed the problem. Yesterday I called asus and was very surprised to find they would provide telephone support, even though the netbook warrantee was

[IAEP] Sugar Running on a Classmate touch in Argentina

Hi Folks... Here is another video of a very young user playing with Sugar on a Classmate in Argentina. Definitely works! Wonder what bugs they have found? Wonder how they installed it? Also, how old is this cute little girl? Caryl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YskjBkaC98Y Hola! Aquí

[IAEP] Yesterday's Financial Times Article About OLPC

Hi All... OLPC_MeXicO just tweeted this link to an interesting article about OLPC and children and computers that appeared in yesterday's Financial Times. You will need to do a free registration to read the article. http://ht.ly/48v9Q Caryl

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] young graduates doing good because the economy did them wrong, data shows

. Martin On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Mike... Don't forget you can supplement that 30K/yr with a fun summer job. My husband worked as a seasonal park ranger in Yellowstone while we were both full time teachers. I got to be a stay

[IAEP] Wish this little PC was an XO! :-(

Hi Friends, Some of you will recall I bought an acer EeePC so I could demonstrate SoaS running on a PC. That works fine. But I have developed another problem. I thought some of you windows folks might know the answer for me. Because the memory is rather small, I deleted Microsoft Office.

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Wish this little PC was an XO! :-(

...@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] Wish this little PC was an XO! :-( Check the connections tab in the internet settings. Make sure that there is no proxy set. On Mar 4, 2011 11:01 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Friends, Some of you will recall I bought an acer EeePC so

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Wish this little PC was an XO! :-(

point at a time until it works again. You will not lose any documents in this process. Hope this helps, Lucas J. Chumley On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:09 AM, Mike Holmes wrote:Check the connections tab in the internet settings. Make sure that there is no proxy set. On Mar 4, 2011 11:01 PM, Caryl Bigenho

[IAEP] OLPC@SCaLE 9X Photos For Folks who Don't Do Facebook

O.K. I thought when Facebook said photos could be viewed by everyone that meant everyone! I didn't know that didn't include those folks who don't have a fb account. So, I re-posted all of the photos on flickr too and transferred the captions. Every photo has a description so if you don't

[IAEP] Questions Re: Skype on XO

Hi Folks... Back with more techie questions. What can you tell me about Skype running on the XO? I would especially like to hear from folks who have recently done successful 2-way video chats themselves. I have read the instructions, and need to try but want to know the answers to a few

[IAEP] Photos from SCaLE 9X

Hi All... See what you missed (or see yourself) at SCaLE 9X. I just posted a few photos we took there this past weekend. They are tagged with names and info. Enjoy! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=1583659477396id=1413015665aid=2073867 The album is marked for public viewing so you don't

[IAEP] New Human XO Antennae Developed?

Hi Support Gangsters, IAEP Folks and olpc-SoCal afficianados, Here is a preview of a recap from the OLPC/Sugar Labs booth at SCaLE 9X in Los Angeles this past weekend. Booth volunteer, Greg Dreshler, from UCSB is shown here helping a visitor to our booth get acquainted with the XO-1.5. But

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] How Many XOs?

Hi... Argentina may be getting Classmates for their high school students, but rest assured that the good folks at Sugar Labs Argentina will make sure Sugar is available to run on them. I will paste in a note from Pato Acevedo, in Chile, below. And, don't forget Uruguay's commitment to the

[IAEP] Resources in Spanish

2011/2/22 Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com ¡Hola Amigos y Amigas! Tengo una preguntita para Uds. He notado que no hay version/traducción de el FLOSS manual para usar los XOs y las Actividades aquí en la lista de manuales: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ Buscalo en el medio del página. Hay

[IAEP] How Many XOs?

Hi... Can someone give me an intelligent guesstimate of the total number of XOs deployed so far worldwide (including CP)? Maybe knowing the number manufactured should come close. Thanks, Caryl ___ IAEP --

[IAEP] XO Floss Manuals in other languages.

Hi... I was browsing the FLOSS XO manuals and noticed translations into Arabic and Greek. Can anyone tell me where these versions are being used, especially the one in Greek? Is there one in Spanish? If so, where is it housed? Thanks, Caryl

[IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? http://bit.ly/eu1iPh It is mentioned in this very old link: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2006-October/000158.html It is no longer manufactured, but there are some available at ebay

[IAEP] Found usb Microscope under $50 for XO!

doubtful you can get it work on Linux. I don't think they ever got it working on a mac. Cheers,Caroline On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? http

[IAEP] Got Kids? Grandkids? Others? Quick Sugar Survey

Hi Folks, This message is especially for those of you who have kids and grandkids (neices, nephews, siblings, neighbors, etc) who have played and learned with XOs and Sugar. If you were to name the top 3 Sugar Activities for children in the 6-9-year-old range, in terms of fun and educational

Re: [IAEP] Google Art Project

work. See http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1117 regards. -walter On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All... Here us a wonderful resource shared by folks on the sur and Squeakland lists. http

[IAEP] Google Art Project

Hi All... Here us a wonderful resource shared by folks on the sur and Squeakland lists. http://www.googleartproject.com/ If you haven't already seen it, take a look and enjoy it but not on your XO! Irequires Flash not only to move about the galleries, but also to view individual

[IAEP] More SCaLE 9X News

Hi All... The SCaLE 9X program is up and the OSSIE track on Saturday is really exciting! Robots, Etoys, Moodle, and Sugar what more could you want? And our speakers come from as far away as Brazil and Germany. Don't miss it! Go to this link. OSSIE is in the orange column on the

[IAEP] FW: My 1st experience in class with SoaS (by Cherry Withers)

...@ekindling.org To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: carol...@solutiongrove.com Please feel free to share. I wrote it quickly and didn't pay attention to grammatical and spelling errors. Oh well. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: I laughed and I cried

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Another Etoys Question

on the + in the Book header and you can also duplicate pages from the menu in the header. More details are in the Etoy floss manual Chapter 5 http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/Objects (search for book within the page). Stephen On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige

[IAEP] Assorted Observations and Comments

Hi All, I am busy checking out some XO-1.5s and XO-1s in preparation for SCaLE 9x at the end of February. As I work, I come across things others have commented on or things I have noticed. From time to time, I will post these things for the curious among you. 1) Dextrose as run on build

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Assorted Observations and Comments

...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] Assorted Observations and Comments On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 03:01:06PM -0800, Caryl Bigenho wrote: 3) I do not see the Mayan numerals and access points anywhere. Expected, since you are not on the latest stable version. os852 is 10.1.2, and these Mayan

[IAEP] Another Etoys Question

OK, so I have watched the tutorials and even looked at 2 books I have about Squeak and still haven't found out how to make a multi-page book or slide show like we want to do for the Water Lessons. Innocent that I am, I assumed that clicking on the page symbol (looks like a page symbol used

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Another Etoys Question

at 12:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: OK, so I have watched the tutorials and even looked at 2 books I have about Squeak and still haven't found out how to make a multi-page book or slide show like we want to do for the Water Lessons. Innocent that I am, I

[IAEP] SCaLE 9X is coming! Don't miss it!

know right away! Watch for more info soon! I hope to see many of you there next month. Caryl Bigenho, OLPC and Sugar Labs Volunteer P.S. Please forward this message to anyone you know is interested in Open Source Software In Education. Thanks

[IAEP] Problem with Etoys Showcase

Hi All... There is a broken page at the Squeakland site: http://www.squeakland.org/showcase/ Currently it is not possible to access the Showcase. It all comes up as an html script. Is there a back door? Any idea on when this will be fixed? Caryl

Re: [IAEP] [FM Discuss] volunteer to translate to spanish

Hi, Last summer we had a team of about 5 volunteer translators, all but one (me), from different countries in América latina**, working on the translation of Make Your Own Sugar Activities. We worked on it for several weeks. While some parts are probably still in an electronic translation

[IAEP] Help Request

Hi... We have a help request from someone in Puerto Rico. He says this is his niece's XO and he wants to know how to get an activation lease. I don't know what to tell him. Also, I don't know where he or his niece got the XO or if it ever worked for them. Any suggestions? Caryl

[IAEP] Problems Accessing Waveplace Tutorials

Hi Folks, Strange things happening tonight. I was working on the Etoys tutorials on the Waveplace website, but didn't notice my battery was low (MacBook) and it shut down during dinner. Now I am unable to access the lessons. I get pages without the buttons some with html but no buttons.

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] WikiLeaks reveals hidden Sugar blogs :)

Thanks for the links! Some fun stuff I have noticed: In Paraguay they use their tile floor as a huge piece of graph paper and plan their projects with chalk. Some students have their own blogs. Gonzalo Odiard's Fototoon Activity is being used widely. (If you haven't tried it yet, it is a

[IAEP] Another interesting Map

Hi All Please grant me a small rant... Here is another interesting map for you. It is supposed to show the return on investment (ROI) for schools in the United States, where data is available, based on per-pupil spending and scores on achievement tests. Some states, such as Montana and

[IAEP] Importing Photos to Etoys on Mac or PC, not running Sugar???? How To???

Hi Folks, What is the method for importing a photo to Etoys when working on a Mac or PC? I found instructions for doing it in Sugar, but not elsewhere. Thanks, Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] When teaching restrains discovery

Hi Folks... The retired teacher talking here. Discovery learning in a properly prepared, semi-structured environment works. Look at the success of the Montessori method. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_method Intervention is helpful at times, but only as a last resort. If a

[IAEP] Protected Email for Pen Pals or Google Docs sharing

Hi All, Interschool pen pal projects through ePals have been going for quite some time. But, they require a certified teacher to set up the accounts. For non-classroom groups there has not been a source of protected email contact. Now Google has stepped in and filled the gap, not only with

Re: [IAEP] Discussing Idea of a new Activity Hangman

Hi... FWIW, I like Walter's idea of locally generated words for a Hangman Activity. Using spelling or vocabulary words could be very useful. For vocabulary words, maybe the teacher could enter a hint or definition. Would it be possible to also make it so that other non-Roman alphabets could

[IAEP] Try This! RE: Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am working with a project that wants to download Kahn Academy's math lessons ( http://www.khanacademy.org/ ) and use them offline on the XO-1. Has anyone done anything like this? Does anyone have any

Re: [IAEP] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

2010 17:11:18 +1300 Subject: Re: [IAEP] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to??? From: paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org On 28 December 2010 20:11, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am working

[IAEP] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

Hi All, I am working with a project that wants to download Kahn Academy's math lessons ( http://www.khanacademy.org/ ) and use them offline on the XO-1. Has anyone done anything like this? Does anyone have any ideas about how to do this? Could the videos be stored on USBs? on SD

Re: [IAEP] Still Trying... How do I switch the keyboard to another character set?

codes such as kacstPen, cmsy10, wasy10, etc. Caryl Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:45:00 +1300 From: mcnamara@gmail.com To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another character set? On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige

[IAEP] Still need to know: How do I switch the keyboard to another character set?

...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another character set? Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:47:58 + To: cbige...@hotmail.com Hi Caryl, On 26 Dec 2010, at 06:42, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi... If one had a simple overlay with the Urdu

Re: [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another character set?

:46 -0500 Subject: Re: [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another character set? From: echer...@gmail.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: support-g...@laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 01:42, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi... If one had a simple

[IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another character set?

Hi... If one had a simple overlay with the Urdu keyboard symbols on it, what would be the exact procedure for switching the keys to Urdu? I tried in My Settings- Keyboard- Urdu - Urdu Pakistan, but the result was a lot of little squares with symbols in them... maybe hex code? They look

[IAEP] Moon Activity Has an Easter Egg!

Hi All It was very rainy last night during the lunar eclipse so it wasn't visible here in SoCal. I decided to look at the Moon Activity instead. The moon was a rosy, pinkish color much like it sometimes appears during totality! This morning it was back to black white and shades of

[IAEP] FW: Leigh Honeywell 1st SCALE 9X keynoter

Hi... Here is info about one of the keynote speakers for SCaLE 9X. For those of you who would like to do a presentation, the CFP has been extended to this Friday, December 17. Caryl Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:05:08 -0800 To: ca...@laptop.org From: scale-annou...@socallinuxexpo.org

[IAEP] TamTam Questions (More)

Hi, Several people in America-sur have responded to my questions about the keys used in the TamTam Suite. So far, they have all referred only to TamTam Mini. Have any of you used any of the other TamTam Activities (Jam and Edit). I need to know what keys are used for loops and special

[IAEP] TamTam and Old Technology

Hi All... I am trying to make a simple do-it-yourself overlay for the XO keyboard showing the musical keys (like on a piano) for TamTam.I have only played with it a little so I could use a little help about what keys to include in addition to the notes. If you are a TamTam fan and have used

Re: [IAEP] [realness] a school is not a building

Don't forget the possibility of using the laptops to tailor the learning experience to fit the individual needs of each learner. With proper training, and planning, teachers can learn to do this easily in ways that will help all students achieve their highest potential. Of course, a more work

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] the 4 GB USB containing Soas-v3-Mirabelle appliance can be run interchangeably on a PC or a mac with VMPlayer or Virtualbox

Hi All This is great news! I will work on learning to do this when I get back to SoCal in Dec. Then I can share it with others at presentations, visits and the like. I really like the way Etoys-to-go can move from system to system. If this works even half as well, it will be big news. Caryl

[IAEP] TSA Loves XOs!

Hi All, I flew from DFW yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving, which is supposed to be one of the busiest days for flying. We arrived early because we had heard of plans for lot of people to opt out of the body scanners and ask for the enhanced pat-down search instead. The protest didn't

[IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

Hi Folks, I had a great visit yesterday with the folks at New Tech High @ Coppell, TX. It is a great place, where facilitators guide learners in their project based learning. We were very impressed. But, I was surprised to discover they do not teach any computer programming at the school. If

[IAEP] Conozco Uruguay - Conozco Nicaragua

Hi Folks, I just learned from the Latin America lists that Byron Corrales has modified the Activity Conozco Uruguay and changed it into Conozco Nicaragua. This is great! I had suggested some time ago that the Conozco Activity was perfect for localizing. It could be adapted as a

[IAEP] (no subject)

Hi All, Yesterday I did my 2 hour workshop and one hour presentation at the CUELA Tech Fair. I want to thank all of you who helped me solve some of the problems I was having with the software. My one hour presentation about OLPC and volunteering was great. Folks were interested, asked a lot of

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-uruguay] ¿Cómo beben los gato s?

Gracias Carolos ¡Qué buena idea! Tan creativo. Me gusta mucho este. Carolina For folks on the IAEP list who don't read Spanish... translate this one. It is a great science lesson idea. From: car...@mac.com Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:53:08 -0200 To: america-lat...@squeakland.org;

[IAEP] Urgent Call for Help!

Hey folks, I am having problems getting files together to distribute to a teachers workshop this Saturday. I have asked for help and a few people have been really good about it. But time is running out. I have been checking some of the files on the Sugar Creation Kit (which has a correct

[IAEP] FW: Teaching with Technology in the Los Angeles Area

Hi Folks... This is the latest announcement of the event I will be doing a 2-hour morning workshop for on Saturday. I have highlighted it in red below. I will also be doing a 1 hour presentation about getting involved with OLPC and Sugar Labs as volunteers, contributors, or school groups. That

[IAEP] Boot SoaS on Windows machines? Help!

Hi It has been about 6 mos since I last ran SoaS on my eeePC. I am a Mac person. I can't remember how to get Sugar running on the PC. I have tried a lot of different things... alt, ctrl, ctrl-c, ctrl-d, F2, ctrl-alt, and so forth. Nothing works. I tried opening Windows first and then

[IAEP] Getting to BIOS (was Boot SoaS on Windows machines? Help!)

on some of my machines. Mike On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi It has been about 6 mos since I last ran SoaS on my eeePC. I am a Mac person. I can't remember how to get Sugar running on the PC. I have tried a lot of different things

[IAEP] Urgent: .iso or .vdi in Virtual Box?

Hi All, I have included the testing list in this mailing because solving this problem will help me (and other Mac users) participate in testing SoaS. ;-D Still trying to get SoaS to run on Virtual Box. Need to do it today (hopefully). Will keep checking and trying off and on all day until I

[IAEP] Follow-up. Next Question: Which Fedora?

Thanks for the answers to the .iso vs .vdi question. Now, is SoaS Blueberry done in Fedora or Fedora 64? Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

[IAEP] FW: Follow-up. Next Question: How many boxes?

To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: support-g...@laptop.org; test...@lists.laptop.org I've never used VB before so I'm not sure but I'm sure you can run multiple VMs on Virtual Box. Peter On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you Peter! That may be part

[IAEP] Adam Changes a Tire

Hi All... If you haven't checked Tim Falconer's blog about the trip he and Adam are making in Haiti, here is the link to yesterday's post. You can access the earlier ones and today's from there: http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/001013.jsp Be sure to enjoy the photos. Caryl

Re: [IAEP] 90% fluency Re: Granny Cloud

OK, so along with watching DWTS and the election results, I read through The Camel has Two Humps. If this isn't a spoof it is a travesty! I laughed and laughed! Having done a Master's Thesis and read my daughters PhD dissertation, I can see that this a a wonderfully funny parody of what a

Re: [IAEP] Link for Maple Syrup?

-syrup_Ubuntu_10.04_LTS_with_Sugar_and_many_other_applications_for_netbooks http://people.sugarlabs.org/it/OLD/ (original site) Enjoy; Tom Gilliard satellit Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi All, I have a copy of Maine 1 to 1's Maple Syrup that I run in a Virtual Box on my MacBook. I need to share

Re: [IAEP] 90% fluency Re: Granny Cloud

Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 7:45:47 AM Subject: Re: [IAEP] Granny Cloud On Tuesday 02 Nov 2010 8:17:34 am Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi All... Here is a concise article that summarizes Sugata Mitra's work with the Granny Cloud. Note he says a 1 to 1 model doesn't work. He uses 4 to 1

[IAEP] FYI: Etoys-to-go works on PowerPC Macs

Hi All... A bit of surprising info (Bert F. was surprised), I tried Etoys-to-Go on an older PowerBook G4 running OS-10.4.11. It works... really well! (So far). This should be good news to folks dealing with schools that have older G4 machines and no budget to upgrade. I wish we could do the

[IAEP] Link for Maple Syrup?

Hi All, I have a copy of Maine 1 to 1's Maple Syrup that I run in a Virtual Box on my MacBook. I need to share the link on the olpc-socal list, but Google isn't very helpful this morning. Can someone send me the link for the download? TIACaryl

[IAEP] Link for Maple Syrup?

Hi All, I have a copy of Maine 1 to 1's Maple Syrup that I run in a Virtual Box on my MacBook. I need to share the link on the olpc-socal list, but Google isn't very helpful this morning. Can someone send me the link for the download? TIACaryl

Re: [IAEP] Grannie support for children's learning with computers

Hi Caroline, Sounds like a great project! Take the time to watch all of this TED talk featuring Sugata Mirta. It is well worth the time! You will see how the Granny Cloud was used in Newcastle and how children filled the role in other situations.

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

Great stuff! Thanks for the link, Sabbu. I need more time to explore this, but it looks very much like the old frontier one-room schools in the USA. Actually, there are still a lot of them in places like rural Montana. A lot of great people came out of this type of school with wonderful

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

Actually, Mitra's Grannies may not be actual grand parents and they do have a curriculum. They are chosen from older folks (he implies they are all women) who have time and want to volunteer to help children learn. They meet regularly with their assigned children in groups of 4 via the

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] I'm VERY offline in Haiti for 2 weeks! [assume the role of peer-teacher indeed!]

:55 +0300 From: Teemu Leinonen teemu.leino...@aalto.fi To: IAEP SugarLabs iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org On 26.10.2010, at 20.12, Caryl Bigenho wrote: I watched Negroponte on the Colbert show last

[IAEP] FW: [Sur] Oscar Becerra contesta (2 5 veces) al artículo de Christoph Derndorfer

Hi All... I know some of you have already seen and commented on this, but I found it via the Latin American lists and wanted to pass it along to the rest of you, who like me, may have missed it. Caryl The translation of the sur list title and comment: Oscar Becerra answers the article by

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,

[IAEP] Dumb Questions... Input Wanted... Please Discuss!

Hi All... Here are some dumb questions for you. In a couple of weeks I will be doing a 2-hr hands-on workshop (at the CUELA Tech Fair) about OLPC, Sugar, and open source software teachers may want to try with their classes using the computers they already have at their schools. I would like

Re: [IAEP] Dumb Questions... Input Wanted... Please Discuss!

; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: On 28 October 2010 09:04, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All... Here are some dumb questions for you. In a couple of weeks I will be doing

[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:

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Can't Wait..SF Summit Tips! (Oct 22-24)

+1 Maybe also fix it so those of us watching from afar can add things and can see what others have up... maybe put it somewhere in the cloud? Caryl Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:40:05 +0530 From: m...@laptop.org To: garycmar...@googlemail.com CC: gonz...@laptop.org; olpc...@lists.laptop.org;

Re: [IAEP] stepping down as maintainer

Tomeu, You will be greatly missed! Thanks for the many wonderful things you have done over the years. ¡Abrazos! Carolina (Caryl) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:18:26 +0200 From: si...@schampijer.de To: to...@sugarlabs.org CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject:

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

tomorrow. Caryl Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:38:25 +1300 Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed! From: paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks... I'm

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

://tabitharoder.blogspot.com/ On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks... I'm working on the abstract for my proposed presentation at CUE 2011 in Palm Springs in March. The filing deadline is Monday, but I was hoping to put it in tomorrow morning since we

[IAEP] Please Discuss This in SF!

Hi All, I would be feeling very depressed since I will miss our great gathering in SF weekend after next. But the reason I have to miss it, a vacation we made reservations for a year ago, will cheer me up! Maui will be a great cure for the blues. However, I do hope to be able to attend

[IAEP] Totally Off Topic! (But fun) WOMAN-FIGHTS-OFF-BEAR-ATTACK-WITH-ZUCCHINI-SQUASH

Hi... Only in Montana! http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/BREAKING-NEWS/MONTANA-WOMAN-FIGHTS-OFF-BEAR-ATTACK-WITH-ZUCCHINI-SQUASH-475399 Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

[IAEP] FW: Saturday LIVE! Show - Life as a Networked Teacher

Hi... The speaker for this online event has been featured on TED. This could be worthwhile. If you miss it live, it will probably be available online later. Caryl Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:36:56 + From: m...@classroom20.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com Subject: Saturday LIVE! Show - Life as a

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