Re: [IAEP] Abacus suggestions

2011-10-09 Thread Walter Bender
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote: For the first time I launched Abacus activity today.  My impression is biased as I am Japanese and learned a version of it at school, but here is some suggestions:  - The graphics lacks essential dots.  You see some dots

Re: [IAEP] Abacus suggestions

2011-10-09 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
Hi, Walter, At Sun, 9 Oct 2011 08:57:51 -0400, Walter Bender wrote:  - As you can see, the default 1's digit (the big white dots) is in    the middle, not the far right.  That makes sense to tell that    there are numbers smaller than 1 and for the idea of power of 10.    (It is often

Re: [IAEP] Abacus suggestions

2011-10-09 Thread Walter Bender
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote: For the first time I launched Abacus activity today.  My impression is biased as I am Japanese and learned a version of it at school, but here is some suggestions:  - The graphics lacks essential dots.  You see some dots

Re: [IAEP] Abacus suggestions

2011-10-09 Thread Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn
Hi, The touch scrren allows manipulate the abacus activity like an real abacus... And when you have some practice with your fingers.. you can will be more quick than a calculator! I see the Japanesse children make it with incredible speed!

Re: [IAEP] Abacus suggestions

2011-10-09 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
At Sun, 9 Oct 2011 15:11:24 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote: For the first time I launched Abacus activity today.  My impression is biased as I am Japanese and learned a version of it at school, but here is some

[IAEP] Sugar Labs Oversight Board - Candidacy

2011-10-09 Thread David Farning
I, David Farning, would like to announce my candidacy for a position on the Sugar Labs Oversight Board. As a member on the original Sugar Labs Oversight Board, I came to feel that as much as I believed in the vision of OLPC and Sugar Labs there were a number of needs in the ecosystem which could

[IAEP] Worker Bees Wanted For XO Manual Refresh!

2011-10-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hello! Here is a great opportunity for you to get involved in an important OLPC/Sugar Labs project! A new revised version of the XO Users Manual and Help Activity is coming, and we need your help. The XO Users Manual originated with a book sprint in Austin TX in summer 2008 and has had many

[IAEP] La Magallanes MG2 tiene acelerómetros.. ¿como los podemos usar?

2011-10-09 Thread nanonano
Me Acabo de enterar de que las MAgallanes MG2 del Plan Ceibal en Uruguay tienen acelerómetros, lo probé instalado el Algadoo http://www.algodoo.com/wiki/Download, un software para simular mundos en 2D: http://www.taringa.net/posts/animaciones/5886212/Algoodo-un-programa-muy-divertido.html