Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de wrote: On 28.09.2009, at 17:36, gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada (705) 250-0112) wrote: J, like APL, sadly does not get the publicity that it deserves. A fate it shares with other nice languages. Like, err,

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Announcing the creation of a SoaS Decision Panel [organization process started]

2009-09-29 Thread Abhishek Indoria
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Luke Faraone l...@laptop.org wrote: Maybe [DP-1] or [SDP-1]? Yeah...Probably, that would be the best if we distinguish ourselves from any future groups:) Well, DP-1 and so are great.+1...how about DP-09 or DP-09-1??? -Abhishek -- Abhishek Indoria OLPC

Re: [IAEP] inquiry on constructionism advantages

2009-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
As long as governments ask the wrong questions, they cannot get useful answers. This is just like Egypt asking whether XOs can run Windows. Nicholas panicked, and got MS to put Windows on the XO. Walter Bender pointed out that you can convince any official of the merits of Free Software within ten

Re: [IAEP] inquiry on constructionism advantages

2009-09-29 Thread Maria Droujkova
You may want to use Jo Boaler's longitudinal study of two British poor neighborhood schools, one using procedural math and another project-based math. Kids in the project school did significantly better on standardized tests, and had higher-than-national passing rate (which is incredible given low

[IAEP] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

2009-09-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hello Folks, With all this discussion of naming conventions, we seem to be failing to consider our targeted end-users: classroom teachers. Most of them think Fedora is a hat. It could just as well be derby as far as they are concerned. I suggest we propose a name to apply to all Sugar

Re: [IAEP] SOAS Write problem

2009-09-29 Thread Gerald Ardito
Hamilton, Here's what ended up working: 1. I removed Write using rpm, as you indicated. 2. I downloaded Write 63 from the Sugar wiki site. 3. I restarted the machine. 4. Write 63 started like it should have. So, I have a solution to my deployment if need be. Can someone update me on whether a

Re: [IAEP] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

2009-09-29 Thread Sean DALY
I don't agree with this at all. Nobody chooses an iPod based on its model number. The best approach is for us to discuss with distros their Sugar plans so we can build Sugar use in an organized way. That includes names, which is a marketing issue. Sean On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Caryl

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

2009-09-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
I guess I'm nobody! I actually did choose my iPod by its model number...in fact, a model name and a capacity... Classic 80GB. I did the same with my Mac ...MacBook with a 120GB drive. I chose my software: Leopard (10.5.8). I run iLife 09 but have installed the older iMovie 06 because it is

[IAEP] Test ballot complete. Feedback

2009-09-29 Thread David Farning
I would like to announce the completion of the Sugar Labs Test Election. Know issues: The election server is very overloaded. It was not uncommon for the server to take a minute or more to process a a submission. As far as I can tell everyones vote was processed. Please keep track of your

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Test ballot complete. Feedback

2009-09-29 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:02:22PM -0500, David Farning wrote: I would like to announce the completion of the Sugar Labs Test Election. Know issues: The election server is very overloaded. It was not uncommon for the server to take a minute or more to process a a submission. As far as I

Re: [IAEP] Test ballot complete. Feedback

2009-09-29 Thread David Farning
It turns out that the first five people to request member ship via mem...@sugarlabs.org were missing from the email roster. They follow: * Sebastian Dziallas sebast...@?.? | sdz | APPROVED * Tom Gilliard satel...@?.? | satellit | APPROVED * Brian Jordan bcjor...@?.? | Bcjordan |

[IAEP] Sugarcamp_Bolzano_2009

2009-09-29 Thread David Farning
I would like to re-extend the invitation for Sugarcamp_Bolzano_2009[1]. As it stands, we have four people currently registered: 1. Simon Schampijer 2. Tomeu Vizoso 3. Walter Bender 4. David Farning If anyone else is interested please add your name to the wiki page[1]. 1.

Re: [IAEP] contents of IAEP Digest, Vol 18, Issue 121

2009-09-29 Thread Tabitha Roder
I would like to announce the completion of the Sugar Labs Test Election. Does anyone else have feedback on the test election?  Please submit that feedback to this list or to me personally. David Farning SLOBs election 2009-2010 referee Hi David The first time I submitted my vote the next

Re: [IAEP] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

2009-09-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Yes! Roland, this is exactly what Apple does with their big cats. We have Tiger (10.4) running on a Powerbook that originally came with Jaguar (10.2). I skipped Panther (10.3). My MacBook came with Leopard (10.5). Now they have come out with Snow Leopard (10.6-I don't plan to switch... it has

Re: [IAEP] Test ballot complete. Feedback

2009-09-29 Thread Bernie Innocenti
El Tue, 29-09-2009 a las 18:02 -0500, David Farning escribió: I would like to announce the completion of the Sugar Labs Test Election. Know issues: The election server is very overloaded. It was not uncommon for the server to take a minute or more to process a a submission. As far as I