[IAEP] OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009: Schedule is up!

2009-11-20 Thread Sameer Verma
http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf-summit Nov 21, 2009 in San Francisco. Line-up of topics and presenters/facilitators is now up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009#Presenters_and_Facilitators cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor,

Re: [IAEP] turtleArt and materials for education

2009-11-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:34, roberto robert...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, i am about to start writing worksheet about possible uses of turtleArt in math education. I have many. Euclidean geometry, analytic geometry, Galilean gravity, and Computer Science. What would you like? I'd like to solve

Re: [IAEP] turtleArt and materials for education

2009-11-20 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 07:34:46PM +0100, roberto wrote: - i've installed sugar on Debian 5.0 but, as you already know, a lot of activities are missing; turtleArt is one of this, so i think i cannot use it on my Debian (tell me if there is a workaround ...) Jonas is working on packaging Sugar

[IAEP] NYC Community Summit Schedule - Saturday Nov 21st 1-4PM

2009-11-20 Thread Adam Holt
Join One Laptop per Child and Sugar Labs tomorrow in Manhattan, for a very thoughtful afternoon on how we're enabling kids worldwide with new kinds of education learning! Please invite friends. /Learning innovators, Software carpenters, Intl Development veterans, Community Marketing

Re: [IAEP] turtleArt and materials for education

2009-11-20 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:34, roberto robert...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, i am about to start writing worksheet about possible uses of turtleArt in math education. I have many. Euclidean geometry, analytic geometry,

[IAEP] Fwd: [Tie2010] FW: Continuity of Learning - iTunes K12 content

2009-11-20 Thread Caroline Meeks
Is there a way for Sugar users to access these resources? -- Forwarded message -- From: Irene Pak pa...@gse.harvard.edu Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM Subject: [Tie2010] FW: Continuity of Learning To: TIE 2010 list tie2...@list.gse.harvard.edu FYI! Irene Irene Pak

[IAEP] [SLOBS] new list policy

2009-11-20 Thread Walter Bender
After a protracted discussion, the Sugar Oversight Board has decided to revise its policy regarding sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org. Currently the list has a broad membership: current and past SLOB members, misc. observers, etc. We found that in practice, many board discussions that were occurring off

[IAEP] [SLOBS] Discussion of policy for using Sugar trademark

2009-11-20 Thread Walter Bender
We have had a decision panel mulling over some issues regarding the use of the Sugar name and we hope to have a report from them sometime in the next few weeks. However, there are more general issues regarding trademarks that we should be discussing as a community. I had raised a few questions at

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] new list policy

2009-11-20 Thread Mel Chua
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: After a protracted discussion, the Sugar Oversight Board has decided to revise its policy regarding sl...@lists.sugarlabs. For the history behind this decision, see

[IAEP] ROFL from Uruguay

2009-11-20 Thread Yamandu Ploskonka
apparently these are some SMS and electronic messages sent by parents to teachers in Uruguay. They are mostly untranslatable, not because they are in Spanish, but because they reflect idioms, values and the circumstances of people who leave deep in the countryside - the compiler is Oscar

Re: [IAEP] turtleArt and materials for education

2009-11-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 06:23, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:34, roberto robert...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, i am about to start writing worksheet about possible uses of turtleArt