Re: [IAEP] an interesting article on an article on learning styles...

2009-12-18 Thread Bill Kerr
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Almost certainly, you were told that your instruction should match your students' styles. For example, kinesthetic learners—students who learn best through hands-on activities—are said to do better in classes that feature

Re: [IAEP] Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth stepping down as CEO

2009-12-18 Thread Kevin Cole
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 14:14, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10417460-92.html Another data point: I sent this out to my Ubuntu LoCo last night: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 20:42 Subject: Jane Silber to become CEO of

[IAEP] Is there a stable version of Sugar?

2009-12-18 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi all... In mid-January I will be in Buenos Aires for about a week. There is an elemenary school principal there who has a computer lab full of PCs all loaded up with Microsoft Office (for 6-12 year-olds!) that sits idle most of the time since the teachers are hesitant to use the computers.

[IAEP] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Mel Chua
After an extended post-SLOBs discussion in #sugar, SeanDaly, cjb, walterbender, sdziallas, myself (and possibly others I've missed - tomeu, bernie, and dave_b contributed to the earlier discussion) came up with a motion to unblock the SoaS naming question while we continue to work on the

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Walter Bender
second. -walter On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Mel Chua m...@melchua.com wrote: After an extended post-SLOBs discussion in #sugar, SeanDaly, cjb, walterbender, sdziallas, myself (and possibly others I've missed - tomeu, bernie, and dave_b contributed to the earlier discussion) came up

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Hi,   MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by Sugar Labs   for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be   marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy,   agreement, and process

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Mel Chua
It's up for a vote. So far we have two 'aye' votes (mchua, cjb), and need 2 more to pass. MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Sean DALY
Reminder, this was for question 3 of the Decision Panel. I vote aye to this motion. Sean On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Hi, MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Walter Bender
aye. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Reminder, this was for question 3 of the Decision Panel. I vote aye to this motion. Sean On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Mel Chua
And the motion passes! FOR THE WIN! MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] sounds in Speak

2009-12-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:54 PM, K. K. Subramaniam subb...@gmail.comwrote: On Monday 14 December 2009 09:00:23 pm Aleksey Lim wrote: Hello everybody, This afternoon, I had an interesting conversation with a Montessori teacher, about Speak. She asked me why Speak says a when a is

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] Sugar on a Stick usage motion

2009-12-18 Thread Bernie Innocenti
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:04 -0500, Mel Chua wrote: MOTION: Yes, Sugar on a Stick should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be

Re: [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.0 final release!

2009-12-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Hi, I'm very pleased to announce build os64 as the final 10.1.0 release build for XO-1.5 laptops. Here are its release notes: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0 Instructions for installing the release on an