Re: [IAEP] Adults and Sugar

Hi IAEP, I get this list via digest so I'm late to this topic. However, I did want to share my experience at the OLPC booth at SCaLE this past weekend. Caroline Meeks wrote: Put Sugar in front of the average adult sitting alone, without any instruction, for 20 minutes. I doubt many of them

Re: [IAEP] Adults and Sugar

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:17:23 -0500 Subject: Re: [IAEP] Adults and Sugar From: acaha...@gmail.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Caryl Bigenho writes: One man sat in front of the XO for several minutes with a puzzled look on his face. Finally he asked, Where

[IAEP] Activities Under Emulation

Hi All, I am working on a presentation I will be doing about OLPC and Sugar at a huge educator's conference in Palm Springs next week. I realize I need some nitty-gritty type info about the current state of Sugar emulation on PCs and Macs. Can anyone fill me in on the latest, most

[IAEP] Lots of Interest in SoaS at CUE

Greetings from the CUE (Computer Using Educators) conference in Palm Springs. There has been a lot of interest in SoaS here. Some folks I have talked with are quite tech savvy and will probably have no problem going to our web site and downloading the software successfully to run on their

Re: [IAEP] Lots of Interest in SoaS at CUE

Subject: Re: [IAEP] Lots of Interest in SoaS at CUE From: echer...@gmail.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; a...@flossmanuals.net I like your Grannies Guides idea, and am passing it on to Adam Hyde of FLOSS Manuals. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige

[IAEP] Great Resources from Uruguay

Hi All, Paola Bruccoleri of Uruguay posted a link to a great resource page on the Project Ceibal website. It is full of lots of links to info on most of the activities and other educational resources. Most are in Spanish, but Google Translate could help.

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 12, Issue 51

Hi I guess you got this fixed. It is working fine now. http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Guess I should change from digest mode. I get everything late! Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

[IAEP] Arts?

Hi... Many institutions categroize Fine Arts into 2 or more groups such as: Visual Arts...painting, sculpture, graphics, etc. Performing Arts...Music, Dance, Drama, etc. Things like Turtle Art and Etoys would fall into the Visual Arts category. The TamTam suite would, of course, be

[IAEP] Colors for a.sl.o

Hi Why don't you ask some children what colors they would like? Offer a number of choices in both warm colors and cool colors and combos. BTW...dumb question coming...what does a.sl.o mean? I googled it and all I got was SugarLabs and something for adult dyslectics, ar yoo a slo red.er?

[IAEP] Colors

Hi... Maybe it's my Mac, but I find it very difficult to read the small white letters on the light turquoise-blue background. Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

Hi... The new Sugar manual looks very professional. You folks have done a great job. I was, however, disappointed to find that, although running it on a Mac is mentioned, the instructions for doing it are not included. The education world in the US is mostly a Mac world. A lot of people

Re: [IAEP] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

(I have a bunch at the house myself). thanks Sean On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi... The new Sugar manual looks very professional. You folks have done a great job. I was, however, disappointed to find that, although running

[IAEP] Plan Ceibal in the Press

Hi... Plan Ceibal (OLPC in Uruguay was written up in Journal Americas Qarterly. If you missed it here is the link: http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/370 A Spanish version is here: http://www.teletrabajo.com.uy/noticias/el-plan-ceibal-en-la-prensa-de-eeuu/233/ Thanks go to Pato

[IAEP] Ready for prime time?

Hi, There will be a technology fair on April 25 at the Los Angeles Convention Center for LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District). I have been asked to bring my Roadshow In A Box to demonstrate in the CUELA (Computer Using Educators of Los Angeles) booth. I would love to also be able to

[IAEP] (no subject)

Hi... Tonight I was reading the manual from the Peruvian website I found a few days ago. There was this link to another great educational website they have there: http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/web/visitante/inicio Again, it is in Spanish, but still worth checking out. Caryl

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 31

Hi Caroline and Mike... The big question is...will the new Sugar Labs USB stick run on a MacBook? Whether it does or not...are we ready for Prime Time? If so ... could you send one for me to demo in the CUELA booth at the LAUSD technology fair (for educators) on Sat April 25? Or is it too

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 33

Hi Carolyn, Walter, et. al., O.K. So maybe SoaS is ready for Prime Time after all! Running on Macs...Wow! How do I contact David Bauer? Could I please, please, get a couple of labeled sticks for the LAUSD Tech Expo at the LA Convention Center April 25. I could make DIY ones here, but that

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

To: Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Cc: IAEP SugarLabs iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Message-ID: b74fba2b0904120619y19b2b92cp6edafa65ee75a...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Caryl, I want you to know Dave and I are working on the Mac install. At FOSSVT

[IAEP] SoaS on a MacBook?

Hi... I've been trying to get the SugarLabs usb stick, Walter so kindly sent, to boot on my MacBook. I can get it to recognize the stick but when I try to boot from it, following the instructions from Apple Tech Support, it goes instead into OSX. The stick shows as a third drive on my

[IAEP] Virtual Box?

Hi...Well, the soas-boot.iso hasn't worked yet for me. Now I am trying the Virtual Box. I downloaded it and tried to follow the directions and ended up with a message that says:FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium! System halted.When I try to set it up it offers the option of

[IAEP] .zip turned into .vdi What now?

Hello Again, Still trying to get SoaS going on my MacBook. I downloaded the soas-beta-1.zip. It took a long time (almost 2 hrs on dsl). I finally had time to look at it and try to use it and discovered that it no longer is a zip file. Somehow it turned into soas-beta-1.vdi Was that

[IAEP] More Questions

Hello Again, Still trying to get the SoaS going on the MacBook. This time I went back to trying the Stick and helper CD. I booted to the CD first, then inserted the usb stick. It went through the loading of Fedora all right (like before), then when I chose boot from the menu, it went into

[IAEP] Sugar on MacBook...still no go

Hi, I tried all sorts of things with the file that I have downloaded twice now. I seem to be able to unzip it, but it converts to .vdi and when I click on it to open it, this is the message I get: The document “soas-beta-1.vdi” could not be opened. The file is too large. This is the file that

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 73

Hi Caroline, Bert, and everyone else, About 5 minutes ago I got SoaS to run on my MacBook. : ) I followed Bert's fine instructions again, adding one tiny detail (if Virtual Manager doesn't open, click on the little yellow folder at the right of the pull down bar...if it doesn't open, double

[IAEP] InfoTech Report

Hi, The XO computer and Sugar software were a hit at the LAUSD InfoTech event at the Los Angeles Convention center. I had my 3 Roadshow In a Box machines, plus 2 others set up in the CUELA booth at the kind invitation of CUELA co-president John Rivera. So many people fell in love with the

[IAEP] SoaS on a Mac: Further Adventures

Hello, I wanted to report on my progress with SoaS on my MacBook. I still haven't got the USB version working, but, as I mentioned yesterday, I did get SoaS running with Virtual Box. I was surprised how few programs were shown. Are others hidden but included? How are they accessed?

[IAEP] NECC Unplugged

Hi All, I went and checked out the schedule and info for participating in the NECC Conference (June 28-July 1) with a virtual presence in an Eluminate conference room. The sessions are limited to 30 minutes each. There is so much to tell of the OLPC and Sugar story. It would be great if

[IAEP] soas live cd on MacBook? How?

Hi, I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I would like to get it to boot and be usable on the MacBook. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Caryl___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

[IAEP] NECC Unplugged...Sign Up Now!

Hi All, Well, my son, Chris, reminded me (by signing up) that I hadn't signed up to do a virtual session on the OLPC Contributors program for NECC Unplugged in late June. So...I just did! I signed up to do a 30 minute session about the Contributors program in Virtual Room A on Tuesday June

Re: [IAEP] soas live cd on MacBook? How?

, Caroline 2009/5/20 Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Hi, I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I would like to get it to boot and be usable on the MacBook. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Caryl ___ IAEP

Re: [IAEP] soas live cd on MacBook? How?

machine that shows it and its a show stopper for me for all work in Boston Public Schools because their macbooks have this issue. Thanks, Caroline 2009/5/20 Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Hi, I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I would like to get

Re: [IAEP] soas live cd on MacBook? How?

crediability with network administrators when teachers ask for it to be deployed or used in the classroom. Regards Roland 2009/5/25 Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Hi Caroline, I had an idea in the shower this am (some of my best ideas come while I am in the shower). I think I may

Re: [IAEP] NECC Unplugged...Sign Up Now!

might need. Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:52:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [IAEP] NECC Unplugged...Sign Up Now! From: carol...@solutiongrove.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Caroline, My thinking is that it would be great

[IAEP] CUE Conference March 4-6, 2010 Call for Submissions

Hi Adam, SJ, and Caroline, and everyone else on these 2 lists, It is time to sign up for hands-on workshops at the CUE conference in Palm Springs, CA, March 4-6 next year. I was thinking the best thing would be to have the CUELA laptop library in the Open Source pavillion where folks could

[IAEP] Programming Needs?

Hi... On June 25 I will be taking my Roadshow in a Box to the Bozeman MT LUG. I would like to know if you have any special programming needs these folks might like to help with. Some of the members are with the CS dept at MSU, and all seem to be Linux programmers from what I can tell. Can

[IAEP] Some Comments on Digital Textbooks In California

Hi... Adam Holt alerted me to Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to go digital with textbooks statewide in California high schools, starting with math and science this year. Here is my retired teacher's view of the situation... (See: http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/) The Good:

Re: [IAEP] Please help us choose a Sugar on a Stick boot animation

Hi... FWIW, I like the Variant of XO Avatar Sugar Boot, Grey to Colour Dot Transition. It is familiar, makes the progress seem faster, and reminds folks that the XO and Sugar are related. Caryl___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop

Re: [IAEP] Some Comments on Digital Textbooks In California

Hi Again,I'd like to comment on two of Kathy's comments. 4. Ensure, as a teacher, you have a printing and paper budget. * Don't lay this in the laps of the teachers. They have far to much to do as it is. * Every child should have access to a computer al la the OLPC model (that is seldom

[IAEP] Links to Excellent Materials for the XO in Peru

Hi...You have to see these wonderful materials coming out of Peru! Even if you don't read Spanish, they are worth looking at. You will get the general idea anyway. The message from Nelson Molano translates as: Good afternoon, I am sharing a couple of links with you that I have found from our

[IAEP] Keyboard problem? Terminal Problem? ???? Problem

Hi... I decided to try to install Flash in an XO running 802 so that I might be able to get the Periodic Table of Videos and Live Mocha to work on an XO. I started in terminal mode, and thinking I would be extra safe and remove Gnash first, I followed the instructions (see first example) That

[IAEP] Keyboard problem? Terminal Problem? ???? Problem

Hi... I decided to try to install Flash in an XO running 802 so that I might be able to get the Periodic Table of Videos and Live Mocha to work on an XO. I started in terminal mode, and thinking I would be extra safe and remove Gnash first, I followed the instructions (see first example) That

[IAEP] Test Reports

Hi All... I'm all tested out. Here are the latest results... no more for a while. I have other things to do and our daughter arrives for a 10 day visit tomorrow Noon from MA. The Periodic Video Table from the U of Nottingham still doesn't work right. It relies on YouTube and still doesn't

Re: [IAEP] The Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

Hi... Tell Grannie about it too! I will muddle my way through it this week and write a short Grannie's Guide To Running SoaS on your XO. I guess I will have to include a guide to getting a developer key for your XO. Explaining techie things to non-techie folks is something I can do very

Re: [IAEP] Squeakfest Registration is open

Hi Rita Will Squeakfest have an Unconference similar to NECC Unplugged? It would be great for those who can't come to LA in August (it is hot them). They are using Elluminate and I believe Steve Hargadon is in charge. Links: http://www.neccunplugged.com/ http://www.elluminate.com/

Re: [IAEP] IAEP] Press release flurry planning (LinuxTag - FOSSED - NECC - GUADEC)

Hi Sean and All, Could you include something about the Contributors Program in the press release? I will be doing a 30 min Virtual Session at NECC Unplugged (Tues June 30 from 11:00-11:30 EDT) where folks can learn more about the Contributors program and have their questions about it

[IAEP] SG Discussion of Deployments and Planning

Hi Again, We have had an interesting discussion going over at the Support Gang lists. This evening I got this message from Martiin Dengler about it: I found this a great exchange and forwarded some of it to the OLPC UK mailing list as it's

[IAEP] FW: More from the discussion Caught in a Ponzi scheme

I know some of you know Yama. You might like to read his addition to the discussion from the SG. ;-) Caryl Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:32:45 -0500 From: yamap...@bolinux.org To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] Fwd: Caught in a Ponzi scheme Oh my, so many

[IAEP] Open Office on XO?

Hi... Has anyone out there in Sugarland been able to run Open Office on an XO? I have someone doing a project that sounds like he may need a spreadsheet program and a presentation program for. Caryl___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop

[IAEP] Spanish Translation

Hi Sean, If you still need help with the Spanish translation, send it to me at ca...@laptop.org. Caryl -- Forwarded message -- From: Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 00:57 Subject: [Marketing] LinuxTag press release has been submitted - who will

[IAEP] Mac Woes

Hi... OK, here's the dumb question for today. I am sitting here in the wilds of MT with only a Mac and would like to create the latest Strawberry Soas for my Mac. Tomorrow evening I will be presenting a talk/hands-on for the Bozeman MT LUG about SoaS and the contributors program. The

[IAEP] NECC Unplugged Reminder

Meeks Virtual Room A Tuesday 11-11:30 AMOLPC, Sugar, and the Contributors Program by Caryl Bigenho Virtual Room A 11:30-Noon OLPC and Math4 by Stephen Jacobs of RIT Virtual Room A Of course, there are other sessions you may want to join as well. Check at the website below

[IAEP] Physics

Hi All, I sent this yesterday, but it got filtered out by some machine since I didn't send it as a reply. So I am sending it again today. This is the old science teacher in me talking...I think the Physics Activity has great potential for getting students interested in Physics and in thinking

Re: [IAEP] Physics

to seeing what else you will do with it. Caryl CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; asa...@gmail.com; bcjor...@gmail.com From: g...@garycmartin.com To: cbige...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [IAEP] Physics Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:00:42 +0100 On 30 Jun 2009, at 17:21, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi All, I

[IAEP] Alternate Characters

Hi, I am working on getting the M-stock machines I received working so that I can check them out to folks when I do my Roadshows. I checked out one to my Chinese teacher in CA. I wanted her 9-yr-old daughter to try it, but her 3-yr-old son is monopolizing it and probably destroying it too

[IAEP] Google Docs on XO?

Hi, Another puzzler for you folks. I am able to access my files from Google Docs on my XO. I am not really familiar with the service yet and wanted to know if any of you have tried it with the XO and Sugar. Have you been able to edit? I am particularly interested in being able to

Re: [IAEP] Alternate Characters

Hi Walter and All... M-stock sort of stands for mangled machine! This includes XOs with keys ripped off, cracked screens, screens that are half-black and that sort of thing. Some of us tinkerers on the support-gang got some of these to see what we could do with them. I expect to get 8

[IAEP] Measure Log?

Hi... One of our Contributors Program clients is trying to interface a sensor with the Measure Activity. He says he has updated his software which probably means he is using V.21. He wants to be able to record and save the results of his input. We have both looked at v.21 and at the

[IAEP] Problems Saving in Scratch

Hi, Two grandkids playing with Scratch in build 802. Both have received this message when trying to save their projects: Save failed:Folder may be locked or read-only Is this a bug or are they doing something wrong? It happens both with a simple Save and a Save As I checked the Journals. One

[IAEP] Thanks All! RE: [support-gang] Problems Saving in Scratch

Hi All, I tried Brian's simple solution and it works. You retrieve the file by clicking Open and more or less reversing the save process. I will further explore all the other stuff you folks sent, but tonight we are busy packing lunches and charging cameras, etc to get ready for 5-hour

[IAEP] FW: Long article on Sugar on a Stick

Hi All, The president of the Bozeman LUG sent me this email today. The link is to an article that will be available to the general public next week but he has early access as a subscriber. He said it would be OK to forward it on to you folks. Some interesting observations from an outsider.

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content to the Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

Hi Caroline, I agree that content is something we desperately need for Sugar and the XO. But, I don't quite understand your proposal. Is Innovations For Learning offering us their software for free to adapt? If so, what language is it in? Is the source code available? Or, is this

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] reviving XO-1 OS builds, as the XO-1.5 release approaches...

Hi All, Last month there was a thread about SoaS for the XO-1 on the IAEP list. I haven't tried it yet, but it may turn out to be an answer to the problem of getting the XO-1 updated with the latest stuff from SugarLabs. If you missed the discussion, you can read the thread in the IAEP

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] (engineering) capacity building---with BITESIZE *challenges* for volunteers :)

Hi Adam, Tomeu, Caroline, SGers and IAEP folks, Good stuff... you know the old saying, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. For those of you who aren't teacher types (yet), here are some things you might be interested in... Ah yes, Caroline mentioned ZPD. Here is a link to more about ZPD, done

Re: [IAEP] Notes from GPA 7-21

Hi Caroline and All, This is great stuff! I hope you are working up a very detailed, Grannie's Guide-No Fail style set of teachers' instructions so that other (non-techie) teachers who don't have you there to help can replicate the things you are doing with the students. I love the way

[IAEP] FW: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit

interface. Keep in touch, Robert On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello, I am a member of the OLPC Support Gang and am mentoring a project that wants to use simple video editing on the XO as a part of their activities. I see that both

[IAEP] FW: On Classroom 2.0: Saturday's LIVE Show - Telling Stories with Digital Threads with Special Guest Chris Bigenho

Hi... Here is an official announcement of an education session on Classroom 2.0 that some of you might want to join in. It is tomorrow (Saturday) morning. Caryl Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:16:50 + From: m...@classroom20.com To: ca...@laptop.org Subject: On Classroom 2.0: Saturday's LIVE

[IAEP] Resources in Spanish for the XO and Sugar including Teacher Workshops

Hello Nancie, Welcome to OLPC! Here is are links to the teachers' manuals from Peru. They are in Spanish, but excellent. It tells how to do almost everything you would want to do. There are 3 parts totalling over 100 pages. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sur#Per.C3.BA They also have an

[IAEP] Back to school with XOs or SoaS?

Hi... My neice is a TV producer for a local station in Florida. She is looking for interesting back-to-school articles they might be able to follow-up with. Anything out there that anyone knows about that talks about the XO or SoaS? Must be in the USA.

[IAEP] FW: VirtualBox Webinar: What's New in 3.0

Hi All, If you didn't get this email, you might be interested in registering for Sun Microsyatems webinar about VirtualBox next Wednesday morning. VirtualBox is one way to run Sugar on a MacBook. I haven't tried it on a PowerMac yet. It might work there too. Caryl Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009

[IAEP] Ed Tech Symposium Live Blog Today, Tues. and Wed.

Hi All, Chris Bigenho is live blogging the sessions at the Integrated Technology Symposium at the Center for Innovative Teaching at the Urban School of San Francisco (a private secondary school that is 1 to 1 i.e. a laptop school). The afternoon session will start at 2:15 pm PDT. It is

[IAEP] Activities for SoaS?

Hi All... Dumb question: Can all of the Activities listed at: http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/recommended be added to the SoaS usb stick? (Not all at once, just a chosen few!) What is the maximum recommended usb stick capacity? I have a client over on the OLPC RT queue who

[IAEP] Resend: Activities for SoaS?

Hi... This didn't seem to go through, so I will resend. I would like to add another question...do any of the Activities requiring peripherals work with SoaS? For example, what works with Measure? Can you use the temperature probe? Does the oscilloscope work? Is it possible to use a camera

[IAEP] Resend: Activities for SoaS?

Hi... This didn't seem to go through, so I will resend. I would like to add another question...do any of the Activities requiring peripherals work with SoaS? For example, what works with Measure? Can you use the temperature probe? Does the oscilloscope work? Is it possible to use a camera

[IAEP] Looking for very old hardware

Hello All, I asked this question about a year ago, but would like to ask it again. I have been given some educational math software for elementary school written in Basic (or,maybe, machine language) for the old Apple ii series. I also have a copy of an excellent program for Algebra I,

[IAEP] FW: [Sur] soas, ult versión (So aS, Latest version?)

Translated from the olpc-sur list. Please respond in Spanish if possible: Hi Everyone...What is the latest version of soas to download?? because there are various pages with different links for strawberry, for soas2xxx many thankscheers.. Original message Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009

[IAEP] Metawriting (Long, but please read!)

Hello Fellow Booksprinters. Yesterday as I was mentally finishing my Uruguay story for the BookSprint, while pulling weeds, I got to thinking about the writing process. I would like to share my thoughts with you. As some of you know, in addition to being a retired teacher and high school

[IAEP] Classroom 2.0 In an hour....

Hi All, If you have an hour to spare this morning, you might enjoy participating in this Classroom 2.0 online workshop which starts in just an hour, at noon Eastern: http://live.classroom20.com/ It will show how internet resources can be used to teach (really any subject you choose) thorugh

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] [Grassroots-l] Class Acts shirt at last :)

Yea SJ! I'm glad someone is thinking about us! Thank you! Caryl Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:48:12 -0400 From: meta...@gmail.com To: h...@laptop.org CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] [Grassroots-l] Class Acts shirt at last :) Only 30 shirts,

Re: [IAEP] What Activity Is This?

: Re: [IAEP] What Activity Is This? From: g...@garycmartin.com Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:06 +0100 CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@lists.laptop.org To: cbige...@hotmail.com Hi Caryl, On 14 Sep 2009, at 18:07, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Folks, I'm just checking over

[IAEP] Out of the Office 09/19-09/27

Hi All, I will be heading to Glacier NP on Saturday a.m. for a week of hiking, canoeing and other outdoor pursuits. The Hotel/Lodge where we will be staying advertises that they have wifi, put last night I was reading their reviews on TripAdvisor... they were awful! Evidently, not only does

[IAEP] SCaLE 8X 2/19-21 2010 CFP

Hi... This came to my husband Ed's email today... guess they assumed he was the techie in the family... wrong! Both OLPC and SugarLabs should have a big presence at this event. It has led us to some valuable contacts in the past 2 years. I plan to do a presentation on the Contributors

[IAEP] Which Language?

Hi All, On Thursday, Ben wrote in the IAEP list: My feeling is that the most important thing we can do in this area is to make it easy to write Activities that are intrinsically cross-platform. To borrow a phrase, one way to do this is to choose languages, and interpreters, that are incapable

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Which Language?

classes Java and C/C++. -- Leon Waldman SysAdmin Linux - Arquiteto de Infra-Estrutura TI. On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, On Thursday, Ben wrote in the IAEP list: My feeling is that the most important thing we can do in this area

[IAEP] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

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] SOAS[DP] Educator's Opinion

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 Bigenho cbige

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

is a primary key to life on our planet and nicely fits the launch of the version for the OLPC X0-1 :-) Regards Roland 2009/9/30 Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Hello Folks, With all this discussion of naming conventions, we seem to be failing to consider our targeted end-users

[IAEP] FW: Live webinar: VirtualBox Web Console

Template Live webinar: VirtualBox Web Console » Register Now! October VirtualBox Live Show The VirtualBox Web Console Dear Caryl Bigenho

[IAEP] Short Survey for Educators

Hi... I had a little time this evening to work on a possible educator's survey. I tried to keep it short and simple so folks would actually answer the questions. If some of you could take a look at this, make comments, and add anything you think should be in there I would appreciate it.

[IAEP] Grannie Needs Help!

Hi All, I need to help the Audubon Middle School project get their 10 XOs on the net. Their school evidently has high speed internet, but it is all by ethernet cables... no wifi. So, I need info on how to set up something that will work with the XOs... a school server, I guess. I looked at

[IAEP] The Youngest Headmaster In The World

Hi All... From BBC news tonight. Unbelievable, wonderful, inspiring story. Don't miss it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8299780.stm Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Lesson Plans for Sugar

Caryl Bigenho wrote: If not plans, suggestions for using them to enhance learning in specific areas. For example both Memorize and Dominoes can be used for reviewing math facts. the volunteers of the Repair Center in La PAz Bolivia have made a Memorize version that has Aymara

[IAEP] Audubon MS Photos

Hi All, I have posted some photos from the Contributors Program project at the FAMLI (Foundation for Arts, Mentoring, Leadership and Innovation) after school program at Audubon Middle School in south central Los Angeles on my FaceBook account. If you have access, you might want to check them

[IAEP] Some Questions About Setting Up A School Server

Hi All... These questions are from Jim Stockford j...@well.com who is working with Shameer on a Contributors Program project. Please be sure to send me a copy of any answers! Thanks. Caryl _ Jim needs help setting up a school server.

[IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

Hi... Here is a link to the photos from the Audubon Middle School Contributors Project. This is an after school program in south central LA that Jamaal volunteers with. I mentor their Contributors Program project: http://tiny.cc/kzXwn Enjoy! Caryl P.S. I got an email from them today... they

Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

trained? We should probably talk. Gerald On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi... Here is a link to the photos from the Audubon Middle School Contributors Project. This is an after school program in south central LA that Jamaal volunteers with. I

Re: [IAEP] Xconomy: Internet Archive Opens 1.6 Million E-Books to Kids with OLPC Laptops

Hi... I was also wondering what the big deal is here. A while back I took time to search for a good Algebra text in their library of ebooks. I was underwhelmed. You would think that algebra is algebra and any book is better than none. I was very disappointed with what they had. What was

Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

interact with typical computers. We should stay in touch as things develop. Best, Gerald On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Gerald, and anyone else who wants to know about the project at Audubon MS. Things have changed a lot with the FAMLI

[IAEP] OS Internet Books for High School

Hi All, While we have been worrying about free textbooks on the internet for younger children, the 1000 pound gorilla in the high school text book room, California, has made it really start to happen for older students. Here is an excerpt from Chris Bigenho's blog that has some interesting

[IAEP] FW: [support-gang] OS Internet Books for High School

Hi Again, OK, Now I notice they have books for younger children as well, including Algebra I (which CA did not require or review). It looks pretty good on my Mac. It can be read without downloading, but requires Flash. There is a PDF version that can be downloaded and used off line.

[IAEP] Confusing Musings re: versions, updating downloading. Please Advise!

Hi Folks, In an effort to make sure the CUELA XO library machines are all ready to go with neat things on them for the Tech Fair November 14, I am playing with adding some more programs to the XOs. * A question... can extra programs be downloaded to a usb key and used on the XO to save XO

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