[IAEP] Jaime Escalante

Hello All, I have sad news tonight, Jaime Escalante has lost his battle with cancer. He passed away today. I knew Jaime when we were both working at Garfield High in East Los Angeles, and contacted him a couple of years ago about the possibility of sharing some of his mathemagic with OLPC.

[IAEP] Microwaved XO for sale on ebay!

Hi All... OK thought you had seen everything? Check this out... http://bit.ly/bMyGm7 Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

[IAEP] Argentina List

Hi Folks, Some interesting stuff is going on on the Argentina mailing list. If you read Español or can tolerate Google translate, you might want to listen in. If you don't want to sign up, you can read the Archives. Sign up or read theArchives here:

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists

Martin is sooo right! A great focus would be in making SoaS very non-techie friendly so that average classroom teachers and parents can use it and share it with children. The number of tech-savvy teachers is pathetically small. The CUE (Computer Using Educators) conference early this month

Re: [IAEP] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists

Hi... In July 2009 I installed SoaS on my Mac using a CD made by Scott Dowdle at Bozeman LUG/Montana State University. It currently lives in Virtual Box on my computer. I don't have the CD any more. Since then, I have been using it to demo Sugar to several hundred people at meetings and

Re: [IAEP] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists

OK. Let's focus a bit here. In the spirit of IAEP, I wonder who this version of SoaS will be for... educators and students or developers? It seems like the discussion is favoring the latter. That would be a big disappointment to those of us who are waiting to have a good stable version to

Re: [IAEP] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists

@lists.sugarlabs.org; i...@solarsail.media.mit.edu; s...@sugarlabs.org Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:51:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [IAEP] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 13:40, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: OK. Let's focus a bit

[IAEP] Attend the CUE (Computer Using Educators) Conference in your PJs!

“Hey, Just Because It Is Online Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Have Field Trips, Right?” by Todd Conaway Educational Social Networking for Professional Development by me Sugar In Your Classroom. How Sweet It Is! by Caryl Bigenho. Formal sessions (http://www.cue.org/conference/anywhere) will include

[IAEP] Argentina Training DVD

Hi All (again!), Argentina has produced a follow-up DVD for the teachers recently trained in La Rioja. Here is a link to the story: http://www.idukay.edu.ar/dirprimaria/ Caryl P.S. I want one! ___ IAEP --

Re: [IAEP] Finally trying Sugar

Hi Marilyn, Where are you in TX? You might be interested in what the New Tech High is doing with Sugar and an OLPC Contributors Program project in Coppell TX (near DFW). Here is a link to their website: http://newtechcoppell.org/New_Tech/Home.html Be sure to check their blog. A copy of

Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

Hola Pato y Sebastian (e otros), ¿En sus opiniones, cual sería lo más facil usar para esto? ¿eToys o Scratch? Carolina From: patitoacev...@hotmail.com To: sebast...@fuentelibre.org Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:00:50 + CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?

[IAEP] Girls in Open Source

Hi All... Check this out! I found the link on Twitter. I missed the girls session as I was involved in the OSSIE track and they were in the WIOS track. Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a

[IAEP] SCaLE 8X Update

Hi All... Here are a few random musings about the first 2 days of SCaLE 8X. Day One... OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education)... my presentation went well and a lot of folks have commented on how much they enjoyed it. It was definitely low tech. I had a slide set to talk about followed

[IAEP] SoaS Survey For SCaLE 8X

Hi All You Sugar Fans, Sorry for the short timeline on this, but I just got back from South America and am putting the finishing touches on this project. I will be going to SCaLE 8X this weekend to give a presentation on OLPC and Sugar on Friday, have a booth for both on Saturday and Sunday

[IAEP] Blueberry Strawberry Activities Lists?

Hi, I'm working on my presentation for SCaLE 8X this weekend and do not at the moment have access to Blueberry and Strawberry SoaS. Can someone give me links to lists of Activities included in each of these? Thanks, Caryl

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] 2 Major Sugar Issues

Hi... see below... Was he trying to burn onto the CD with Blueberry? This shouldn't be needed, he can just use his favorite disc burning application. Right... he was using his favorite disk burning app. --Sebastian Caryl =

Re: [IAEP] 2 Major Sugar Issues

@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org; ibarr...@gmail.com; alec...@gmail.com On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: These folks are eager to get something going with Sugar in Argentina without waiting for a big government project that will buy XOs. We

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] 2 Major Sugar Issues

...@lists.laptop.org CC: s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] 2 Major Sugar Issues On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi... Two rather huge issues: 1) Sugar Labs does not have Spanish

[IAEP] Small SoaS Disaster

Hi All, I was playing in PC Land yesterday, trying to get a working SoaS Blueberry. Downloaded the live usb maker from the net. Made the stick. Put it in daughter-in-law's medium-sized hp netbook and tried it. After we finally got it booted (she insisted it wouldn't work, only Windows would)

[IAEP] Very Old SoaS Works on Mac

Well... I tried my very old (in software terms... 9+ months) version of Strawberry that is still installed on my Mac via virtual box (also an old version). It still works. Limited activities but if I don't get the newer versions figured out, at least I will have something to show the folks

[IAEP] Cheap Air to SCaLE 8X

Hi Folks, A lot of airlines are having sales right now so I checked the fares for Boston to LAX. You could come in to LAX on Virgin America on Thursday (Feb 18) for $109 (one way) and return to Boston on Monday (Feb 22) for another $109. That makes a fare of $218 plus tax. To return on

[IAEP] ***SweetXOGrannie's Upcoming Great Southern Adventure

Hi Support Gangers and IAEP friends, Adam suggested I send you all a copy of my itinerary for our trip to South America. I guess this is supposed to be so you can help my clients if something comes up while I am gone. I will be taking my Mac and probably an XO. I may also take a Sugar

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] contents of Need Resources for Presentation

Hi... Are you talking about me and SCaLE 8X? I don't think the projector will work with an XO. The XO doesn't have a port for the projector dongle does it? I plan to make my presentation from slides I already have plus a few new ones. I will admit that I am not a purist. When the

[IAEP] FW: SugarLabs Booth at SCaLE 8X?

Hi Walter, Mel, Caroline, Sameer, Scott, and everyone else... Here is an offer we can't refuse! There is no way I can do a separate booth for SugarLabs, but had planned to do it in combination with the OLPC booth. However, they are offering us a second free booth for SugarLabs

[IAEP] SCaLE 8X

Hi All... Anyone want to join me in the OLPC booth at SCaLE 8X at the Westin LAX Feb 19-21? It may rain, but the weather is usually better than the rest of the country that time of year. Here is a link to the list of exhibitors, so far. More will probably be added. Let me know if you can make

[IAEP] Is there a stable version of Sugar?

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] Zero Sugar

Hi Folks, I asked this before, but I guess my question was missed. For us slightly less techie...what is Zero Sugar? It sounds like we are all going on a diet! ;-D Caryl P.S. This is a serious question and while you are at it, what is a blob?

[IAEP] Video Editor for the XO?

Hi SG and Sugar Labs folks... Some time ago I asked about the possibility of a video editor for Sugar. I think someone might have been working on one then, but haven't heard anything about it for a long time. Now there is interest again in Latin America. I am translating the dialogue below

Re: [IAEP] Local Labs for Mexico

Hi... Some of the best guides for using Sugar Software were written in Mexico. While they are not as up-to-date as the wonderful ones we recently got from Peru, they do cover some of the Activities that no one else discusses in detail (e.g. parts of the TamTam suite). The guide was produced

[IAEP] Need Resources for Presentation

Hi... I am working on my presentation about volunteering with OLPC for Moorpark College next week. I'm using my daughter's Mac since my screen still doesn't light up and I'm saving things on a USB stick. I could really use some help finding resources. The college wants me to discuss starting

[IAEP] Mac Disaster at DFW

Hi My Mac got smashed today at security at DFW. Ed placed the tray with my computer on the track going thru the scanner and as he turned to put another tray on (there was a 18-24 gap between the track and the table), the TSA agent backed the track about 8 knocking the tray with my

[IAEP] A Couple of Comments/Questions

Hi All, Just reading through all your interesting posts from the past couple of days. I have a couple of ideas to share... Re: From Walter... 5. The Spanish-language version of Sdenka Z. Salas Pilco's guide to using Sugar in the classroom is available on the wiki (Please see

[IAEP] What is the purpose of Sugar and the XO?

Hi All, I am seeing more and more folks who want free XOs to teach children IT skills and computer skills. I think we need to somehow re-emphasize the value of the XO as a learning tool for subject matter related to the school curriculum and meta learning. The Sugar software is such an

[IAEP] What do I want Big Time To Be?

Hi All, When I asked if SoaS was ready for Big Time, Martin replied, What do you mean? I'd recommend it but I don't know enough about what you want. So here is what I mean and want... I would like to be able to go into a room (or exhbit hall) filled with overworked, underpaid educators

[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

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Confusing Musings re: versions, updating downloading. Please Advise!

] Confusing Musings re: versions, updating downloading. Please Advise! On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 02:59:06PM -0700, Caryl Bigenho wrote: * A question... can extra programs be downloaded to a usb key and used on the XO to save XO memory space? If you mean the XO RAM memory (the temporary storage

[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.

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] 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

[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

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] 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!)

[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] 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] 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] 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

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] 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

[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

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

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,

[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

[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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

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

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] [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] 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

[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.

[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] 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] 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

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] 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

[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] 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] 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] 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

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

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/

[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

[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] 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

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