[IAEP] Doc Sprint... YOU can be a part of this!

2012-04-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi SG'ers and IAEP'ers, As you probably know, folks will be gathering in the Boston area April 6 (Fri)-10 (Tues) for a Doc Sprint where they will make a much needed update to the XO Users Manual. Some of you (Tony Anderson, Cherry Withers, and me to name a few) will be writing from afar.

[IAEP] FW: DocSprint Update

2012-04-04 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi SG'ers olpc-SoCal'ers and IAEP'ers... If you meant to sign up to help remotely with the upcoming DocSprint April 6-10, it is not too late. Here is a copy of the email I sent to those who signed up (and who I have email addresses for). If you would like to be added to the email list for the

[IAEP] Ready to Test: TamTamMini chapter for the Manual Refresh

2012-04-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I am sending this note out to the whole community since there has been so much interest in learning to use TamTam. This is a modified excerpt from the "Fun With TamTamMini" manual I have almost finished (only a few musical examples in standard score form have to be completed). If y

[IAEP] Doc Sprint Update for 04/08/12 (for remote participants and anyone else interested!)

2012-04-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, The Doc Sprint has been progressing, both in Boston and remotely, so there are some chapters ready for review. You can find them at: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Help_Activity_refresh/TOC Be sure to see the code at the top to know which ones are ready for Review. The images in a coup

[IAEP] FW: Need Sources of Images for FotoToon

2012-04-23 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Guys... Looks like this won't go through with the attached image, so I removed it. Too bad! I can't wait fro a moderator to check it... I meed answers! Thanks, Caryl From: cbige...@hotmail.com To: support-g...@laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Need Sources of Images for FotoToon

[IAEP] "Mi Vida Loca" BBC's Spanish Course... Great Fun!

2012-04-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All… Some of you were looking for good resources for learning some Spanish last year. Better late than never… here is a great one I discovered a few days ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/trailer.shtml It is a mystery story set in Spain and the Canary islands. The Sp

[IAEP] FOSTBs! (Free Open Source Text Books) FW: News from CK-12 Foundation

2012-05-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
¡Hola! Si deseas una traducción, puedes usar Google o preguntame. ¡Abrazos! Carolina Hi Folks! Lots of interesting new news from the CK-12 Foundation. Although the foundation started as a source of FREE, open source "flex-books" (a book that can be customized by the user), written for Calif

[IAEP] Need XO-1.5 Keyboard Repair Suggestions

2012-05-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, One of the XO-1.5s in my "Roadshow" collection was returned with a ripped key. The person who was responsible has offered to pay for a repair. It was a fairly new machine. I can think of three options: 1) Fix it with silicone tub an tile sealer as described in the article I wrote

[IAEP] XO Self-Test for XO-1.5?

2012-05-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I was trying to use the "XO self-test" on the 2 Roadshow XO-1.5s that were recently returned (including the one with the ripped key). I followed the instructions on the wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Self_Test it goes for several lines, as far as: "Testing /switches @(a characte

Re: [IAEP] a little magic, Jamaica style!

2012-05-19 Thread Caryl Bigenho
What a wonderful project! I'm envious of all you people have accomplished and am looking forward to the call tomorrow to see how I might get involved, from afar for a while, maybe in person later! Caryl > From: sve...@sfsu.edu > Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 09:32:16 -0700 > To: olpc-jama...@lists

Re: [IAEP] [Sur] Photos Montevideo: 1.edu and eduJAM!!

2012-05-21 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Thanks for posting these, Ruben! Looks like we missed a great conference and a lot of fun. It would be great if someone could tag the photos with names. I recognized some of the people,but would love to know who else I am looking at. If Quidam doesn't allow this, maybe you could post a few on F

Re: [IAEP] [Sur] [SLOBS] "New Co" / Nueva Empresa

2012-05-22 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... At the olpcSF meeting last October some of us met informally and discussed the need for exactly what you are suggesting: an organization that would act as an "umbrella" for groups that wanted to fund small deployments and make other contributions to the OLPC, Sugar, and open source soft

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sur] "New Co" / Nueva Empresa

2012-05-22 Thread Caryl Bigenho
New Co" / Nueva Empresa > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:54:34AM -0700, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > > > Hi... > > > > At the olpcSF meeting last October some of us met informally and discussed > > the need for exactly what you are suggesting: an organization that wou

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sur] "New Co" / Nueva Empresa

2012-05-22 Thread Caryl Bigenho
rlabs.org > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: olpc-...@lists.laptop.org; bk...@sfconservancy.org; > t...@sfconservancy.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [SLOBS] [Sur] "New Co" / Nueva Empresa > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 02:52:15PM -0700, Caryl

[IAEP] Quirky TamTam... Possible Problems?

2012-06-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, While prepping for a short presentation about Tam Tam Mini yesterday, I ran into a small problem I haven't noticed before. There seems to be an intermittent static popping sound when keys are pressed. It is difficult to pin down the cause, but it happens across all active keys and a

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2012-06-10

2012-06-10 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Walter, Sounds like a great trip and a very complete workshop. I have a few questions... 1) Were the teachers to go back and train other teachers at their schools? (the Triple T format... Teachers Training Teachers) 2) Were the teachers' expenses covered? 3) Did the teachers receive a stipend

Re: [IAEP] Learn activity

2012-06-19 Thread Caryl Bigenho
I think there may be a way to set up an SD card to be used at runtime by pointing to it in the Journal where items appear as if they were actually on the XO. This should also work with an usb drive. I was walked through the procedure by Scott D > From: b...@freudenbergs.de > Date: Tue, 19 Jun

[IAEP] FW: Learn activity

2012-06-19 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Oops... hit the wrong button! I'll finish it below I think there is way to set up an SD card to be used at runtime by pointing to it in the Journal where items appear as if they were actually on the XO. This should also work with an usb drive. I was walked through the procedure by Scott Do

Re: [IAEP] Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help In Education

2012-06-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:31:48 -0400 > From: walter.ben...@gmail.com > To: ber...@codewiz.org > CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help In Education > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > > Finally I can claim to be

[IAEP] (Safe) Some thoughts RE: The Associated Press on Peru's OLPC project

2012-07-03 Thread Caryl Bigenho
I would love to post this comment somewhere where lots of people will see it, but I'm not sure where the best place would be. Any suggestions? Some Thoughts on the AP Story on Peru's OLPC Project Oscar Becerra's attitude toward teachers is probably one of the biggest things holding back progre

[IAEP] (Safe) How Can We Hope To Find the Right Answers If We Don't Know What The Right Questions Are?

2012-07-05 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, The discussion we have been having about education and teacher training the last few days has really started me thinking about what exactly should education for the 21st century be? After tossing the question around my mind for a while and talking with my husband, also a retired tea

[IAEP] FW: News from CK-12 Foundation

2012-08-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, Since I know some of you are familiar with the great work by the CK-12 Foundation with their free, online, flexbook texts, I know you will be interested in all the new things they are doing now. If you aren't yet familiar with CK-12, I encourage you to check it out. While directed at ol

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hello Sascha, Do you have a link to the successful proposals so we may look them over and learn from them? Thanks. Caryl To: walter.ben...@gmail.com; e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 23:23:54 +0200 From: si...@activitycentral.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; kevin.bro...@ndsu

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I would really like a link to somewhere that we could view the winning proposals and learn from them. Does anyone have this information? Caryl > From: sandra.thax...@verizon.net > To: walter.ben...@gmail.com; e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:59:06 -0400 > CC: ia

[IAEP] FW: [SCALE 11x] SCALE set for Feb. 22-24, 2013

2012-08-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... Mark your calendars now! > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > Subject: [SCALE 11x] SCALE set for Feb. 22-24, 2013 > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:37:38 -0700 > From: pr...@socallinuxexpo.org > > Ready to turn it up to 11? > > The Southern California Linux Expo announces that the date for SCALE

[IAEP] Have you seen the Scratch Curriculum Guide?

2012-08-16 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I just discovered this great little Scratch Guide, thanks to Pato Acevedo who shared the Spanish version on the Uruguay mailing list. It is by the folks on the ScratchEdTeam at MIT and has been around for almost a year… I just hadn't known about it. I think it is an exemplary exam

[IAEP] Mac Folks... Need your help downloading: The Forbidden Education - New Argentinian movie about Education

2012-08-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
OK... trying to download to watch after our company leaves tomorrow. Using a MacBookPro. Would like to download the SD version with English subtitles and store it on my computer. It is currently streaming with subtitles via YouTube and is also loading from the educaciónprohibida website without

[IAEP] Fwd: Songs for kids!(also: keyboard for TamTam)

2012-08-23 Thread Caryl Bigenho
, at 16:27, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Perfect! Now we can really get going on a TamTam resource page on the OLPC wiki. They will have to be transcribed into QWERTY notation for the XO-1.x family.. But, when the XO-3 and XO-4 come out, there can be a standard keyboard on the screen (right, C.Scott?). W

[IAEP] Names for new XO-3

2012-08-24 Thread Caryl Bigenho
OK... crazy idea time... since the new XO-3 will actually be a hybrid of laptop and tablet, maybe it should have a new device name to distinguish it from others that are merely one or the other. Here are a couple of ideas for device names that hit me this morning:LapLetTabTopAnyone else have an

Re: [IAEP] Names for new XO-3 (XO-4!)

2012-08-24 Thread Caryl Bigenho
uch, so the frame changes a bit. > > cheers, > > > martin > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > OK... crazy idea time... since the new XO-3 will actually be a hybrid of > > laptop and tablet, maybe it should have a new device name to disti

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Mac Folks... Need your help downloading: The Forbidden Education - New Argentinian movie about Education

2012-08-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... First, a thank you to all of you who have replied with suggestions for how to do this, but so far I have been unsuccessful in doing the movie download. I have succeeded in downloading the English subtitles, but can't seem to get the actual movie to download in a savable form. I can

[IAEP] Hi Again Mac Folks... Need your help Playing: The Forbidden Education - New Argentinian movie about Education

2012-08-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
onprohibida.com/descargar.php?fuente=16&tipo=completa&calidad=480p&formato=mp4 > > and then ctrl-click the green button and choose "Download linked file" that > appears to work fine. (actually Chrome and "Download link as..." works > equally well

[IAEP] Meet MOOC, Learn Python, Be Part of a Huge Experiment

2012-08-28 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks… Want to be part of a giant educational experiment? Sign up for the Mechanical MOOC course: A Gentle Introduction to Python. Thousands of students are expected to participate in this free course that starts on October 15. Participants will use a variety of already existing resources

[IAEP] Mac Folks... Success! Thank you all....

2012-08-28 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Again... Success! I have the great Argentine documentary, "Forbidden Education" ready to watch on my trip from Montana to California. My thanks go to all of you for your help and advice, but especially Paolo Benini in Uruguay, Bert Freudenberg in Germany, and James Cameron in Austrailia. I

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: ICT4D: planning

2012-09-05 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... Very interesting. Wish you could do an online component for those of us who can't be in Amsterdam. Caryl Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:19:45 +0200 From: c.d.m.gue...@vu.nl To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org CC: tr...@laptop.org.au; christ...@derndorfer.eu Subject: [IAEP] Fwd: ICT4D: planning Hi Chri

[IAEP] Stanford Online Education Course

2012-09-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All... I saw a tweet from Christoph Derndorfer that he has signed up for this online class from Stanford. It looks like a perfect place for olpc/sugar labs folks to form a team and look at possible new directions that will work in XO classrooms. So, I signed up too! It would be wonderful if

Re: [IAEP] evolution or revolution? .....android+sugar+doors => oui?

2012-09-13 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Scott, Well, I can't help with the programming, but I can help with testing! I'll have to get an Android device first, but that isn't a problem! This is a wonderful project as many schools are moving to a "bring your own device" mode for students and using handhelds is the "in" thing though,

[IAEP] Need Help! Unable to Update XO-1s for Project in Rural Montana

2012-09-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I'm sure someone else has had this problem before and that it has been solved, but, I am completely stumped at the moment and need a little assistance. I haven't a clue where to look since I have already looked all the places I thought the answers would be. The teacher who was go

Re: [IAEP] Need Help! Unable to Update XO-1s for Project in Rural Montana

2012-09-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: Caryl Bigenho Sender: support-gang-boun...@lists.laptop.org Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:33:43 To: Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond t; IAEP SugarLabs Reply-To: "Community Suppor

[IAEP] Update... Faulty Screen Replaced! Thanks to Scott Dowdle

2012-09-19 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, Ed and I met SG member, Scott Dowdle of Montana State University and the Bozeman Linux Users group, for a pizza lunch today to chat about the CP project at Arrowhead School in Pray, MT. I brought the XO-1 with the black circle on the screen to show him. Surprise! He had brought a repl

[IAEP] What Sensors and Where To Buy?

2012-09-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi… OK, here I am again with another "dumb" question… well, maybe not so dumb after all as I'll bet there are others out there who could also use this information. On the OLPC wiki there are several very nicely illustrated instructions about how to make sensors to use with the XO… temperat

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] What Sensors and Where To Buy?

2012-09-21 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hey Guys... Don't loose sight of the fact that learning electronics is not necessarily the main goal here. I think that, most of the time, the sensors will be used for measuring things in science experiments... physics, chemistry, even biology and health science. I spent this evening with the

[IAEP] Warning! Your email account may have been compromised

2012-09-25 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Kevin, I noticed a "No Subject" email from you this morning. I looked and there was a link that had nothing I could see in relation to OLPC or Sugar Labs so I did not open it. The last time this happened with a message from a neighbor I made the mistake of opening the link and I was without

[IAEP] FW: Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

2012-09-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... If you have signed up for the MOOC class "A Gentle Intro to Python" you might find this online interactive seminar this evening interesting. Sorry I didn't send this sooner, but I just got the email this afternoon. Caryl Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:32:38 + From: m...@classroom20.com To:

[IAEP] Have You Heard From The Machine?

2012-09-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Janissa and others, If you are signed up for the M-MOOC Python class, read on If you aren't signed up but think you might want to be, see the "P.S." below. I am signed up and I know several others from the so-cal and iaep lists are as well. I don't know how large the teams are supposed to

Re: [IAEP] [Butia-list] XO robotics

2012-09-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:24:56 -0400 > From: tony_ander...@usa.net > To: xxo...@gmail.com > CC: butia-l...@fing.edu.uy; yamap...@gmail.com; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; > christoph.derndor...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Butia-list] XO robotics > > Hi, > > I would love to see you at the

[IAEP] Sensors at SF Summit & Sugar Camp...Wanna' play with us?

2012-10-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
follows: I would also suggest moving this discussion to the OLPC-SF list and/or IAEP so we can get more traction and feedback for it. Cheers,Christoph On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Again Robots are great and I certainly am looking forward to that workshop! Bu

[IAEP] Online Classes... Have you heard from Stanford Venture Lab?

2012-10-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... Has anyone received any communication for the online class offered by the Stanford Venture lab? It is supposed to start on October 15 and I haven't heard anything yet. I know several of you signed up too, so I thought I would check to see if you have had any communications from them. Yama

Re: [IAEP] Online Classes... Have you heard from Stanford Venture Lab?

2012-10-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
n Oct 9, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:Hi... Has anyone received any communication for the online class offered by the Stanford Venture lab? It is supposed to start on October 15 and I haven't heard anything yet. I know several of you signed up too, so I thought I would check to

[IAEP] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-11 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, It's crunch time! STEM, SET, SCIB... no matter what you call it, the world is focusing more and more on science and technology in education. The XO is an ideal platform for furthering science education through hands-on student based experiments that will teach and/or reinforce science

Re: [IAEP] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Caryl Bigenho
sensors would be good. I would also be interested in ones we can hook in through an arduino (like the versions C. Scott Ananian designed) for data collection. Thanks,Stephen On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Folks, It's crunch time! STEM, SET, SCIB... no

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Thanks Mile, Nick, and Janissa! All great ideas. I especially like the T-shirt one. I have a cool black one I got at the Summit in Uruguay... that should do nicely! I too get the thorough "suspected terrorist" treatment whenever I fly... 2 metal knees, no see-through scanners, lots of computers

[IAEP] Reminder Plus... 2 Interesting MOOC Classes Start Tomorrow... Sign Up? Groups?

2012-10-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi MOOC-ers! Tomorrow is the official start date for both The Machine MOOC for Python and the Stanford Venture Lab course on Educational Environments. Not much from Stanford yet, but the Machine has been busy sending all sorts of messages, including one yesterday with links to where the co

[IAEP] Sensor Experts: I need help with my shopping list!

2012-10-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hello folks, I need help with the sensor project. Unlike a cookbook or sewing pattern, the instructions for sensors on our wikis don't include a list of ingredients or needed tools and supplies. Wouldn't it be fun to create an "XO Cookbook?" It could include simple "recipes" for making periphe

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Sensor Experts: I need help with my shopping list!

2012-10-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Tony, I was hoping someone would recognize one of the thermistors at the link I sent with 4 possibilities. Unfortunately they don't have specs on them so I really can't tell which would work best... if at all. Maybe I should just go to "Plan B" and order LM35Ds from a supplier in TX and get

[IAEP] Has Anyone Heard from the Stanford Venture Lab Course

2012-10-16 Thread Caryl Bigenho
on't. That was the only email I received. I believe the > class started yesterday, but I believe I am out of the loop as > well. As far as I now, there might not even be a class > anymore. > > Zachary Clifton > > > Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 16 Oc

Re: [IAEP] Has Anyone Heard from the Stanford Venture Lab Course

2012-10-16 Thread Caryl Bigenho
t; > I don't. That was the only email I received. I believe the > class started yesterday, but I believe I am out of the loop as > well. As far as I now, there might not even be a class > anymore. > > Zachary Clifton > > > Original message > >Date:

[IAEP] FW: The Incredible 2012 Global Education Conference - Attend, Present, or Volunteer!

2012-10-18 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hey Folks... Here's another great free online opportunity! They are accepting proposals for presentations until October 29th. Might be worth looking into to present or attend virtually... 24/7 (literally) around the world. Caryl Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:53:02 + From: m...@classroom20.com T

[IAEP] SugarCamp Sensor Summary

2012-10-28 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I thought it would be a good idea to take a few minutes out to recap what we did in the Sensor Workshop on the first day of Sugar Camp in San Francisco. It was a good way for the non-programmers at the SF Community Summit to have a reason to stay over for Sugar Camp and have a chanc

Re: [IAEP] OLPC tablets and Nell in the wild?

2012-10-31 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Here! Here! Cheers for Chris Ball and C. Scott Ananian (a brand-new Daddy) who were our "house mates" at Casa Sarandi in Montevideo. Two great guys and supporters of Sugar Labs and OLPC in every way. Caryl > From: c...@laptop.org > To: curious...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:41:32 -040

Re: [IAEP] OLPC tablets and Nell in the wild?

2012-10-31 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, Actually, C.Scott did post the videos (it is in 2 parts) and the accompanying slides on his blog at http://cananian.livejournal.com/67703.html For anyone who missed it, it is worth the time (60-90 min?) to watch it. As you will see, it is a "pre-pilot" sort of a "proof of concept" proj

[IAEP] Questions About Solar Panels

2012-11-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I have some solar panel questions. Today I started doing some testing of the solar panel I bought from Adam at the SF Summit. I have access to an XO, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 so I wanted to test the performance will all 3 models. I started by leaving them unplugged and running all night t

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Questions About Solar Panels

2012-11-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
ht, some panels are incompatible with an XO-1. They just > > won't charge if the sun is too bright. > > > > To discharge the batteries, one way is to break into the ok prompt, and > > leave it on there. > > > > To answer your questions though, >

[IAEP] Mechanical MOOC Python Class

2012-11-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
5:00 -0400 To: ca...@laptop.org Hi, sorry, this was grabbed by our spam filter. We're on it! --MMOn Oct 14, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:Hello Machine, Several volunteers with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) would like to form a study group of our own. Can you help us? We are already assi

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Questions About Solar Panels

2012-11-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Thanks, Richard for all the great info (and to Mike Lee for the theremon suggestion). I'll have to try all these things! Will report back in a couple of days.Caryl > Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:59:27 -0400 > Subject: Re: [support-gang] Questions About Solar Panels > From: rich...@laptop.org > To:

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-socal] Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction

2012-11-05 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks! This is interesting stuff! I was fortunate to attend a presentation about this by the researchers, they had at the olpc-SF Community Summit a week or so ago. One of the team, John Watlington, was there in person. The rest were there via video conference. If you would like to see their

[IAEP] First Test Successful XO-1.75 Does Work With Just Solar Panel!

2012-11-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Guys... Thanks to Richard Smith for telling me the secret of doing this. Started an XO-1.75 with the battery in. Plugged in the solar panel I bought from Adam in SF.Removed the battery while the solar panel was still plugged in.Screen dimmed a bit, but still quite usable.Opened Maze to test

Re: [IAEP] Fareed Zakaria on the Ethiopia project

2012-11-10 Thread Caryl Bigenho
And for a more in-depth look, be sure to see http://cscott.net where you will find links to a presentation given last month for the olpc-SF Community Summit by some of the team involved in the project: Matt Keller, Richard Smith, Ed McNierney, C. Scott Ananian, and Chris Ball. Links to their sl

Re: [IAEP] Introduction: teacher interested in SOAS

2012-11-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi John, I came late to this conversation and I'm sure I missed some things. Did anyone mention Etoys to go? The great thing about it is that it will even run on some older computers that other open source software can't for example, I have run it successfully on an older PowerBook. Even B

Re: [IAEP] activities (games) recommended age

2012-11-28 Thread Caryl Bigenho
do you plan to concentrate on? Caryl Bigenho > To: pt.p...@gmail.com > From: fors...@ozonline.com.au > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:34:08 +1100 > CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: [IAEP] activities (games) recommended age > > Hi Pedro > > The main target audience

[IAEP] Off-topic (sorta) Need help opening Raspberry pi case

2012-12-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Guys... My raspberry pi arrived yesterday and I want to put it into the little clear plastic case I got for it. Ed and I have both tried toopen it with no luck. We don't want to break it. If anyone on these lists has one, can you tell us the secret? Thanks! Caryl P.S. Has anyone tried to run

Re: [IAEP] Off-topic (sorta) Need help opening Raspberry pi case

2012-12-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
erry pi case > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; > de...@lists.laptop.org > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > > P.S. Has anyone tried to run Sugar on the Raspberry pi? > > http://lmgtfy

[IAEP] Reminder: Proposals for SCaLE11X Presentations Due Mon 12/10/12

2012-12-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... Anyone want to present at SCaLE11x the weekend of Feb 22-24, 2013? The deadline for submitting your proposal is this coming Monday, December 12. There will be an education track even if it isn't listed (it wasn't, but may be now). Of course, you don't have to present on an education

[IAEP] Scratch Movie to YouTube or Vimeo... anyone know How to do it?

2012-12-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... Some of us are taking a class with Stanford's Venture Lab program. Our final project is due tomorrow. We have run into a small snag. Luis Galindo has made us a cute little promo video in Scratch. But, we have to submit it as You Tube or Vimeo. Any ideas about a quick and easy way to

[IAEP] News for the New Year!

2013-01-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi DNLE Team, OLPC friends and and Sugar Labs friends, First of all... Happy New Year to all! Some of us recently completed a Stanford Venture Lab MOOC course, Designing a New Learning Environment (DNLE) with lots of fun and a successful project that we are proud to say placed #4 of over 140 pro

[IAEP] Warning! I may have been hacked again!

2013-01-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All... I can't believe I fell for it again. I followed a link in a message that had "(No Subject)". If you get anything from me titled that way... you can open it ok, but don't click on any links! I will try to remember to put titles on all my emails henceforth... Sorry, I blew it again. Sl

[IAEP] Questions about the new XO Tablet and Software

2013-01-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, News from the CES has me (and maybe some of you) surprised and puzzled: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2024381/olpc-announces-xo-tablet-with-7inch-screen.html So… there is going to be an Android 7" or 8" (conflicting reports) tablet from OLPC, made by someone else and sold at Wal

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Questions about the new XO Tablet and Software

2013-01-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... I have been watching this conversation progress since I began it last night. I love the direction it seems to be going! The idea of making Sugar Activities available to millions more users via an Android, platform, that so many people already have, sounds like a dream com

[IAEP] XO-4 Questions After Viewing CES video

2013-01-10 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... I finally found the video done by Giulia D'Amico today about the XO-4 at CES. Watch it and see if you also have questions. Below you will find some of mine. Add yours below and pass it on. http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/marvel-olpc-4-0-ces-hands-on/ Can anyone verify any of these? It

[IAEP] FW: [support-gang] XO-4 Questions After Viewing CES video

2013-01-10 Thread Caryl Bigenho
lepiano On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi... I finally found the video done by Giulia D'Amico today about the XO-4 at CES. Watch it and see if you also have questions. Below you will find some of mine. Add yours below and pass it on. http://www.engadget.com

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] XO-4 Questions After Viewing CES video

2013-01-11 Thread Caryl Bigenho
you have an answer or not. Someone else may have the answer! Thanks!Caryl > From: b...@freudenbergs.de > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:53:11 -0800 > To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org > Subject: Re: [support-gang] XO-4 Questions After Viewing CES video > > On 10.01.2013, at 23:26, Car

Re: [IAEP] Ideas for Teaching Python

2013-01-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Steve, Gerald, and all… I was enrolled in the MOOC Python course that ran simultaneously with the Stanford Venture Lab course Steve and I were both taking. After the first couple of weeks I found that trying to do both at once was too much, so I set aside Python for another time. However,

[IAEP] Call For SCaLE11X Booth Volunteers!

2013-01-26 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks… I finally have the definite information about our OLPC/Sugar Labs booth at SCaLE11X the weekend of February 22-24. We will be setting up sometime on Friday afternoon (probably between 4PM and 6PM). Then, we will need people to "mind the store" (help with the booth) from 9:30 AM to 6

Re: [IAEP] Raspberry PI

2013-01-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi...I have had my Raspberry Pi for a couple of months now, but don't have it working yet. I want to find a small inexpensive "monitor" for it. I have been reading through a discussion on the Element14 site (http://www.element14.com/community/thread/17040?start=15&tstart=0) and have decided th

[IAEP] Stanford Venture Lab Results are in and we did very well!

2013-01-30 Thread Caryl Bigenho
s you will recognize include: Tony Anderson, Caryl Bigenho, Christoph Derndorfer, Luis Galindo, Yama Ploskonka, Sebastian Silva, and Laura Vargus, We were joined by Claire Falk from Wisconsin, Michael Onobote from Nigeria, Felicia Palmer from Tennessee, and Chanel Williams from Florida. Steve

[IAEP] The (No Subject Message I just sent is safe!)

2013-02-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Oops! Sorry. It's not spam. phishing or a scam... just interesting stuff!Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] (no subject)

2013-02-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
drag and drop and connectors. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: A neat TED talk by Mitch Resnick about why (and how) kids need to learn to code. http://bit.ly/TreN5K Be sure to watch to the end. You're neve

Re: [IAEP] Documentation Team meeting on February 7th

2013-02-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi...For those of us who only occacionally use the #sugar-meeting irc channel, could someone put up an exact, direct link so we can log in without having to hunt for it? Thanks!Caryl From: la...@somosazucar.org Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:48:47 -0500 To: fran...@sugarlabs.org CC: iaep@lists.sugar

Re: [IAEP] Documentation Team meeting on February 7th

2013-02-07 Thread Caryl Bigenho
; Subject: Re: [IAEP] Documentation Team meeting on February 7th > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:39:42 -0200 > > On Wednesday, February 06, 2013 09:52:10 PM Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Hi... > > For those of us who only occacionally use the #sugar-meeting irc channel, > > could someon

[IAEP] Need Help with RPi Raspbian "Wheezy" Download

2013-02-11 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... I'm trying to get my Raspberry Pi up and running, starting with the simple Raspbian "wheezy" software first and making a Sugar SD card later. So far... problems with the download... or maybe it isn't a problem... What do you think? I have downloaded Raspbian "wheezy" twice, once via

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Need Help with RPi Raspbian "Wheezy" Download

2013-02-11 Thread Caryl Bigenho
> 2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img > SHA1(2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img)= 6ac10d049cd8cf3876a74493830dca586487c585 > > Go ahead and put the img file on your SD card!! > > Ton van Overbeek > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Hi Folks... > > > > >

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: Re: Need Help with RPi Raspbian "Wheezy" Download

2013-02-12 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Tom Gilliard satellit on #sugar On 02/11/2013 11:36 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Folks... I'm trying to get my Raspberry Pi up and running, start

[IAEP] Questions for SCaLE 11X

2013-02-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, This weekend is SCaLE 11X. In addition to helping run an OLPC/Sugar Labs booth, I will be doing a presentation about OLPC and Sugar Labs and what wonderful things are happening, have happened, and will happen in the near future. I was hoping some of you would be able to fill in a f

Re: [IAEP] Questions for SCaLE 11X

2013-02-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Well... that's a little bit better. That is only one year ago!Thanks!Caryl > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; > test...@lists.laptop.org > From: fors...@ozonline.com.au > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:11:50 +1100 > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Questions

Re: [IAEP] [Testing] Sugar on Android (was Questions for SCaLE 11X)

2013-02-21 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Guys and Gals, Thanks for all of the good ideas and information to help us do a good job representing OLPC and Sugar Labs at SCaLE 11X. In addition to some local folks who are involved with olpc-SoCal, we will have George Hunt, Tony Anderson, Aaron Borden, Manu Gupta, Ed Bigenho, and myself.

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

2013-02-27 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Steve, Are you using Sugar? If so, Speak is great. Fototoon is also very good if you have the students collaborate on writing stories. Without computers, I would suggest having the students write and illustrate their own little stories, make up little plays to put on for one another, descri

[IAEP] Sugata Mitra at TED 2013

2013-03-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, Sugata Mitra has done it again! Watch his great new TED 2013 talk, from a month ago, where he introduces a new approach to collaborative learning… not one laptop per child, but 4 children per laptop (or desktop) in a "Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE)" You can catch th

Re: [IAEP] Sugata Mitra at TED 2013

2013-03-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
said 2500 years ago, but I believe it is still valid today. That is why I do what I do! Caryl (Grannie B…. bring on the "cloud!") > From: b...@freudenbergs.de > Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 16:36:33 +0100 > To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugata Mitra at TED

[IAEP] Physics With the XO (in Spanish) by Trinidad Guzman of Uruguay

2013-03-17 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, Some of you may remember Guzman Trinidad from Ciebal Jam. He is the teacher who showed us so many wonderful sensors that he made to do experiments with XOs in his science classes. Well, he has just finished writing a book: Physics with the XO I haven't had a chance to read it all yet,

[IAEP] FW: [Sur] Tabletas Nabi para niños - Agregamos muchas fotos y explicaciones.

2013-03-21 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks... I am forwarding this from the olpc-Sur (South America) list. You may want to use Google Translate on some of it. It looks like OLPC's XO Learning Tablet has been upstaged. The little "Nabi" Android tablet is out and available from Walmart for $180 for the 7" version and $100 for th

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