Re: [IAEP] How to navigate sugar-desktop (actually the Journal activity?) in my vanilla F29

2018-11-25 Thread Kevin
con ("Home F3"), I'm taken to a screen that has my XO character in the center surrounded by a circle of Activity icons. I think this is the Sugar desktop I'm supposed to see. But why is the default behavior to enter the Journal activity upon logging in? Thanks again. Best, Kevin On 11/26/18

Re: [IAEP] How to navigate sugar-desktop (actually the Journal activity?) in my vanilla F29

2018-11-25 Thread Kevin
it will be added to the > Journal, but it isn't necessary, I know what you've hit. > > If you know any developers interested in helping to fix this, send > them to me! > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 01:04:25AM -0500, Kevin wrote: >> Hi all, and thanks for making and sharing s

[IAEP] How to navigate sugar-desktop (actually the Journal activity?) in my vanilla F29

2018-11-25 Thread Kevin
erbender suggested that I try the F29 vanilla installation that I have now done. Thanks for the suggestion, Walter, but I have the same problems in F29 too. Thanks for any suggestions on this dilemma. I'm excited to see how my kid does in sugar and hope I can do so in our own computer rather than strictly at https://try.sugarizer.org. Best, Kevin ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Concise explanation of Constructionism from the Learning Team

2008-08-15 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by Sameer's recent conversations with a pair of Montessori Kindergarden teachers. I went to talk to Cynthia Solomon of the OLPC Learning team. We got to talking about the theory of Activities and a few other

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Developing activities.

2008-09-03 Thread Kevin Cole
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Samuel Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Create [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. We have discussed this a few time over the last few months. Now that we are getting distro (other the

Re: [IAEP] Oversight board

2008-09-09 Thread Kevin Cole
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know whether the acronym for Sugar Labs Oversight Board has really sunk into people's brains yet -- so when I call it the SLOB in public, please don't be angry. :) I *LIKE* it! ;-)

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2008-09-30

2008-09-30 Thread Kevin Cole
- Can list a handful of main issues which are roadblocks? Thanks, Greg S ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Kevin Cole| Key ID

Re: [IAEP] is this useful feedback?

2008-10-14 Thread Kevin Cole
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 01:41, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I link to Andrew's course in the Overview chapter of the Extending Sugar section of the FLOSS manual for Sugar (http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/Overview). Please feel free to add other suggested resources to the ones

Re: [IAEP] Service-Learning Curriculum around Sugar Testing

2008-10-27 Thread Kevin Cole
Replying more to the subject line than anything else... I have been approached by two professors who are working on a cross-discipline class focusing on international development of deaf communities. The Social Work Department and the Foreign Languages Department are planning to offer this as a

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar used for kids with disabilities.

2008-11-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, I mistakenly CC'ed rather than BCC'ing in an earlier message in this thread. If you'd kindly edit out the @gallaudet.edu addresses, I'd appreciate it, as none of the folks on that list are at all technical, and wouldn't know Sugar from Salt. ;-) And the likelihood of them signing up for a

Re: [IAEP] Important government demo opportunity

2008-11-24 Thread Kevin Cole
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:34, Greg Dekoenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2009/kickoff/demonstrate.shtml If we want to get in front of the United States government and talk the Sugar talk, this is the time. There have been similar rumblings about getting in

Re: [IAEP] Calendar goodness

2008-12-04 Thread Kevin Cole
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:08, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:48 AM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the new wiki feature Bernie add to w.s.o.

Re: [IAEP] Calendar goodness

2008-12-05 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 03:27, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward do you know if it is possible to embede a weekly gcalendar? A weekly calendar would be more useful and take up less space on some of the team pages. I just never figured out how to do it. I don't understand the

Re: [IAEP] Branding and mascot (Was: Re: Color combos for the logo)

2008-12-05 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:45, Eben Eliason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd strongly recommend against eliminating the XO as the core element of the UI. It was chosen specifically to represent children, and to maintain the human/body metaphors where appropriate. Substituting it with anything

Re: [IAEP] Branding and mascot (Was: Re: Color combos for the logo)

2008-12-05 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 13:06, Jameson Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I absolutely agree that the xo icon is the best for inside the interface, and that the sugarlabs word is a good general logo for sugarlabs. But there's no reason we can't have a mascot too. Ladies and gentlemen, I present

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC at change.org

2008-12-22 Thread Kevin Cole
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 15:36, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: There are supposed to be 100,000 of us in the US, but the OLPC resolution at change.org has received a pitiful 7 votes. If we don't get ourselves on the national agenda, nobody else will do it for us. Do you want your

[IAEP] Nerdkit - Linux compatible electronic hobbyist kits...

2009-01-28 Thread Kevin Cole
It's probably already been mentioned on this list (or one of the many other OLPC lists), but just in case... It may be worth exploring http://www.nerdkits.com/ A couple of excerpts from their pages: A NerdKit is appropriate for software hackers looking to branch out into electronics, and has

[IAEP] Userful Linux ThinNetworks to deploy 300, 000+ virtualized desktops in Brazil

2009-02-19 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, The following was sent to me on the Ubuntu DC LoCo mailing list, and I thought it might be of interest to some on these lists. PRESS RELEASE: Userful and ThinNetworks Announce the World's Largest Desktop Virtualization Deployment - 356,800

Re: [IAEP] Nick name for Sugar 0.84: van Houten

2009-03-06 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:14, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: So I now propose instead to name Sugar releases _indirectly_ after great sugar-related personalities, and specifically propose to name next release: Van Houten Background material for my choice:

Re: [IAEP] NYSCATE - Nov 2009 in Rochester NY

2009-05-05 Thread Kevin Cole
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:38, Karlie Robinson karlie_robin...@webpath.netwrote: Good afternoon everyone. Charles Profitt has me thinking a lot about he New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education Trade show in Rochester NY, November 22-24, 2009. As Chas explains,

Re: [IAEP] NYSCATE - Nov 2009 in Rochester NY

2009-05-31 Thread Kevin Cole
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 21:50, Caroline Meeks solutiongr...@gmail.com wrote: Its looking like Rochester is going to be a hotbed of Sugar development.  We are hoping to co-locate a Sugar conference with NYSCATE. Using hotbed and Rochester (especially when November is part of the context) is a

[IAEP] Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation

2009-06-12 Thread Kevin Cole
According to the Linux Foundation Newsletter... | Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation | | The Linux Foundation welcomes mimio as the newest member | of the Linux Foundation. | | mimio, a leading provider of interactive teaching solutions, recognizes | the increasing

Re: [IAEP] Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation

2009-06-12 Thread Kevin Cole
Then again, perhaps that was premature... ;-) Under Downloads | Keep current with the latest software | | Enjoy all the amazing things you can do with your | mimio Interactive system by taking advantage of the | most recent software releases. Upgrade here in minutes | to the newest versions of

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: An interesting project I stumbled across

2009-06-13 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 19:18, Frederick Grosefgr...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding to the community... -- Forwarded message -- From: William Schaub Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:31 PM Subject: An interesting project I stumbled across To: Frederick Grose fgr...@gmail.com This

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: An interesting project I stumbled across

2009-06-13 Thread Kevin Cole
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 15:30, Kevin Coledc.l...@gmail.com wrote: If memory serves me correctly (always a big if), I first saw wizzy in connection with the Shuttleworth Foundation's TuxLab project... Ah, yes... Here's the reference I was thinking of... /me blows the dust off it and coughs

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

2009-06-18 Thread Kevin Cole
I have only one thing to say in response: IAEP ;-) As much as I want to use Sugar to encourage people in a particular direction with their other software choices, it seems that SoaS as conceived should remain largely above the fray of what's under the hood. That just scares many away, especially

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] United we Serve

2009-06-19 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 14:47, Mike Leecurious...@gmail.com wrote: Serve.gov meta-searches aggregators like VolunteerMatch. That might be the best place. I brought this up at our DC biz meeting earlier in the week, and were OK with it. There's instructions on Good for All on setting up a

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] United we Serve

2009-06-19 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 18:52, Kevin Coledc.l...@gmail.com wrote: There's instructions on Good for All on setting up a shared Google spreadsheet that can be queried for events needing volunteers. I began to do that for some of our local efforts, but then got sidetracked. Oops. Good for All

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] United we Serve

2009-06-20 Thread Kevin Cole
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:28, Caroline Meekscarol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: Hi Kevin, I'm not finding these instructions can you help? It appears there are a few different options: 1) On the main page (http://www.serve.gov/) one can click the blue Register Now button under Register your

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

2009-06-20 Thread Kevin Cole
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:37, Sebastian Dziallassebast...@when.com wrote: Hi everybody, I'm very pleased to announce the first early preview of a new generation of SoaS XO-1 images. Those consist not only of the latest and greatest Sugar bits, but also a F11 base system and a special OLPC

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

2009-06-20 Thread Kevin Cole
In the words of Emily Litella[1] Oh... Never mind. ;-) The solution: disable-security. (The USB key had the developer key. So, in: boot. Out: no developer key, no boot.) References: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella ___ IAEP -- It's An

[IAEP] Fwd: DC FIRST Robotics at NECC

2009-06-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Heads up DC locals! I just received e-mail from the regional director of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, and she tells me that Denise Lewis, the DC Assistant Regional Director and DC Senior Mentor, will be at NECC. Given the stuff we're talking about

Re: [IAEP] Computesr for Learning. gov

2009-06-24 Thread Kevin Cole
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 16:33, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.comwrote: http://computersforlearning.gov/ Is anyone familiar with this? Just heard about it in a talk at FOSSED I hadn't heard of the site before, but I went and had a look (and forwarded the URL to several other folks).

[IAEP] HUMOR: SoasS-strawberry torrent

2009-06-25 Thread Kevin Cole
Mm. We HAVE to get some restaurants to offer that for dessert (or perhaps a drink): I'll have a Strawberry Torrent, please! Heavy on the Sugar. -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project

Re: [IAEP] Ncomputing

2009-07-03 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:58, Luke Faraonel...@laptop.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 15:29, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: One thing we spoke about here locally was getting some thin client device that was really certified to work with Sugar and whatever distro... It would be

[IAEP] Fwd: [Dclug] Open Source for America web site launched today

2009-07-22 Thread Kevin Cole
Tangentially on-topic... ;-) -- Forwarded message -- From: Phil Shapiro pshap...@his.com Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:43  by Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media.    http://www.opensourceforamerica.org/     I like this.           Phil -- Phil Shapiro  pshap...@his.com

Re: [IAEP] [Dclug] Open Source for America web site launched today

2009-07-22 Thread Kevin Cole
P.S. I haven't yet listened to it, but Tim O'Reilly was on Kojo Nnamdi's Tech Tuesday show WAMU 88.5 FM (American University, Washington, DC) yesterday... http://wamu.org/programs/kn/09/07/21.php I imagine the web site came up in conversation. ;-) ___

[IAEP] Slashdot: East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable

2009-07-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Just an FYI if you hadn't heard: URL: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/23/2130218/East-Africa-Gets-High-Speed-Internet-Access-Via-Undersea-Cable Technology: East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable Posted by timothy on Friday July 24, @01:53AM from the

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Board elections (was Re: Sugar Digest 2009-07-22)

2009-07-24 Thread Kevin Cole
What's involved in running said election? IIRC, it was done with Selectricity last time, no? Is there more to setting it up than listing the names, setting a deadline and checking the results? (I assume nominees can supply their own press via the wiki, and it seems I remember a link between

[IAEP] Any way to hide google translation stuff in the printable version of wiki pages?

2009-08-06 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, Whenever I print something from the wiki, I get an expanded (sometimes over one page) listing of all the many wonderful translations of a page before getting to the actual content. Is there a way to tweak the CSS to hide that when media = print? -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC

Re: [IAEP] Any way to hide google translation stuff in the printable version of wiki pages?

2009-08-06 Thread Kevin Cole
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 14:57, Frederick Grose fgr...@gmail.com wrote: I've set up Google Translations in the wiki sidebar for a community evaluation, http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki. In addition to making all pages longer, the 'Using the Wiki' section of the

Re: [IAEP] Any way to hide google translation stuff in the printable version of wiki pages?

2009-08-06 Thread Kevin Cole
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 17:52, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hmmm, wow folks actually still print? :-) I had a colleague who would incessantly print out every email she received and file it away by date, that was quite fun to watch ;-) On a community wiki, material is going to be

[IAEP] Trouble trying to change my home view icon the right way...

2009-08-07 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, Not sure where to ask, but rather than sign up for YAML (Yet Another Mailing List), I thought I'd try here first. In the past I changed my icon the wrong way, by overwriting computer-xo.svg. It worked. Recently, on my XO running a clean install of the G1G1 802, I attempted to do it

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] SHIRT SLOGAN VOTE! Class Acts Poster! OLPC/Sugar Community Book Sprint (Sept 6-11, Washington DC)

2009-08-31 Thread Kevin Cole
How about something like Open or Open Me with something suggesting either opening something that looks ambiguously like a book or a laptop (or perhaps an activity)? The double-play on open would resonate with some, while leaving another meaning for the uninitiated. Open Me. Look inside, for

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] The Future of Sugar on a Stick (was [Sugar-Devel] The Future of Sugar on a Stick)

2009-09-14 Thread Kevin Cole
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 14:04, Luke Faraone l...@faraone.cc wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 13:56, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: To Martin's point, how about the routine use of a filterable tag, [SoaS] , in the Subject to messages appropriately routed to either IAEP or Devel or

[IAEP] Another article that could probably use some measured response.

2009-09-14 Thread Kevin Cole
This may have already come up in the 680 unread messages I have in my inbox... If so, my apologies. A researcher in my office subscribes to Miller-McCune magazine, whose slogan is Turning Research into Solutions. After seeing last week's presentation by SJ et al, he handed me an article from

[IAEP] Pearson Foundation -- the non-profit arm of Pearson Corp

2009-09-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, Disclaimer: I'm not endorsing or opposing, merely informing. Do with the following what you will. In my day job one of my tasks involves perverting -- er, reinterpreting and renorming -- standardized test scores. (In a nutshell, standardized tests often compare test takers to a national,

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

2009-09-28 Thread Kevin Cole
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 00:00, 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 is to make it easy to write Activities that are intrinsically cross-platform. To borrow a phrase, one

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-28 Thread Kevin Cole
If all you have is a hammer, it's time to put another nail in the J coffin. Although the J executable is a free (as in beer) download from Jsoftware (the only place I found a downloadable J), with regard to the source code, the J page at http://www.jsoftware.com/source.htm states: Fees

Re: [IAEP] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.86.0 Final Release

2009-09-30 Thread Kevin Cole
First: congrats to all. Second: User-friendliness bug: The release notes say Please see the instructions (SoaS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, etc.) of choice to upgrade to this release. No link to instructions provided in either e-mail or wiki version. Searching the wiki turned up Supported Systems

[IAEP] A charging station for rechargable laptops?

2009-10-02 Thread Kevin Cole
This is a story, not directly linked with computers, but with teens and technology -- one teen in particular. And, it could be linked to computers... Wired Science: Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/kamwamba-windmill/

Re: [IAEP] Grannie Needs Help!

2009-10-08 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi Caryl, The school won't need another computer. A Wireless Access Point (WAP) is a fairly common solution. Two well-known brands (Linksys and Netgear) can be found at many computer and/or electronics stores. Best Buy leaps to mind. Two randomly selected images for reference:

[IAEP] Educating World Citizens conference happening now...

2009-10-08 Thread Kevin Cole
A bit late for a notice, but perhaps the speakers or sponsors would be receptive to the stuff we're doing (and, in fact, are probably already on-board, and I'm once again far, far behind the curve). http://www.educatingworldcitizens.org/ ___ IAEP --

Re: [IAEP] Slobs election results 2009

2009-10-14 Thread Kevin Cole
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 15:10, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: The results are in for this years election.  The winners are in for this years election. Winners? Are you sure? My condolences, er... contratulations, to you all. ;-) Lazily yours, Kevin

Re: [IAEP] Slobs election results 2009

2009-10-14 Thread Kevin Cole
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 19:06, Kevin Cole dc.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 15:10, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: The results are in for this years election.  The winners are in for this years election. Winners? Are you sure?  My condolences, er... contratulations

[IAEP] Fwd: [OSA-Announce] UPDATE: Welcome to Open Source for America!

2009-10-16 Thread Kevin Cole
I know it's a bit US-centric for some, but it looks like Tim O'Reilly's latest gig has made some progress. I signed on early, and then thought my subscription got lost in the e-mail. ;-) Given that some of you have partied with senators and other congressional wonks, I figured you'd like to

Re: [IAEP] sugar live cd for windows

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:53, Kevin Cole dc.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 13:59, Manusheel Gupta m...@laptop.org wrote: Dear all, Wish to ask you for pointers to improve the performance of SocialCalc activity while running it on Sugar Live CD for Windows. SocialCalc works

[IAEP] A possible source of educational games, etc.

2009-10-29 Thread Kevin Cole
Hey all, On one of the Ubuntu mailing lists, there was a post about 10 things to do after you install Karmic (the newest release of Ubuntu) http://www.reddit.com/tb/9z2xk/ It's a fairly long post, but buried in there was the PlayDeb site http://www.playdeb.net/ which list some Debian packaged

Re: [IAEP] 'apt-get install sugar-platform' available for Ubuntu9.10.

2009-11-23 Thread Kevin Cole
A bit late in the conversation, an FYI: Ubuntu (Karmic) now provides a nicer way to add repositories. Type the following at a shell prompt: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/0.86 Using the command above results in both importing the GPG key for a PPA and creates a file in

[IAEP] Fwd: Gallaudet participates in Google program to caption YouTube videos

2009-11-24 Thread Kevin Cole
I've mentioned previously about the need for captioning in web video...  This just in: News from today's Daily Digest (an internal Gallaudet PR web rag) http://news.gallaudet.edu/Daily_Digest/EventXite_-_Announcements/Gallaudet_participates_in_Google_program_to_caption_YouTube_videos.html

Re: [IAEP] Do nice guys finish first?

2009-12-11 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 14:44, Alan Kay alan.n...@yahoo.com wrote: This is a nice distinction! Cheers, Alan ...thus david's evil plot to gain credit and attention was fulfilled. Bwah-hah-ha! ;-) -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/

Re: [IAEP] Deadline to vote for the ISTE 2010 keynote is tomorrow, December 15th!

2009-12-15 Thread Kevin Cole
Note the site also has a Keynote Topics section: http://iste2010.uservoice.com/pages/30480-closed-forum-iste-2010-conference-keynote-topic-suggestions Although it says Closed it appears one can still vote for topics. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education

Re: [IAEP] hearing impaired education and Sugar

2009-12-16 Thread Kevin Cole
As a follow-up to the previous message... Getting a wee bit ahead of current reality, here's two projects to keep an eye on with regards to software specifically targeted at deaf audiences: Dicta-Sign: http://www.dictasign.eu/ Zebedee:

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

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

Re: [IAEP] [DESIGN] Ideas and questions on SL.o

2009-12-27 Thread Kevin Cole
While wikis, blogs, and other social networking phenomena may be great for personal empowerment and self-esteem, not everyone can who wants to write can write. It often seems to me that there is this illusion that wikis in particular are self-organizing, self-correcting organisms requiring very

Re: [IAEP] hearing impaired education and Sugar

2010-01-02 Thread Kevin Cole
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 23:47, David Han ds...@bu.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm David Han, a Boston University student. I'm working with Caroline and Anurag in Boston. There is a prominent school for the hearing impaired in Allston, MA (Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). This is

[IAEP] apt-get upgrade broke TOAST

2010-01-06 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, I filed a report on Trisquel's web site: http://trisquel.info/en/issues/apt-get-upgrade-breaks-sugar-toast and the latest suggestion was that the trouble was something that Sugar Labs people would need to look at. I have no idea if the poster is correct about that. Rather than repeat the

Re: [IAEP] apt-get upgrade broke TOAST

2010-01-06 Thread Kevin Cole
2010/1/6 Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org 2010/1/6 Kevin Cole dc.l...@gmail.com: I completely misdiagnosed the trouble. My fault: I should have looked at ~/.sugar/default/logs/shell.log sooner. I had previously uncommented the TriangleLayout in favoritesview.py. The, in my Favorites

Re: [IAEP] Calendar

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi Rita, Although I didn't do it for Sugar Labs, I've done it for other projects (e.g. the DC Ubuntu LoCo calendar -- http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/GoogleCalendar-- which is embarrassingly empty at the moment). It's fairly straightforward: Create a Google Calendar, then go to Calendar Settings for

[IAEP] 02.13 - 02.14: Free Culture X (FCX), Washington, DC

2010-01-19 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi Mike, Jeff, et al, Coming up soon: http://conference.freeculture.org/ You'll note the second photo down on the right hand side from Free Culture 2008... ;-) Perhaps we should put in an appearance, no? -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/

[IAEP] Free Culture X (FC X): We've got an invite.

2010-01-21 Thread Kevin Cole
(I gotta remember the wisdom of Be careful what you ask for...) For anyone who might be in DC Feb 14 or there-abouts: -- Forwarded message -- From: Kevin Donovan kdonova...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 16:46 Subj: Re: [Board] FC X: OLPC Learning Club DC, SugarLabs DC

[IAEP] Microsoft brings kids developer tool to the PC

2010-01-22 Thread Kevin Cole
A dispatch from the Evil Empire as seen on ZDnet (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-384161.html) Microsoft researcher Matt MacLaurin came up for the idea for Kodu in his kitchen in the fall of 2006, noticing the way his three-year-old daughter watched her mom browse away on Facebook. MacLaurin

Re: [IAEP] Video Chat, Video Editing and VOIP activities for Sugar

2010-02-15 Thread Kevin Cole
Probably not the best choice, but look into some of the AccessGrid work as well. If nothing else, it may give you ideas... http://www.accessgrid.org/ -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project

[IAEP] CoolTools book review: The Art of Game Design

2010-02-17 Thread Kevin Cole
The subject of games comes up periodically e-here and e-there. I subscribe to Kevin Kelly's weekly e-newsletter Cool Tools which this week recommends The Art of Game Design (http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/004195.php), with some excerpts . Do with it what you will. -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo

[IAEP] University of the People

2010-03-10 Thread Kevin Cole
A co-worker told me he heard about this outfit on NPR today... From their web site: __ University of the People http://www.uopeople.org/ ABOUT US University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition free online

Re: [IAEP] Response to Intervention - Is this being used outside the US?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Cole
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 21:12, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: This is a simple, yet powerful idea of tracking student progress in real time and trying different interventions to see what works. I give a brief three minute description here: 

Re: [IAEP] Response to Intervention - Is this being used outside the US?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:34, Kevin Cole dc.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 21:12, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: This is a simple, yet powerful idea of tracking student progress in real time and trying different interventions to see what works. I give a brief

[IAEP] Fwd: System76 [Computers loaded w/ Ubuntu] Partners with Kids On Computers

2010-03-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Just an FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: syste...@system76.com Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:41 Subject: System76 Partners with Kids On Computers System76 Partners with Kids On Computers System76 and Kids On Computers have partnered to bring computers and open source software

Re: [IAEP] VERY PRE-DRAFT XO-1.5 / Sugar 0.84 Getting Started Guide!

2010-04-02 Thread Kevin Cole
I don't currently see a place for the GNOME screenshots I made... nor the control panel for that matter. Is that something for a future date? -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a

Re: [IAEP] SoaS on eeePC900... change boot order in BIOS... not working.

2010-04-20 Thread Kevin Kirton
recognized (though I'm not sure about this). Kevin Australia On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: HI Friends, I am now struggling with several new SoaS issues.  Let's solve them one at a time. If you have an eeePC900 can you tell me how to get it to boot first

Re: [IAEP] dual boot W7 - maybe OT

2010-04-25 Thread Kevin Kirton
in Windows with soas-2-blueberry to make about a dozen SoaS usb sticks without too much trouble so far (couldn't work with one stick that had been formatted on a Mac). Kevin Kirton Australia Tom, or other W 7 victims, Mario Cesar from Ubuntu Bolivia list is trying to help  a friend whose dual-boot

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] Reformat USB stick, How?

2010-04-27 Thread Kevin Kirton
/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso then just browse to it in Fedora's Live USB Creator. By the way, I've noticed lots of new instructions on the SoaS site since I last visited there, so it seems lots is happening there. I'm sure it's getting easier all the time. Kevin Kirton Australia

Re: [IAEP] maintenance

2010-04-30 Thread Kevin Kirton
the world tomorrow. Just a thought. Kevin Kirton Australia ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] Some RIT videos of interest to folks here

2010-05-11 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, RIT's team has posted videos that may be of interest... http://rit.mirocommunity.org/ -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3

2010-06-04 Thread Kevin Cole
I doubt I'm the first to ask... Any thoughts about accessibility and touch screens? Voice recognition? External keyboard / mouse (perhaps wireless)? Or just offer alternative inexpensive computers, SoaS, etc., recognizing that one size does not fit all? -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] [Marketing] Soliciting SoaS v.4 Codename Colour Suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Kevin Cole
Suddenly, Bug Jam conjures up a new and unpalatable image. ;-) On Jun 4, 2010 11:08 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: I thought it was fruit and varieties of fruit? Things you might combine with Sugar to make a Jam? Caryl From: b...@freudenbergs.de Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:43:40

[IAEP] Apple Eases Restrictions On iPhone Developers

2010-06-12 Thread Kevin Cole
Regarding the recent discussion of Sugar on an iPhone and Apple's position on interpreted languages: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qWtSOhKr4To/Apple-Eases-Restrictions-On-iPhone-Developers WrongSizeGlass writes MacRumors has a story on a report by Apple Outsider's Matt Drance

[IAEP] Fwd: [education-wg] Learning in the Gnu/Linux community

2010-06-13 Thread Kevin Cole
Passing this on, as I dare say many (if not all) here are in the Target audience. -- Forwarded message -- From: Don Davis donda...@reglue.org Date: Jun 13, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [education-wg] Learning in the Gnu/Linux community To: education...@opensourceforamerica.org Hello,

[IAEP] Open Video Chat on Boing Boing

2010-06-22 Thread Kevin Cole
://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/21/students-create-vide.html -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] What does No wp tag mean?

2010-06-24 Thread Kevin Cole
protection)? Or is it something more obscure than that? -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Gnome vs Sugar -- The judgement day

2010-06-25 Thread Kevin Cole
That's sort of where I was thinking: Make it harder or at least something requiring more than a button push. I know when I was having troubles with not being able to use the mouse, I was able to get to a virtual terminal, drill down to the appropriate file and edit it to switch desktop

Re: [IAEP] FW: [support-gang] Voting Continues: Gnome vs Sugar -- The judgement day

2010-06-28 Thread Kevin Cole
20+ years of binomial nomenclature thinking have left a lot of people prewired to a certain type of drill-down searching for applications and commands within those applications. (For example, Firefox lives within the Internet menu, and I forget what the official name for the File, Edit, View,

[IAEP] Poor Vision? There's an App For That

2010-07-03 Thread Kevin Cole
In a previous thread, discussion of smartphone and vision came up. This may be of interest... http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/w8hXkU6tdB0/Poor-Vision-Theres-an-App-For-That necro81 writes Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have developed a smartphone app that allows users to measure

Re: [IAEP] FW: Feedback request for my Python tutorial

2010-07-09 Thread Kevin Kirton
Thanks for that Caryl. I'm using Gmail and it seems I have to click Reply to all instead of Reply, which I keep forgetting. But even now, the IAEP address only comes up as CC. Hmmm On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All.. I think Kevin meant

Re: [IAEP] Catching Up

2010-07-28 Thread Kevin Cole
Android is kin to Linux with a heavy dose of Java. Sugar tends to be more Pythonic than Java-esque, but perhaps the Android Scripting Environment (ASE) can mitigate some of that... http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html On Jul 27, 2010 9:42 PM, Caryl

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Kevin Cole
like Breakout and bears the strikingly similar name Break Out... Bzzzt. I lose. -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs potentially a trade mark infringer

2010-07-30 Thread Kevin Cole
Off the top of my head... * Bounce Through (Bounce Thru) * Tear Down the Wall -- though that immediately conjures up We don't need no education ;-) * Eureka -- as in I've just had a break through * Deconstruct -- deconstructionism? ;-) * Wrecking Ball * Knock Down

Re: [IAEP] Looking for suggestions

2010-08-01 Thread Kevin Kirton
projects in any way you find enjoyable. When I was a teenager I really enjoyed school and studying (still do), but if you don't, perhaps you could test drive some of the high school activities in Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) and write about the things you like or don't like there. Hope this helps, Kevin

[IAEP] Software Freedom Day 2010.09.18

2010-08-02 Thread Kevin Cole
have our SFD event at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (http://tpff.org/) on September 12th instead.) -- Kevin Cole Sugar Labs DC Washington, DC ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http

[IAEP] OLPC's Negroponte offers to help India realize $35 tablet

2010-08-04 Thread Kevin Cole
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/7rWFpqPC7HE/olpcs-negroponte-offers-to-help-india-realize-35-tablet.ars ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

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