Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Individual Membership

2008-09-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Although it is difficult to specify a precise definition [snipped] This creates ambiguity. If it doesn't add to the process, I suggest we remove it altogether. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132

Re: [IAEP] Fedora Live CD for Sugar

2008-09-25 Thread Sameer Verma
. * A kickstart file that can be used by any Fedora user to generate such an image trivially. So. Where shall we host them? Somewhere in Fedora-land, or somewhere in Sugar-land? Why not both, and torrent it up on http://linuxtracker.org/ ? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Re: [IAEP] Deployment meetings

2008-10-01 Thread Sameer Verma
://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Can we do a Google calendar or something equivalent for Sugar and other meetings/events so that others can subscribe to the ical feeds? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132

Re: [IAEP] Deployment meetings

2008-10-01 Thread Sameer Verma
. Does anyone know how to make meetings repeat bi-weekly in Google calendar? -walter On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-04 Thread Sameer Verma
list to join for marketing efforts? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ Ed writes: This is the first time I have heard that G1G1

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-04 Thread Sameer Verma
, look-n-feel, etc. If we do merchandise from somebody like Cafepress, we don't have to get into the business of printing, cutting etc. I cannot setup shop at Cafepress because the logos involved aren't my copyright, but if someone from OLPC initiates, I'd be glad to help. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma

[IAEP] Fwd: [vox] Tux Paint code_swarm'd

2008-10-21 Thread Sameer Verma
This is interesting. Bill Kendrick ran code_swarm against CVS logs of TuxPaint. Wonder what code_swarm of Sugar will look like... Code Swarm: http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm/ Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University

Re: [IAEP] teams vs. projects

2008-11-26 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Bernie Innocenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sameer Verma wrote: dotProject (http://www.dotproject.net/) and Project.net (http://www.project.net/) are good candidates. They are both FOSS, although I haven't had much luck locating Project.net's FOSS license

Re: [IAEP] teams vs. projects

2008-11-26 Thread Sameer Verma
The Gantt plugin it's a good solution there. Rafael Ortiz On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Bernie Innocenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sameer Verma wrote: dotProject (http://www.dotproject.net/) and Project.net

Re: [IAEP] Balanced Scorecard experience?

2008-12-31 Thread Sameer Verma
samples will be a bit difficult. I'll look for examples. I'm curious about how you plan on using BSC in this scenario. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[IAEP] Fwd: Call for Participation Now Open

2009-01-05 Thread Sameer Verma
from the attendees (Windows/MSFT drama). So, at the very least, we should have a significant presence in the exhibit areas. Some of you Sugarheads should really present in sessions as well! Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] CORRECTION: 2ND Weekly Deployment Chat: Tues 3PM 11:59PM EST [TODAY]

2009-01-27 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI, I'm on gmail, and for some reason, the URL *shows* http://forum.laptop.org/chat but still *points* to http://support.laptop.org/chat Correct URL is http://forum.laptop.org/chat -- Sameer On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: 1) See you in just less than 3hours, at

Re: [IAEP] First competitor?

2009-02-28 Thread Sameer Verma
are taken. Sameer Uh, now what? Keep plugging away :-) Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ IAEP

Re: [IAEP] Adults and Sugar

2009-02-28 Thread Sameer Verma
the journal with ease removed any doubts in my mind as to why Sugar doesn't have a file manager. These kids don't even know what a file looks like! Why bother with a metaphor that is as clear as mud for them? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State

Re: [IAEP] Great Photo

2009-03-01 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: http://www.zooomr.com/photos/sameerverma/6300789/ This one is great! We don't seem to have many photos showing what kids are actually doing with Sugar.  Can we use this one in marketing? Sure. I just changed the

Re: [IAEP] Topics deliverables from Marketing IRC meeting 03-03-2009: Sugar 8.4 launch date set!

2009-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
is such a generic word :( How about Sugar Labs Chocolate? :) Isn't Sugar on a Stick a lollipop? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] you volunteers are nuts :)

2009-03-17 Thread Sameer Verma
a Asterisk server set up, so let me know if I can help. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ IAEP

Re: [IAEP] OLPC on public radio

2009-03-22 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Jameson Quinn jameson.qu...@gmail.com wrote: you can find a stream at www.publicradiofan.com http://www.wpr.org/book/visionaries/index.html Sameer On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: To the Best of Our Knowledge, with

[IAEP] format for lessons/content

2009-03-25 Thread Sameer Verma
up with OSBC. Thought I'd pass this along for comments. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[IAEP] Sugar on LTSP

2009-04-25 Thread Sameer Verma
/ltsp-linux-terminal-server-project-netbooted-fat-client-for-ubuntu-hardy-and-intrepid) on Intrepid+GNOME. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

2009-04-29 Thread Sameer Verma
to 10). We have a local Montessori that has two XOs and is considering using them with the 4 to 5 year olds. They haven't started yet, but it would be interesting to see what their experience is like once they begin in the summer. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

[IAEP] Sugar on Nokia N810

2009-05-02 Thread Sameer Verma
One of my all time favorite devices gets one of my all time favorite environments! Read on. http://guysoft.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/nokia-n810-running-olpc-sugar/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] Project process visualization

2009-05-05 Thread Sameer Verma
style license and (2) maybe explore an interface (AJAX or otherwise) that would allow Zoom in and Zoom out of different cycles and levels for big picture and drill down details with explanations and links at each level. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information

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

2009-06-11 Thread Sameer Verma
to be said first. Just like following APIs and standards for making code talk across systems, we will need standards for making chapters collate into a book, but those are tactical issues. We need to address strategic matters first. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

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

2009-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep +1 Some similar approaches: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sneakernet and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Motoman Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

Re: [IAEP] Open Office on XO?

2009-06-20 Thread Sameer Verma
/Spreadsheet). Some folks have tried OpenOffice for kids on the XO. http://olpc-france.org/blog/2009/04/ooo4kids-openoffice-for-kids-on-the-xo/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

Re: [IAEP] View Slides an alternative to PowerPoint?

2009-07-03 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:43 AM, David Van Asschedvanass...@gmail.com wrote: A real simple alternative to powerpoint/impress that looks and smells like it, but with maybe really limited functionality would be loved by teachers everywhere, At least, all the teachers I have met rely very heavily

Re: [IAEP] Google Docs and Power Point

2009-07-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On 7/3/09, Jim Simmons nices...@gmail.com wrote: Sameer, The issue of what to do with existing Power Point slides can probably be handled by using Google Docs, which can import existing Power Point presentations from your hard drive. Once imported you could download them as PDF's for

Re: [IAEP] Google Docs and Power Point

2009-07-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Jim Simmonsnices...@gmail.com wrote: Sameer, The Read Activity can display PDFs fullscreen.  You need to open the PDF the usual way and then press Alt-Enter.  Currently Read displays documents as continuous pages, but I believe that evince can display one

Re: [IAEP] [Localization] Fwd: sugar on a stick localized in farsi or pashto or both

2009-07-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:07 AM, jimj...@well.com wrote:   wait wait: i hope i wrote that mtsa is a set of people who together have fluency in english, dari, and pashto as well as some computer familiarity.   that any one person combines some useful subset and also has time to chip in work

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] Next run of Sugar Labs Sticks

2009-07-27 Thread Sameer Verma
list market...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing Hi Caroline, Looks like OLPC-SF will get at least a dozen sticks. I'll send you more precise numbers once I hear from others. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San

[IAEP] sounds in Speak

2009-07-28 Thread Sameer Verma
not have an answer for her, but I wondered if it would be possible to have an option in Speak to do so. I'd imagine that the sound of the letter would vary depending on language, right? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Deployment feedback braindump

2009-08-10 Thread Sameer Verma
in this case). The Ubuntu side of things doesn't get to see much of say, what conspires between Canonical and Dell. This is a much needed discussion. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

[IAEP] bundling Wikijunior

2009-08-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Has anyone bundled Wikijunior or a part of it? http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[IAEP] Fwd: Designing for Children - Conference, Educational Meet, Exhibition at IDC IIT Bombay

2009-08-17 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI. -- Sameer -- Forwarded message -- From: sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:18 AM Subject: Designing for Children - Conference, Educational Meet, Exhibition at IDC IIT Bombay To: olpc-in...@googlegroups.com http://www.designingforchildren.net/

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Bill Kerrbillk...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien bastiengue...@googlemail.com wrote: After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-09-02 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Bert Freudenbergb...@freudenbergs.de wrote: Thanks to all who made the FSF change this. - Bert - +1 Sameer On 02.09.2009, at 08:14, Bill Kerr wrote: Yes the new paragraph is more reasonable: Microsoft is now targeting governments who are purchasing XOs,

[IAEP] Schools kill creativity...

2009-09-25 Thread Sameer Verma
In my typical Friday afternoon TED Talk overindulgence, I came across this one. Its hilarious and informative. It also talks to some of the things we've argued about in this project. http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've been reading Montessori Madness for a few hours now, and I find Another good one is Montessori Today http://www.amazon.com/Montessori

Re: [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to add something to this conversation. I am a public middle school science teacher, and, as some of you know, the technology facilitator in my building working with our 5th grade students and teachers with a

Re: [IAEP] Audubon MS Photos

2009-10-22 Thread Sameer Verma
An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Caryl, Facebook provides a link to photo albums accessible without a Facebook login. Look at the bottom of your album page and post it! Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

2009-10-23 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:09 AM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Caryl, Thanks for sharing these pictures. Can you share more details about this project, like: How many XOs are there? How many students? Which grades/age groups? How were the teachers/students trained? Maybe

Re: [IAEP] voip.sugarlabs.org

2009-10-29 Thread Sameer Verma
/listinfo/iaep Hi Bernie, What's the purpose of this VoIP box? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

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

2009-10-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM,  s.bouta...@free.fr wrote: Hi, After a couple of weeks of reading tutorials, help from Aleksey, and some Ubuntu developers there are Sugar packages available for Ubuntu 9.10. Thank

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

2009-10-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM,  s.bouta...@free.fr wrote: Hi, After a couple of weeks of reading tutorials, help from Aleksey, and some Ubuntu

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] (Please read) Re: Proposed Trac - Launchpad migration

2009-11-01 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Dear Sugar folks, This mail didn't get any replies, but it's important to know whether people agree with it before going ahead.  So, please understand that: * bugs.sugarlabs.org is moving from Trac to Launchpad. * Existing

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

2009-11-02 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: I also had a strange problem, which I replicated (sadly :)). When I launched Sugar for the first time (and I had the same Browse problem) and then closed it, I could use the track pad and keyboards, but the mouse

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Digest 2009-11-02

2009-11-03 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:41 AM, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: I think there are more recommended activities than fit at any one time. They are chosen randomly from the list. As to how the list is

[IAEP] OLPC SF Summit

2009-11-18 Thread Sameer Verma
We are looking for someone in the SF bay area to run a session on Sugar and/or Sugar on a Stick at the upcoming OLPC-SF Community Summit (http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf-summit). Anyone interested? Any pointers? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems

Re: [IAEP] OLPC SF Summit

2009-11-18 Thread Sameer Verma
18, 2009 at 10:33, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We are looking for someone in the SF bay area to run a session on Sugar and/or Sugar on a Stick at the upcoming OLPC-SF Community Summit (http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf-summit). Anyone interested? Any pointers? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer

Re: [IAEP] OLPC SF Summit

2009-11-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: I would be happy to. Excellent! Can we combine this with your session on python in schools, or should we do these separately? Most tech session

[IAEP] OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009: Schedule is up!

2009-11-20 Thread Sameer Verma
http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf-summit Nov 21, 2009 in San Francisco. Line-up of topics and presenters/facilitators is now up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009#Presenters_and_Facilitators cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

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

2009-12-17 Thread Sameer Verma
. *And there is absolutely no reason for professors to adopt it in the classroom. http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http

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

2009-12-18 Thread Sameer Verma
was more along the lines of It will confuse our students because we teach them phonetically as opposed to anything else. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

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

2009-12-18 Thread Sameer Verma
fedora-olpc-l...@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-olpc-list Hearty congratulations!!! Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

Re: [IAEP] Peru, OLPC and Wikipedia

2010-05-10 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org wrote: Excellent. Thank you for sharing this. Looking forward for more. On May 9, 2010 10:54 AM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: http://vimeo.com/8709616 -- Chris Ball   c...@laptop.org One Laptop Per Child

Re: [IAEP] Peru, OLPC and Wikipedia

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
of 1, I'd argue that we don't really shed one set to gain another. Instead we absorb all that we can. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[IAEP] Fwd: Videos from OLPC-SF may meeting

2010-05-16 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM Subject: Videos from OLPC-SF may meeting To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org Videos from yesterday's meeting: Carol Ruth Silver on OLPC -related efforts in Afghanistan and Nepal: http

Re: [IAEP] Working with a commercial entity.

2010-05-18 Thread Sameer Verma
, if necessary. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

Re: [IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11 for XO-1 build 180py released

2010-06-18 Thread Sameer Verma
!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep How do I install this image? I tried the USB method on a XO1 with dev key and security disabled, but it still complains about not finding the right keys. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems

Re: [IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11 for XO-1 build 180py released

2010-06-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Bernie Innocenti ber...@codewiz.org wrote: El Fri, 18-06-2010 a las 18:24 +, Sameer Verma escribió: How do I install this image? I tried the USB method on a XO1 with dev key and security disabled, but it still complains about not finding the right keys

Re: [IAEP] Problems with Best OS Image Ever

2010-06-21 Thread Sameer Verma
possible to erase it out when reinstalling an image. You can always reinstall the dev key. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu

Re: [IAEP] Announce: OLPC software strategy.

2010-07-07 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: Hi, Now that the 10.1.1 release for XO-1.5 is out, it's a good time to talk about OLPC's software strategy for the future.  We've got a few announcements to make: XO-1: = OLPC wasn't planning to make a Fedora 11

[IAEP] Fall 2010...

2010-07-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Ruth Silver, MTSA) – India (Humaira Mahi Sameer Verma, SFSU) – Jamaica (Sameer Verma Univ. of the West Indies) – Madagascar (June Kleider, XO-ology) – Senegal (Drew Lick-Wilmerding Schools) – South Africa (EduWeavers) – San Francisco (Starr King Elementary) – Uganda (UC Berkeley) ). I've spoken

[IAEP] notes from today's OLPC-SF meeting

2010-07-17 Thread Sameer Verma
! A big thank you to all those who could attend. Notes and photos of the white board are up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010 Please clean up (see photos for reference) and ...feel free to add items. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

[IAEP] Pathagar: A Book Server

2010-07-18 Thread Sameer Verma
Slides from yesterday's presentation at OLPC-SF. Some of you may find this interesting. http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/689 http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/pathagar-a-book-server http://wiki.laptop.org/images/1/1c/Pathagar-bookserver.zip cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

2010-12-28 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am working with a project that wants to download Kahn Academy's math lessons ( http://www.khanacademy.org/  ) and use them offline on the XO-1. Khan, not Kahn. As in

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

2010-12-28 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Anna ascho...@gmail.com wrote: I've actually made flash videos available in a school environment.  As we all know, Adobe Flash does not work well on the XO.  I download requested YouTube videos on my Ubuntu desktop at home and use mencoder to transcode the flv

Re: [IAEP] Youtube Downloads on XO??? How to???

2010-12-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 20:11, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: I am working with a project that wants to download Kahn Academy's math lessons ( http://www.khanacademy.org/  ) and use them offline on the XO-1.

Re: [IAEP] Fieldwork and Research by SomosAzucar's German Volunteer Antje Breitkopf

2011-01-22 Thread Sameer Verma
(not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Is the original version available somewhere online? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http

Re: [IAEP] For Sugar Everywhere, Google-ize!

2011-02-17 Thread Sameer Verma
that. At least not yet. Definitely interesting discussion, though. Oh, and I do wonder how many people involved in these discussions have *actually* been in the field where these dire conditions exist. Not fingerpointing, just wondering. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

[IAEP] Jamaica pilots

2011-02-25 Thread Sameer Verma
1.5 laptops. We now have a channel on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/olpcjamaica and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129075173804215 The project site is at http://olpcjamaica.org.jm More to come soon. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Re: [IAEP] Membership fees (was: Re: Next slobs meeting?)

2011-06-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Sascha Silbe sascha-ml-reply-to-201...@silbe.org wrote: Excerpts from Bernie Innocenti's message of Sun Jun 05 06:33:40 +0200 2011:  * Membership fees Could you elaborate what you have in mind here? :-) It's a prototype idea, not yet discussed anywhere

Re: [IAEP] Ancient Manners is on Project Gutenberg!

2011-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM, James Simmons nices...@gmail.com wrote: If you've read any of my FLOSS Manual E-Book Enlightenment you know that I've been preparing free e-books and contributing them to the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg Canada, and Distributed Proofreaders Canada.  

Re: [IAEP] Historian David McCullough endorses constructionism?

2011-06-20 Thread Sameer Verma
@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

Re: [IAEP] Historian David McCullough endorses constructionism?

2011-06-24 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Yamandu Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: It is a nagging feeling I have that in the lack of understanding of cause and effect lies a lot of what is wrong everywhere, especially in countries that do not seem to be able ever to get out of the subdesarrollo

Re: [IAEP] Cannes Lions award for OLPC Australia

2011-06-24 Thread Sameer Verma
___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Congratulations!!! You guys rock :-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] Oct 17-21 Doc Camp @ Google HQ, Mountain View, California

2011-07-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: This could be a major opportunity -- many Book Sprints within one week to create many free/open 'Quick Start' guides. Perhaps even more so given its schedule aligns so well with http://olpcSF.org 's own global community summit Oct

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS]: Request for certifications of developing an activity

2011-07-13 Thread Sameer Verma
away. However, if we are able to inculcate in these students, a desire for working on these projects while they are in the course, and integrate them into the community, then there is hope of continued work. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director

[IAEP] OLPC SF Community Summit - Suggested topics

2011-09-11 Thread Sameer Verma
/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011#Suggested_Topics Registration will open next week. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

2011-10-03 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Mark kevin.m...@verizon.net wrote: On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: Rules:   • Posters will be 13  x 19  inches in size.   • Only 1 entry per project.   • All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted images are

[IAEP] One Laptop per Child day in San Francisco | OLPC San Francisco

2011-10-22 Thread Sameer Verma
San Francisco Mayor Edwin M Lee has declared October 22, 2011 as One Laptop per Child day in San Francisco. What better way to kick off the OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2011! http://olpcsf.org/node/44 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco

[IAEP] OLPC SF Sunday...

2011-10-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Photos from Saturday - http://on.fb.me/n5DHlt OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 Poster Contest of the many Fantastic Projects around the Globe - http://on.fb.me/pSKK4q Nicholas Charbonnier's videos are showing up at http://olpc.tv and http://armdevices.net/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor

Re: [IAEP] Teaching with computers / Enseniando con Computadoras

2011-11-19 Thread Sameer Verma
are after - making pesto or going on a date! What is Sugar for? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ From: David Van Assche dvanass...@gmail.com To: Walter Bender

[IAEP] Hypercard in the news...

2011-11-30 Thread Sameer Verma
/1720214/why-was-hypercard-killed cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2011-12-01

2011-12-01 Thread Sameer Verma
/2011/11/28/so-whats-working/). In fact, I would add that my personal usability with Sugar and GNOME is better than my usability with MacOSX, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and KDE. I don't buy your assertion. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State

Re: [IAEP] Teachers ask programmers / Maestros preguntan a Programadores

2011-12-02 Thread Sameer Verma
(not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education

Re: [IAEP] Thanks for the Media links... new request

2012-01-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Folks! Thanks so much for all the great media links so many of you sent. I am now compiling them into a short slideshow for SCalE 10X which I will happily share when finished.  I will simply put a title on each

[IAEP] openhatch

2012-02-01 Thread Sameer Verma
, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC library] OLPC/Sugar Doc Sprint Apr 6-10 @ OLPC HQ in Boston

2012-02-08 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: Plz read all the wiki details RSVP here if you will contribute+attend, as we will very shortly reach capacity:     http://j.mp/xomanual 20 People Expected in Person, from 4+ continents: Sameer Verma, Mike Lee, Walter Bender

[IAEP] All continents covered.

2012-02-16 Thread Sameer Verma
a XO 1.5 When you heat Sugar it caramelizes. What happens to Sugar in extreme cold? Hmm... cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

Re: [IAEP] Scratch released under GPL 2.0

2012-04-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Bernie Innocenti ber...@codewiz.org wrote: On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:34 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: This is great. Does this mean that future versions will also be GPL? No guarantee, it's up to the Media Lab to decide. Is there any further news on the

[IAEP] a little magic, Jamaica style!

2012-05-19 Thread Sameer Verma
=XMAZlPWCkw4 We're jammin', Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project

[IAEP] The Agility of One Laptop Per Child with CTO Ed McNierney 06/05 by IE Radio | Blog Talk Radio

2012-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
Approx. 30 minutes. Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ieradio/2012/06/05/the-agility-of-one-laptop-per-child-with-cto-ed-mcnierney cheers, Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

[IAEP] getting books and media from the Internet Archive...

2012-06-30 Thread Sameer Verma
Some background here. http://olpcsf.org/node/61 fetch_IA_item script here: https://github.com/rajbot/fetch_ia_item Try it out and see if it breaks. Then fix it or let the author (rku...@archive.org) know :-) cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco

[IAEP] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012

2012-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Registration is now open for the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/70 See you there! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

Re: [IAEP] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012

2012-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Note that we will be hosting SugarCamp++ right after the summit. SugarCamp++ will be Oct 22-24 at the same location. cheers, Sameer On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Registration is now open for the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012. http

[IAEP] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012 - Poster Gallery | OLPC San Francisco

2012-09-24 Thread Sameer Verma
Can't make it to the OLPC SF Community Summit this year? Submit to our poster gallery! Blog post with details at http://www.olpcsf.org/node/71 cheers, Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] send in a poster

2012-10-04 Thread Sameer Verma
://www.olenepal.org * Visit our Digital Library at http://www.pustakalaya.org * On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Do you run a OLPC [related] project, but can't make it to the OLPC SF Community Summit this year? Submit a poster! http://www.olpcsf.org

[IAEP] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012 on USTREAM

2012-10-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Live stream at 11:30 am and 1:45 pm Pacific time today! http://ustream.tv/channel/olpc-san-francisco-community-summit-2012 Look for schedule details at http://olpcsf.org/summit Sameer + olpcsf gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop

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