Re: [sugar] sugar and the digital age (was Re: notes from the field - Mongolia)

2008-10-09 Thread elana langer
there is a very common feeling amongst policy makers and teacher that the XO doesn't really prepare students for the field of IT. There was a pilot project done in Mongolia that was run by the Japanese gov't where they introduced Linux to 4 towns. The students went on to study at the Mongolian IT c

[sugar] sugar and the digital age (was Re: notes from the field - Mongolia)

2008-10-09 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi Elana, On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:48 PM, elana langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > d) Although I think building a tagging tool around kids natural ways > of thinking is really exciting, most teachers/schools/gov'ts are > really concerned that this OS isn't preparing kids for the digital age > p