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

2012-06-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 08:28:30AM -0500, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote: (kudos for Gnome! BTW, I had been pushing for some XO-based microcontroller work - http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1 as part of eat-my-own-catfood in enabling the XO for real-world use) (last weekend I was at

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

2012-06-12 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 06:25:09PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: [...] Thanks for writing notes for the XO-1/Launchpad. I think I noted some intermittent issues with the kernal/usb/Launchpad where it would create a /dev/TTYACM01 and then 02 (I dont recall the specifics) and when I tried to access

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

2012-06-11 Thread Yamandu Ploskonka
Hope you are recuperating from such fun :-) Question, are these teacher using XOs as *their* primary tool to access internet, Facebook, etc? That would be, IMNSHO, enormously meaningful in their buy in. The XO is either a real tool, or else perceived as a toy vs. the real tool that is used

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

2012-06-11 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Yamandu Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: Hope you are recuperating from such fun :-) Question, are these teacher using XOs as *their* primary tool to access internet, Facebook, etc? I don't know. I did not see any teacher use any other computer all week.

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

2012-06-11 Thread Yamandu Ploskonka
oh my dear Walter... I must apologize. I thought my track record was clear enough, at least with you, that I would not be understood to consider Windows real software, unless it were as a parody/sarcasm. My bad. I hope that the lesson is learned, and that going forward I will tag things

Re: [Sugar-devel] [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

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

2012-06-10 Thread Walter Bender
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: 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