On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2009/11/17 Sean DALY <[email protected]>: >> > It's an excellent point; after all, Mingoville >> > http://www.mingoville.com/ based in Denmark I believe claims over 1 >> > million users, 100+ activities for children to practice English. >> > >> > But there's another facet: dominant languages such as English, >> > Spanish, French, put pressure on minority languages. Sugar has a role >> > to play supporting many languages, not just in the interface, but in >> > content. There have been suggestions in the past that we position >> > Sugar as a great way to learn English, and indeed it can be >> > (especially in a connected environment), but I feel English should not >> > be privileged over local languages. >> >> Can we make Sugar a good platform for publishing e-books? Anybody has >> already thought of what it would take? > > Going along the same lines but in a different direction then Tomeu....This > teacher asked for a simple book creation tool for kids. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TRcKP1MJQs > Might not be hard to create a Turtle Art Template that prints in a way that > lets you fold the printed page to create a book.
http://web.media.mit.edu/~walter/MAS-A12/book.jpg is such a template. It lets you make an 8-page book with no need for any staples or binding--just one cut to the paper. -walter >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> > My concern is the timing... Sebastian is under pressure for a December >> > 8th launch and will need help collating books. >> > >> > The Blueberry launch is also threatened by sugaronastick.com, which as >> > long as it is up will create confusion. >> > >> > Sean >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Yama Ploskonka <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> sorry to keep the off-topic on topic, :-), but in my experience the >> >> possibility to access stuff in English is one of the biggest calls for >> >> Sugar >> >> use, especially maybe in non-English places. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Carlo Falciola <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Sebastian, >> >>> really have absolutely no issue regarding the provider. >> >>> Once I realized that in that site there weren't non EN titles you I >> >>> just >> >>> made a quick Google-search for multilingual ebooks sites. >> >>> >> >>> My point is limitated to suggesting to evaluate the opportunity to put >> >>> a >> >>> little sample in more that one language. >> >>> >> >>> ciao carlo >> >>> >> >>> --- Mar 17/11/09, Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> ha scritto: >> >>> >> >>> > Da: Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> >> >>> > Oggetto: Re: R: [SoaS] E-Books for Sugar on a Stick (Blueberry) >> >>> > A: "Carlo Falciola" <[email protected]> >> >>> > Cc: "iaep" <[email protected]> >> >>> > Data: Martedì 17 novembre 2009, 16:22 >> >>> > Yes, actually, I was maybe a bit too >> >>> > quick with this. :) >> >>> > >> >>> > This e-mail was supposed to be about discussing good sample >> >>> > titles, not >> >>> > about announcing anything with regard to the book provider >> >>> > we were >> >>> > using. Anyway, thanks for the link! I'll look into it... >> >>> > >> >>> > Cheers, >> >>> > --Sebastian >> >>> > >> >>> > Carlo Falciola wrote: >> >>> > > I dont know (yet, Ill check soon) about quality of >> >>> > ePub version, but (http://manybooks.net/) seems to have >> >>> > books from several different languages... >> >>> > > Maybe one out of a selection of >> >>> > languages would make sense... >> >>> > > >> >>> > > ciao carlo >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > --- Mar 17/11/09, Sebastian Dziallas<[email protected]> >> >>> > ha scritto: >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> Da: Sebastian Dziallas<[email protected]> >> >>> > >> Oggetto: [SoaS] E-Books for Sugar on a Stick >> >>> > (Blueberry) >> >>> > >> A: "SoaS"<[email protected]>, >> >>> > "iaep"<[email protected]> >> >>> > >> Data: Martedì 17 novembre 2009, 15:36 >> >>> > >> Hi all, >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> as you may know, we're going to ship some selected >> >>> > e-books >> >>> > >> in the >> >>> > >> Journal of the Blueberry release. For providing >> >>> > >> high-quality e-books >> >>> > >> instead of simple texts (as well as fo technical >> >>> > >> simplicity), we're >> >>> > >> going to use e-books from epubBooks >> >>> > (www.epubbooks.com)! >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> Right now, I've just included Alice in Wonderland >> >>> > (which >> >>> > >> comes with nice >> >>> > >> images in this edition), but I encourage everybody >> >>> > to go >> >>> > >> through the >> >>> > >> catalog on that website and to point out >> >>> > favorites. >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> Thanks to Sayamindu for pointing to that site! :) >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> --Sebastian >> >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >> >>> > >> SoaS mailing list >> >>> > >> [email protected] >> >>> > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David >> Farning >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
