This came up when discussing the future of the Sur list, 40+ emails per day already, quite a few directly dealing with in-the-field teacher requests and suggestions. It is being sent to Sugar since there is no open list to discuss deployment issues and there is a desire for a Sugarized solution to email lists/forums, and to Localization, since this is a matter that will affect other deployments besides the ones in Latin America.
*re: scaling up a list* To have any success when this starts really growing, I am of the opinion that we will need to figure out a different paradigm. I am not yet a terrible Journal fan, but there is something to be said in favor of re-considering how me manage and list information in a way handy for people who have little experience with computers. An un-moderated email list can be really hard for noobs, especially when technical or ideological threads get mixed in with genuine "how do I do..." questions. A moderated list stifles quick exchange and requires someone to do it. The day when kids get on board, such a new approach will be all the more important, something as simple as using a Mailman list, but different organically, logistically and probably with a sugarized UI. This, not just for achieving meaningful conversation, but also for good contemporary-fashioned safety. At the very least some sort of re-mailer that NEVER allows a kid's email address to be visible before we will encourage kids to come in. I remember the Swedes designed something along those lines, I'll try to hunt that. Another take would eb an internal email server in the XS limited to the LAN, but then that would be useless for school-2-school and international collaboration among kids. *re:wikis* I am not sure our beloved are ready for that. A wiki is a daunting thing when the current TUE difficulty is not being able to figure out how to change one's subscription to digest format because single messages are too much of a hassle... But yes, we NEED to get there. Currently Peru lead setup a shared moodle, Uruguay folks use Google groups and blogs, many of them are getting into Sur, which is the idea especially for plainfolk exchange. *re:further needs* What is urgently needed,(as of yesterday :-)) is a training tool as to how to participate in a list, how to use a list, etc. I want to keep this list a happy family with lots, lots of honest questions and answers, definitely not a place for religious wars or technical development, but as active as active can be. *re: signups* We need to have people sign up to a list, any list, but why not Sur :-), right at the moment they are getting their first ever teacher training. This is not being done currently, I do not know of any good reason not to do it. re: quality of information I feel again like the journalist I was when much younger. We will need input from Those Who Know so that answers are truthful and timely. It is a sad fact that a lot of our PR has been more effective than our development, so while intending to change my ways :-), I hope we will avoid plain criticism, but also plain denial. Yama Join the fun, be our #100 list member! we're at 94 right now http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
