So how's the sharing API coming? Can a developer easily write an activity with simple sharing right now?
--g On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Edward Cherlin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Why don't we add a new field in the Activities page template that >> indicates both whether or not an activity supports some form of >> collaboration and, if so, what is the supported number of >> collaborators. (The latter may, of course, be somewhat fuzzy depending >> upon the nature of the connection: via school server or "under a >> tree"). > > +1 > >> We could have a simple set of options (the numbers perhaps need tuning): >> >> A) no collaboration >> B) pair-wise collaboration >> C) small (3-4) group collaboration >> D) classroom (10-20) collaboration > > And other possibilities. For N-player games, we have discussed having > two collaboration channels, one for in-game communications among > players, and one for comments by kibitzers. I don't know of any team > games in Sugar, where we might want to add a channel for each team. > >> We could break down collaboration a bit further: >> >> sharing > > I would like to see all Activities sharable in the sense that others > can at least watch what the primary user is doing. This would be > useful for any activity accessing content on the Web, where one XO can > download it and share it with others, instead of a whole class (for > example) downloading a Web page simultaneously when instructed by the > teacher. (Local caching on the school server will also help.) > > We might want to go further, and allow a discussion channel for every > shared activity. Switching between a visual session and Chat will get > old real fast, unless we provide a way to (in effect) Tivo shared > sessions. > > We have had a discussion about sharing Measure channels to simulate a > multi-channel digital oscilloscope. (I checked them out at Fry's a few > days ago. Nice.) > >> interacting >> ??? >> >> and we may want to comment on, for example, how many Type A >> collaborations can be supported at once. >> >> An example of: >> A is Turtle Art >> B is Distance >> C is Write > > There was a report of a test showing a fairly large number of > simultaneous users, so I think this may become a D. > >> D is Chat >> >> We'd need to do some serious QA to figure this out, but I think it >> would go a long ways towards giving people a sense of what they can >> expect in terms of a robust use of Sugar. > > I think we should have a brainstorming session on the complete list of > activities, present and in development, to work out what we would like > to see. Would people prefer to do that by e-mail, chat, or Wiki page? > >> -walter >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > > -- > Edward Cherlin > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ > "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay > _______________________________________________ > Its.an.education.project mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
