On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Brian Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/gobiernoelectronico/pdf_libro/Libro_CEIBAL_en_la_sociedad_del_siglo_XXI.pdf > This is great! More, please!
It is great - the writing is well thought out, though I haven't read it all in depth, it seems like a very good quality job. I did a quick translation of the jokes, some are rather good, and they definitely take on some of the issues head on - make sure you look at the pic before you read the translation below... Page 58 - a section about e-govt Consultant: At least in one sense, governor, the "citizen consultation" portal is a runaway success. Received 30K messages, meaning a thousand-fold increase in participation. Governor: great! so why should we be worried? Consultant: all of them asking that you resign Page 36 heh! a blackboard and chalk for every classroom? and notebooks for all kids? great! What's next, free schooling too? Page 33 - background sign: teacher training courses young trainer: don't be scared, teacher. Most of the time, using the internet is as easy as writing what you are looking for in a box, and hitting 'search'. What would you like to search for now, for example? teacher: "BPS" and "initiating retirement paperwork" (I think BPS is the retirement fund scheme in Uy) Page 64 - c'mon old man. grab the laptop, it won't bite Page 76 - don't tell me you are tracking the milk yield in a spreasheet to optimise the production of each cow with a statistical base...? no, right now I am playing tetris page 83 woman: Do something Bernie! Kids have been 3hs stuck to the screen, and when it's not naked women doing naughty stuff, it's people gored by bullets or racists jokes! man: ok! I'll go and turn the computer off, and done! woman: What computer? The television, Bernie, the TV! Page 54: mom: you told dad that doing the paperwork (tramites is generic for any govt paperwork) with the laptop he would skip the queues and save time... but he's been sitting there frozen for the last hour and half! kid: he got the paperwork done in 5 minutes... it's the shock that's lasting more than 1 hr... enjoy, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel