+1 in particular because the May 16th event will provide an excellent opportunity for press coverage!
where we can show Sugar running on its original "native" platform... and a bunch of other ones besides :-) Sean On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: > 2009/4/9 David Farning <dfarn...@sugarlabs.org>: >> I would like to recommend the we plan on holding the May MiniCamp in >> Paris around the weekend of May 16. > > +1 > > Can we book our tickets now? ;) > > Tomeu > >> The primary benefit of Paris is co-locating with a scheduled OLPC >> France event being held that weekend. The opportunity to meet with >> OLPC France presents some great opportunities to work together; Going >> to meet the community in their homes, identifying lead users, >> receiving vital feedback. >> >> By going to work with OLPC France, we can communicate that while Sugar >> Labs is an upstream part, it is not the central part of the 'iaep' >> project. The most important part is where the student and teacher >> come together to learn. Sugar Labs is focused on creating a great >> learning platform to benefit the entire ecosystem. In this role, >> Sugar Labs serves as a hub for communication and collaboration. >> >> Secondly, Sugar Labs needs to identify and engage _lead_users_. Sugar >> in not yet ready to be sold in retail stores nor is it ready for >> _easy_ deployment around the world. There is still a lot of work in >> making sure the software works on your hardware, setting up a >> collaboration server, and creating the learning content to match daily >> lesson plans. Lead users are people with passion or a particular >> expertise who have the motivation and ability to help improve the >> Sugar experience... for everyone. >> >> Finally, working for the weekend with OLPC France allow us both to >> observe and receive feedback. Sugar Labs can learn more about what >> OLPC France is doing and what their needs are. OLPC France can learn >> that Sugar Labs is _just_ a group of volunteers with a working >> knowledge of computer science, education theory, and a bit of >> economics trying to help kids learn more effectively. Sugar Labs >> success is based on the premise of creating and fostering a ecosystem >> to build on top of the learning platform. >> >> There may be limited travel stipends available to people willing to >> hold workshops. >> >> david >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep