On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Chris Ball <c...@laptop.org> wrote: > Hi, > > > Stepping back for a moment, the key question is: how can we get > > Sugar out of the window manager and network manager and activity > > update and UI toolkit business, where it's just not keeping up > > (and wasting our efforts), and concentrate on the stuff we're all > > really here for: enabling kids to learn and explore and share? > > How much can we strip away and still have Sugar? > > I agree that this is the right question. I think we can strip > everything *other* than: > > * Can be appropriated -- translated, modified, discussed. > => A "view source" key > The ability to modify apps > The ability to run your modified apps > The ability to reuse a document created in one app inside other apps > > * encourages creation rather than mere consumption of content. > => Strong authoring tools for: > Written documents > Vector and bitmap graphics > Animation > Presentations > Stories > > * encourages joint collaboration and sharing. > => Sharing documents and messages between users > Real-time synchronous collaboration between users > High-level synchronization of data structures à la groupthink > > What do folks think -- did I miss anything important? Did I list > anything that doesn't deserve to be listed?
I think the Journal -- a place of reflection -- is critical to learning and an essential part of Sugar. -walter > > Thanks, > > - Chris. > -- > Chris Ball <c...@laptop.org> > One Laptop Per Child > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep