Think about the, make your own animated book angle, might not take too many words to add it.
I think this book says so many wonderful things, not just about how to teach with the XO, but as an example of a teacher contributing to a world wide education movement. The story he uses for this one particular less is also wonderful. If not this press release, maybe another. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for that Caroline, I hadn't known about that book. i'm not sure > we can add that in though, Chuck told me today lots of changes are > necessary. For sure we need to cut, it's too wordy. > > I believe the number of non-English eBooks for children in the > Internet Archive is small :-( > > Sean > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Caroline Meeks > <carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > > Nice. Would a mention of the book out of Peru make sense? > > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sdenka_Salas_-_The_XO_Laptop_in_the_Classroom#.C2.A9_THE_XO_LAPTOP_IN_THE_CLASSROOM > > I also really like the idea of students making their own books in Etoys. > > Gerald is using this basic concept also in NY State and its going well. > > I'm concerned if we focus too much on the millions of books available > we'll > > get a backlash about how few of them are appropriate for young readers > who > > are not native english speakers. Yes mention it, but perhaps back it up > > with a richer concept of books and literacy for children that reminds > people > > of our focus to be THE BEST learning platform for students 5 to 12 years > > old. > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM, <sd...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: > >> > >> I've shared a document with you: > >> > >> OLPC-SL_PR_20091119draft > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdHD6KQrRjyaZGRoODhnNm5fOWY0bXpqdmd4&hl=en&invite=CMfc6IAF > >> > >> It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open > this > >> document, just click the link above. > >> > >> > >> Here's the link to the first draft of our first joint press release with > >> the OLPC Association. > >> > >> Please send suggestions for additions/deletions/editing or general angle > >> as > >> soon as possible, I would like this to go live before the end of the > week > >> during the Educatice show in Paris (I will be coordinating the OLPC > >> France/Sugar Labs table). > >> > >> It's in read-only for now as I await feedback from Chuck Kane and will > >> certainly require editing (it's too wordy for now). triple <<<>>> > >> means "comment" and "xyz" means "insert text here" > >> > >> This is a unique opportunity to flip negative press about OLPC, I have > >> therefore started large; we will have to cut (perhaps a lot). > >> > >> I see the objectives as: > >> > >> * show that OLPC and Sugar Labs do indeed work together > >> * distinguish OLPC Association from Foundation. To do this, PR datelined > >> Miami for OLPC side, no quote from Professor Negroponte > >> * continue Sugar Labs i18n. To do this, PR datelined from this week's > >> Educatice show in Paris; while citing MIT roots > >> * make OLPC doubters rethink their point of view, overinfluenced by tech > >> pundits short on information > >> * cram lots of news in, showing that things are advancing in several > areas > >> e.g. v0.86 "released last month" features, Internet Archive partnership, > >> Sugar on a Stick pilots, XS server, Gnome desktop > >> * squash negative speculation about the absence of G1G1 this year by > >> showing priority is on getting laptops out > >> * quote Peru's education ministry, the kind of source most tech pundits > >> have no access to > >> > >> Featuring: > >> * claim: 1.4 million laptops distributed > >> * cite a handful of deployments, including hotspots like Haiti, > >> Afghanistan > >> and Gaza, as well as developed countries like USA and Australia. Many > >> journalists following country keywords will spot this > >> * bring up power consumption goal, which deflects criticism of slow > >> performance in tech benchmarks with fancy netbooks > >> * mention Pixel Qi, which has high interest pending 3Qi screen > >> * reference to completion of Uruguay deployment and previous Peru > >> deployment, to reinforce impression this is not a one-time order > >> * intentionally vague release date for the XO-1.5, to pre-empt > irrelevant > >> criticism later > >> * prominent mentions of Activities (cf. edited About graf) > >> * explicit mention of Intel Classmates and Dell school netbook (this is > >> debatable, as Intel partners seem to still be competing with OLPC for > >> government sales) > >> * explicit mention of 4 GNU/Linux distributions > >> > >> NOT featuring: > >> * XO-1.75 or ARM reference (will only confuse with XO-1.5, despite buzz > >> power) > >> * XO-2 or XO-3 references (concept machines not in Association scope) > >> * Lofty Association goals (but could be changed, we all have that > idealism > >> I think) > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Marketing mailing list > >> Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > > > > > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Marketing mailing list > > Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > > > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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