Thanks, Sean, for the careful proof reading. Fair copy attached.
I originally included the section "Multimedia", as it is the set of Activities in http://spins.stg.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/ but not in the Walter/Sam contribution. I think it is the weakest section. Chat jars a bit on the page, as "Chat" is used in the "Spins page template" to refer to IRC. My memory is that Jukebox is not part of the core set (due to non-free components?). Perhaps the section Multimedia as it stands should be deleted. Regards, Iain On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:29 +0200, Sean DALY wrote: > thanks Iain looks good > > some typos: > Wwork -> Work > > FotoToon -> OK is singular not plural > speech and though -> speech and thought > Paint provides to tools -> Paint provides tools > Make Sugar activities -> Make Sugar Activities / edit existing > activities -> edit existing Activities / Browse activity -> Browse > Activity (((Activities always init-capitalized in Sugar context when > describing applications))) > > > Also Pippy & Develop should be in a "Getting Technical" section not > regrouped under "Learning by doing" please > > > Tweaks: > * Get Books. Download electronic books from all over the web. Explore > with ease the > classics and modern books from the Internet Archive, Feedbooks, etc. > > > Music - I think this refers to the Jukebox Activity, should be: > > * Jukebox. Media player to play different kinds of audio and video > files. > > However, I am not sure if this Activity is in the latest SoaS or not? > > > * Record is the basic rich-media capture Activity. It lets you capture > still images, video, and/or audio. (((remove "for the laptop" - we > can't assume SoaS will be running on a laptop))) > > > Finally, an HTML issue: the left/right curly quote marks (cf. "office > desktop") which probably came in from copy/pasted text should either > be replacd with simple double parentheses (" ") or the HTML > entities “ and ” > > > thanks > > Sean > > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Iain Brown Douglas > <i...@browndouglas.plus.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2015-05-17 at 15:14 +0200, Sean DALY wrote: > > Peter - Walter's edits were for the Activities descriptions, > mine were > > for the introduction, no reconciliation necessary > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Peter Robinson > > <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Walter sent some edits, I believe most of those have > gone in, > > we need > > to update titles still I believe. > > > > This is what we currently have, the Activities list > and layout > > are now set. > > > > http://spins.stg.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/ > > > > We can tweak the text but I need to have the edits > > co-ordinated, > > Hi all, > > The attached text file starts from > http://spins.stg.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/, taken during > Sunday, > with contributions from Sean & Walter/Sam added. > > There is still some work to do, additions, subtractions or > comments > please! > > Regards, > > Iain > > > I > > don't have time to to do that so please liaise with > Walter to > > come up > > with the final edits so I can submit them early next > week as a > > single > > final edit. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Sean DALY > > <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Peter - are the intro edits I sent going in? > > > thanks > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Peter Robinson > > <pbrobin...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> It's already in process > > >> > > >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Sam P. > > <sam.parkins...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Hi Peter, > > >> > > > >> > I think Walter send out a good copy [1] with > headers - > > maybe we could > > >> > use > > >> > those headers? > > >> > > > >> > Thanks, > > >> > Sam > > >> > > > >> > [1] > > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2015-May/050190.html > > >> > > > >> > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:09 PM Peter Robinson > > <pbrobin...@gmail.com> > > >> > wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 6:15 AM, Sam Parkinson > > >> >> <sam.parkins...@gmail.com> > > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > Hi Peter, > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Peter Robinson wrote: > > >> >> >> Hi Sam, Gonzalo et el, > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> I've worked with the Fedora web team to > update it > > some based > > >> >> >> partially > > >> >> >> on Sam's details below. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> Details are here: > > >> >> >> http://spins.stg.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/ > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> Let me know of any feedback, I personally > think it > > looks really fab! > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Yeah, it does. > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Is there a way to have different headers? > Some of the > > headings (esp. > > >> >> > Education) are not aappropriate for Sugar. > > >> >> > > >> >> Yes, provide me details in concise details and > we'll > > review them and > > >> >> get them integrated. I knew it wasn't perfect > but we > > needed to get the > > >> >> majority of the bits in place. > > >> >> > > >> >> Peter > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop > project!) > > >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-develTitle: Fedora SoaS Desktop ...
Sugar on a Stick is a Fedora-based operating system featuring the award-winning Sugar Learning Platform and designed to fit on an ordinary USB thumbdrive ("stick").
Sugar sets aside the traditional "office-desktop" metaphor, presenting a child-friendly simple graphical environment. Sugar automatically saves the child's progress to a "Journal" on your stick, so teachers and parents can easily pull up "all collaborative web browsing sessions done in the past week" or "papers written with Daniel and Sarah in the last 24 hours" with a simple query rather than memorizing complex file/folder structures. Applications in Sugar are known as Activities, some of which are described below.
It is now deployable for the cost of a stick rather than a laptop; students can take their Sugar on a Stick thumbdrive to any machine - at school, at home, at a library or community center - and boot their customized computing environment without touching the host machine's hard disk or existing system at all.
...Understanding and creating content
Write
Make a story, poem, report or anything with Write. Use formatting tools to add images or colors. Work together with friends.
Labyrinth
Put complex ideas on the computer. Use Labyrinth Activity to mind map about new concepts, to explore new ideas or to reflect.
FotoToon
Use images and text to create comic strips. FotoToon provides many options to add motion, speech and thought to creations.
Paint
Paint provides tools to make artistic creations. Use brushes, stamps, shapes, text and images to create beautiful pictures.
Learning by doing
Turtle Blocks
Learn programming concepts with snap together blocks. Create art, animations and interactive programs in a graphics focused environment. Export your creations as SVG, PNG, or Logo and/or Python.
Physics
Create real life simulations using shapes, motors, ropes and bolts to explore physics in the world. Work collaboratively on your simulation with friends.
Getting technical
Pippy
Program applications in a simple yet powerful environment. The Python back end provides unlimited opportunities within a simple language and environment. (Programs created in Turtle Blocks can be imported into Pippy from which new Sugar Activities can be created.)
Develop
Make Sugar Activities within Sugar itself. Develop provides templates for new games, native and web Activities as well as simple environment to edit existing Activities.
Exploring the wider world
Browse
Access the internet with Browse Activity. Bookmark sites to research with friends and save sessions to the Journal to keep organized.
Get Books
Download electronic books from all over the web. Explore with ease the classics and modern books from the Internet Archive, Feedbooks, etc.
Read
Explore reports, documents, books and comic books with the Read Activity. Bookmarking and commenting tools integrate with the Journal to allow limitless possibilities.
Multimedia
Chat
Chat provides a simple interface for collaborative discussion between two individuals or among a group as large as an entire classroom.
Jukebox
Media player to play different kinds of audio and video files.
Record
Record is the basic rich-media capture Activity. It lets you capture still images, video, and/or audio.
Imageviewer
A simple and fast image viewer tool for Sugar. It has standard features, like zoom, rotate, etc.
Reflection on what you've learned
Journal
The Sugar Journal provides an interface into a datastore of everything you've created in Sugar. It also provides access to files in the GNU/Linux file system and a variety of web services. The Journal also acts as a lab notebook: it contains metadata about our Activities, including a description of your work and commentary on your work from others.
Portfolio
The primary approach to assessment within Sugar is to make learning visible to the user. The Portfolio provides a means to create periodic snapshots in slideshow form of representative work that shows what the learner can do, not just what s/he knows.
