Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Sugar used for kids with disabilities.

2008-11-24 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi,

I mistakenly CC'ed rather than BCC'ing in an earlier message in this
thread.  If you'd kindly edit out the @gallaudet.edu addresses, I'd
appreciate it, as none of the folks on that list are at all technical,
and wouldn't know Sugar from Salt. ;-)  And the likelihood of them
signing up for a mailing list, spending time on a wiki or cranking up
IRC is next to nil.

(I CC'ed them specifically to show that there was, once again, some
interest in this technology for deaf students, as they have
periodically hinted that they might try to get something going in deaf
schools in Costa Rica.)

Thanks!
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Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Sugar used for kids with disabilities.

2008-11-24 Thread Walter Bender
Another resource:

Jutta Treviranus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is also leading an
effort to look at Accessibility in the context of Sugar and FLOSS.

-walter

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> most of the people in the SugarLabs community is unable to do anything
> about OLPC's hardware, but as was commented in this thread, there's
> lots of work to do in the software side.
>
> Perhaps someone will volunteer to lead an Accessibility Team? See
> http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Teams though right now it's a stub
> that needs some love.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tomeu
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Kevin, Bill and others that emailed me privately
>>
>> i'll expect to do a little resume of this email for teachers  interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Kevin Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 18:03, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
 Hello

 Lately in OLPC-Sur mail list there has been discussions about working
 with kids with hearing discapacities
 especially i like one  experience in Itagui Colombia:

 http://inclusion.semitagui.gov.co/index.php?title=Portada

 other professors in Uruguay are also interested in these matters

 But my doubt here it's about if are out there studies, thesis, or
 academic dissertations about how GUIs can  have an impact in child's or
 persons with disabilities not just censorial but also learning disorders.

 Are there specific studies related to Sugar?

 IIRC this was previously discussed so any links or pointers are welcomed
 My intention is to give this feedback to professors on Colombia and
 Uruguay.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm at Gallaudet University, which is the only accredited liberal arts
>>> university for deaf students world-wide.  Many people are unaware that the
>>> campus also houses an elementary school and a secondary school for deaf
>>> students, as well as a child development center for pre-schoolers.  There
>>> are a few people on campus interested in finding ways to bring the XO to
>>> deaf children in developing countries.  I am unaware of any formal studies,
>>> but as for large-scale deployments that are probably being studied, see the
>>> following article from March 2008, "Illinois School for the Deaf gets free
>>> computers"
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/jacksonville_17737___article.html/students_computer.html
>>>
>>> Be sure to follow the link to "More photos" as well.  I don't know how
>>> long the article will be available, considering that it was published in
>>> March...
>>>
>>>
>>> Also note that Antonio Battro, Chief Education Officer at OLPC has been
>>> working with deaf children and computers for to decades in Argentina, (see
>>> www.byd.com.ar) and stated a while back "we are planning a program for the
>>> deaf in Uruguay with OLPC/CEIBAL"...  Are the professors you're talking to
>>> already involved with that effort?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Kevin, that's interesting , I'll redirect   professors in Uruguay  to that
>> because i think they are not aware of it,
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
 Rafael Ortiz

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Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Sugar used for kids with disabilities.

2008-11-21 Thread Bill Kerr
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Lately in OLPC-Sur mail list there has been discussions about working with
> kids with hearing discapacities
> especially i like one  experience in Itagui Colombia:
>
> http://inclusion.semitagui.gov.co/index.php?title=Portada
>
> other professors in Uruguay are also interested in these matters
>
> But my doubt here it's about if are out there studies, thesis, or academic
> dissertations about how GUIs can  have an impact in child's or persons with
> disabilities not just censorial but also learning disorders.
>
> Are there specific studies related to Sugar?
>
> IIRC this was previously discussed so any links or pointers are welcomed
> My intention is to give this feedback to professors on Colombia and
> Uruguay.



David Wallace, who is a quadriplegic, points out the need to enable touch
without skin and that disability access is a hardware design issue not just
a software issue:

   - need for an input pad that doesn't require using a finger, a dual touch
   pad that responds to both finger and stylus
   - need for a track-point pointing device on the XO
   - need for a key-modifier program to hold the shift, alt, fn keys while
   hitting another key ('sticky-key' software that emulates two or more finger
   presses on a keyboard)
   - need for a push for accessibility guidelines or standards in hardware
   design
   - Voice recognition software thats good for dictation may not be great
   for software control, and vice versa
   - plugging in a trackball to a laptop defeats the purpose of the compact,
   portable nature of a laptop
   - attempts have been made to develop "touch pencils" but they have not
   been successful

Read these blogs by David Wallace for more detail:
Lifekludger with the
OLPC
The Touch 
Barrier
Revisiting touch on the OLPC XO laptop and hardware access
design
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