Re: [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.0 final release!

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Chris Ball  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm very pleased to announce build os64 as the final 10.1.0 release
> build for XO-1.5 laptops.  Here are its release notes:
>
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0
>
> Instructions for installing the release on an XO-1.5 can be found at:
>
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0#Installation
>
> Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!
>
> - Chris.
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Hearty congratulations!!!

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[IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.0 final release!

[Chris Ball]

Hi,

I'm very pleased to announce build os64 as the final 10.1.0 release
build for XO-1.5 laptops.  Here are its release notes:

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0

Instructions for installing the release on an XO-1.5 can be found at:

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0#Installation

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

- Chris.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Bernie Innocenti]

On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:04 -0500, Mel Chua wrote:
> MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for
> use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed 
> effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and 
> process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through 
> that process.

I'll second this motion as it seems to help mitigate the current climate
of uncertainty to a certain extent.

This is one of those delicate issues where we're trying to find a
balance between two competing requirements. By being too permissive and
letting anyone use our brand even in confusing ways, we risk destroying
its value. On the other hand, if we hold it too tightly we risk shying
away most potential partners, thus most of the value anyway.

I hope we can find a good compromise that maximizes the value of our
shared assets.

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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] sounds in Speak

[Sameer Verma]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:54 PM, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:

> On Monday 14 December 2009 09:00:23 pm Aleksey Lim wrote:
> > > Hello everybody,
> > >
> > > This afternoon, I had an interesting conversation with a Montessori
> > > teacher, about Speak. She asked me why Speak says "a" when "a" is
> pressed
> > > and not the sound of the letter "a". Montessori teachers teach the
> shape
> > > and sound of letters first, and then the name of the alphabet. I did
> not
> > > have an answer for her, but I wondered if it would be possible to have
> an
> > > option in Speak to do so.
> >
> > not sure it could be done in existed Speak(it just passes string to
> > speak engine). But it could separate activity or mode in Speak which
> > teaches alphabet.
> Isn't Speak an overkill for such basic lessons?
>
> Montessori teachers would find Scratch or EToys useful for such exercises.
> They
> can prepare a list of words and record their associated 'a' sounds. Script
> word objects to respond with the appropriate sound when letter 'a' is
> dropped
> on them (or the 'a' key is pressed with the mouse hovering over a word) .
> This
> puts more control on the quality of pronunciation in the hands of teachers.
>
> Subbu
>

The concern was more along the lines of "It will confuse our students
because we teach them phonetically" as opposed to anything else.

cheers,
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[IAEP] NOW: Contributors Program Mtg! (Fri 2PM Boston time, #olpc-meeting)

[Holt]

Please join us NOW reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects 
over IRC Live Chat:  (4:15PM EST Boston Time Today/Friday)

http://forum.laptop.org/chat

Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting


AGENDA:

* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries

* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
 http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27

* Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
 join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:



1. Decipherable Matrix - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=51595
  [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]


  Requests 1 XO over 12-24 months

  Project Objectives:
  To develop the software needed to add, modify, and communicate using 
a decipherable matrix.



2. Got Game? Web version - Ghana & Coppell, Texas, USA
  http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=51973
  
https://sites.google.com/a/newtech.coppellisd.com/new-tech-high-coppell-dp1/home
  [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]


  Requests 15 XOs over 24 months

  Project Objectives:
  Provide an opportunity for children in Ghana to expand their 
educational experiences through the use of technology
  · Create a sharing community with students from Coppell Texas and 
Ghana to create a joint project
  · Allow Ghana students to have a hand in the creation of their 
educational resources
  · Provide students from an American High School an opportunity to see 
first hand what life is like for a student in Ghana



3. Budalangi Child Computer Connection Program - Kenya
  http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52083
  [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]


  Requests 10 XOs over 24 months

  Project Objectives:
  a) To avail computer training to the majority of children in 
Budalangi within two years.
  b) To introduce internet services in the region hence exposing the 
children for the first time ever to another technology necessary for 
future professional and academic success.
  c) To empower the children with information thereby enabling them to 
create and share learning experiences with other children in other part 
of the world especially the developed world.
  d) To provide children with access to knowledge and opportunities to 
interact, explore experiment and express themselves.



4. XO-1.5 B2 for Scratch Developer - United Kingdom
  http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52170
  [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]


  Requests 1 XO-1.5 B2 over (undetermined) months

  Project Objectives:
  1) Diagnose & resolve current sound problem with Scratch on XO
 1.5 (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9375)
  2) Help resolve other Scratch related issues


5. Phu My Orphanage, Vietnam / Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52292
  [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]


  Requests 5 XOs over 4 months

  Project Objectives:
  To introduce XO as a learning tool for children at the Phu My 
Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and create a community of 
supporters of XO and Sugar users.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Mel Chua]

And the motion passes! FOR THE WIN!

 MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar
 Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can
 be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark
 policy, agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be
 the first project to go through that process.

>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball  wrote:
>>> I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.

On 12/18/2009 12:12 PM, Mel Chua wrote:
 > aye. --mchua

 > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tomeu Vizoso 
wrote:
 >> Yes!

 > On 12/18/2009 12:17 PM, Sean DALY wrote:
 > I vote aye to this motion.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Walter Bender]

aye.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Sean DALY  wrote:
> Reminder, this was for question 3 of the Decision Panel.
>
> I vote aye to this motion.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tomeu Vizoso  wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   > MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs
>>>   > for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be
>>>   > marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy,
>>>   > agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first
>>>   > project to go through that process.
>>>
>>> I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.
>>
>> Yes!
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Sean DALY]

Reminder, this was for question 3 of the Decision Panel.

I vote aye to this motion.

Sean



On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tomeu Vizoso  wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   > MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs
>>   > for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be
>>   > marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy,
>>   > agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first
>>   > project to go through that process.
>>
>> I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.
>
> Yes!
>
> Tomeu
>
>> Thanks,
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Mel Chua]

It's up for a vote. So far we have two 'aye' votes (mchua, cjb), and 
need 2 more to pass.

>> MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use
>> by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed
>> effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and
>> process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through
>> that process.

 > On 12/18/2009 12:09 PM, Chris Ball wrote:
 > I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.

On 12/18/2009 12:11 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
 > second.

Aye. --mchua
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 17:09, Chris Ball  wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   > MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs
>   > for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be
>   > marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy,
>   > agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first
>   > project to go through that process.
>
> I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.

Yes!

Tomeu

> Thanks,
>
> --
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Re: [IAEP] Is there a stable version of Sugar?

[Tomeu Vizoso]

[adding Gonzalo Odiard, Gonzalo Zabala and Gustavo Ibarra to CC]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 16:50, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> In mid-January I will be in Buenos Aires for about a week.  There is an
> elemenary school principal there who has a computer lab full of PCs all
> loaded up with Microsoft Office (for 6-12 year-olds!) that sits idle most of
> the time since the teachers are hesitant to use the computers.  Sad.
>
> Sugar to the rescue!  Can we make it happen?  How can we make it happen? Is
> there a really stable version of SoaS or live CD I can take with me to show
> her how it can help her teachers and students love the computers and improve
> the learning of the students?
>
> It doesn't have to be the latest "bells-and whistles" version... just one
> that will work reliably.  I can take one or 2 copies with me to demonstrate
> and I can show her how she can download the rest.
>
> Will Blueberry be ready?  Should I take Strawberry instead?  Can we even
> come up with a slimmed-down but very stable version that will work?
>
> Looking forward to your replies/suggestions...
>
> Caryl
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Chris Ball]

Hi,

   > MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs
   > for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be
   > marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy,
   > agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first
   > project to go through that process.

I second, if no-one else's e-mail client beats me to it, and vote aye.

Thanks,

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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Walter Bender]

second.

-walter

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Mel Chua  wrote:
> After an extended post-SLOBs discussion in #sugar, SeanDaly, cjb,
> walterbender, sdziallas, myself (and possibly others I've missed -
> tomeu, bernie, and dave_b contributed to the earlier discussion) came up
> with a motion to unblock the SoaS naming question while we continue to
> work on the trademark issue in SLOBs.
>
> How does this sound? I need a second, then a vote.
>
> MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use
> by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed
> effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and
> process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through
> that process.
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[IAEP] [SLOBs] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

[Mel Chua]

After an extended post-SLOBs discussion in #sugar, SeanDaly, cjb, 
walterbender, sdziallas, myself (and possibly others I've missed - 
tomeu, bernie, and dave_b contributed to the earlier discussion) came up 
with a motion to unblock the SoaS naming question while we continue to 
work on the trademark issue in SLOBs.

How does this sound? I need a second, then a vote.

MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use 
by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed 
effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and 
process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through 
that process.
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[IAEP] Is there a stable version of Sugar?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi all...

In mid-January I will be in Buenos Aires for about a week.  There is an 
elemenary school principal there who has a computer lab full of PCs all loaded 
up with Microsoft Office (for 6-12 year-olds!) that sits idle most of the time 
since the teachers are hesitant to use the computers.  Sad.

Sugar to the rescue!  Can we make it happen?  How can we make it happen? Is 
there a really stable version of SoaS or live CD I can take with me to show her 
how it can help her teachers and students love the computers and improve the 
learning of the students?

It doesn't have to be the latest "bells-and whistles" version... just one that 
will work reliably.  I can take one or 2 copies with me to demonstrate and I 
can show her how she can download the rest.

Will Blueberry be ready?  Should I take Strawberry instead?  Can we even come 
up with a slimmed-down but very stable version that will work?

Looking forward to your replies/suggestions...

Caryl


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Re: [IAEP] Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth stepping down as CEO

[Kevin Cole]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 14:14, Sean DALY  wrote:

> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10417460-92.html
>
>
Another data point: I sent this out to my Ubuntu LoCo last night:

-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 20:42
Subject: Jane Silber to become CEO of Canonical
To: Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Team 

Thanks to Paul Flint for pointing me at:

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/295
http://blog.canonical.com/?p=307

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Re: [IAEP] an interesting article on an article on learning styles...

[Bill Kerr]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Sameer Verma  wrote:

> Almost certainly, you were told that your instruction should match your
> students' styles. For example, kinesthetic learners—students who learn best
> through hands-on activities—are said to do better in classes that feature
> plenty of experiments, while verbal learners are said to do worse.
> Now four psychologists argue that you were told wrong. There is no strong
> scientific evidence to support the "matching" idea, they contend in a paper
> published this 
> weekin
> *Psychological Science in the Public Interest. *And there is absolutely no
> reason for professors to adopt it in the classroom.
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/



for those with a more visual learning style ;-) there is a Dan Willingham
video about this: Learning styles don't exist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=sIv9rz2NTUk

Also Dan's book is a very good read about learning ideas:
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/11/dan-willinghams-book.html



>
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
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> Associate Professor, Information Systems
> Director, Center for Business Solutions
> San Francisco State University
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