[IAEP] Worst practice in ICT use in education
Hi all, I just rediscovered the "Worst practice in ICT use in education" entry on the World Bank's EduTech blog and thought that it might be a good reminder for everyone to sometimes take a step back and observe the project(s) we're involved in: http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/worst-practice Cheers, Christoph P.S. I've set myself a monthly reminder to re-read that text on a regular basis;-) -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] Catching Up
On 27.07.2010, at 21:41, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Is there any chance of getting Sugar Activities to run on this gadget? They > might be put on an SD card. Maybe just certain favorites like eToys and > TurtleArt. > > http://www.mobilewhack.com/augen-presents-gentouch78-tablet/ The software on this tablet is Android. Given that there already is a Squeak Virtual Machine for Android, it is not infeasible (though still quite some work) to make Etoys run: http://news.squeak.org/2010/02/13/squeak-on-android/ However, even if it was running, it would not really be usable. Touch screens require a serious redesign of the user interface if the original design was mouse-focused. - Bert - ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Redesigning: Library, Read, Get-Books, and Content bundles
Daniel, I like the ideas you posted there. I left some specific comments: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Content_support Reuben: >> -Allow one to synchronously or asynchronously share >> a book to their >> Neighborhood so anyone can download and read it. I don't know how synchronous would work - but that sounds like a feature for bookreaders. Asynchronously, there are regular requests for both a "share [file] with [target]" feature http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8171 and a way to share public Journal items constantly while online; as comes up in both "global shared datastore" and "share files over the mesh" discussions. http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/3431 SJ On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On 20 July 2010 12:33, Reuben K. Caron wrote: >> So what if we created a "Library Activity" >> The activity would: >> -Open a book from within the activity >> -Highlight and annotate books >> -List all of the books you have downloaded >> -Allow you to search and download additional books from Feed Books, >> Internet Archive, the XS, etc.. >> -List the resources in /home/olpc/Library (so this can be removed from >> Browse) >> -Allow one to synchronously or asynchronously share a book to their >> Neighborhood so anyone can download and read it. > > I'd argue that some of this is duplication of functionality that > belongs (or already is) in the Journal and the Read activity, having > such a design might kill some UI complications but add others. > > Parts of your concerns could be addressed with some ideas I wrote here: > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Content_support#Accessing_content_from_home_screen > > I agree that this definitely merits further design/discussion. > > Daniel > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Miguel Brechner presents Plan Ceibal at TEDxBuenosAires
Hi, I haven't seen this one being mentioned on the mailing-lists and since it's very well worth watching I thought some here might be interested in it as well: TEDxBuenosAires - Miguel Brechner about Plan Ceibal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWOpCDBuhgs&feature=player_embedded Cheers from Paraguay, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Catching Up
You'd have to install a more vanilla linux on that machine to get any Sugar activities running on it. ASE is mostly a toy, allowing you to run simple scripts. Android => Java, no way around it. On 28 July 2010 12:24, Kevin Cole wrote: > Android is kin to Linux with a heavy dose of Java. Sugar tends to be more > Pythonic than Java-esque, but perhaps the Android Scripting Environment > (ASE) can mitigate some of that... > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html > > On Jul 27, 2010 9:42 PM, "Caryl Bigenho" wrote: > > Hi All... > > I'm back to the world camp Grandma and Grandpa has ended for the summer > after lots of fun hiking, swimming, playing card games and Monopoly, doing > cooking and crafts, playing music, pulling weeds, building a square-foot > garden, dealing with sibling rivalries, etc. Now I'm trying to catch up on > things at OLPC and Sugar Labs. > > Has someone already asked this? If so, forgive me > > Is there any chance of getting Sugar Activities to run on this gadget? They > might be put on an SD card. Maybe just certain favorites like eToys and > TurtleArt. > > http://www.mobilewhack.com/augen-presents-gentouch78-tablet/ > > Caryl > > P.S. I'll have lots more questions in the next couple of days. > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Catching Up
Android is kin to Linux with a heavy dose of Java. Sugar tends to be more Pythonic than Java-esque, but perhaps the Android Scripting Environment (ASE) can mitigate some of that... http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html On Jul 27, 2010 9:42 PM, "Caryl Bigenho" wrote: Hi All... I'm back to the world camp Grandma and Grandpa has ended for the summer after lots of fun hiking, swimming, playing card games and Monopoly, doing cooking and crafts, playing music, pulling weeds, building a square-foot garden, dealing with sibling rivalries, etc. Now I'm trying to catch up on things at OLPC and Sugar Labs. Has someone already asked this? If so, forgive me Is there any chance of getting Sugar Activities to run on this gadget? They might be put on an SD card. Maybe just certain favorites like eToys and TurtleArt. http://www.mobilewhack.com/augen-presents-gentouch78-tablet/ Caryl P.S. I'll have lots more questions in the next couple of days. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
