Re: [IAEP] Advanced search on ASLO

2009-04-25 Thread Sean DALY
We also have an issue with three search engines local to their sections on the Sugar Labs site. So search for activities is good, it clearly indicates that search is local to the section. thanks Sean On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 25 Apr 2009, at

[IAEP] BBC developer community opens learning software site: Open Lab

2009-04-25 Thread Sean DALY
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Advanced search on ASLO

2009-04-25 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 04:23:54AM +0100, Gary C Martin wrote: On 25 Apr 2009, at 03:46, Josh Williams wrote: Just wondering if there was a consensus to ditch the advanced search options? I think it might be a good idea for the sake of simplicity and ease of use for kids. However, I

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Advanced search on ASLO

2009-04-25 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 08:40, Aleksey Lim alsr...@member.fsf.org wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 04:23:54AM +0100, Gary C Martin wrote: On 25 Apr 2009, at 03:46, Josh Williams wrote: Just wondering if there was a consensus to ditch the advanced search options? I think it might be a good idea

Re: [IAEP] State of Soas?

2009-04-25 Thread Caroline Meeks
At this point I would have to recommend not referring SoaS as classroom ready. The classroom is an extremely demanding environment: 1. One teacher - 25 squirmy kids. 2. Almost no system administration resources. 3. Little formal SoaS teacher training available. 4. Very distinct, often

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Advanced search on ASLO

2009-04-25 Thread Caroline Meeks
My vote is get rid of the Search within drop down but keep the advanced tab. Low Floor - you type in the search box and you get your result. No Ceiling - Someday we will have thousands of activities, books, content bundles, lesson plans maybe IMS Content packages that you can import into Moodle.

[IAEP] Sugar on LTSP

2009-04-25 Thread Sameer Verma
Hello, I had a conversation with our tech folks on campus yesterday, and Sugar via LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/) came up. The original discussion was about LTSP and thin and fat clients, but this group is in the College of Education, so the conversation drifted towards Sugar. We've talked about

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on LTSP

2009-04-25 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 09:36:58AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: I had a conversation with our tech folks on campus yesterday, and Sugar via LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/) came up. The original discussion was about LTSP and thin and fat clients, but this

[IAEP] Some ars technica soas coverage

2009-04-25 Thread Gary C Martin
Just noticed this in my feeds so thought I would pass on: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/sugar-labs-releases-beta-of-live-usb-learning-environment.ars --Gary ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Code of Conduct

2009-04-25 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:20:49PM -0500, David Farning wrote: Your comments, suggestions, and edits are welcome. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Legal/Code_of_Conduct I have trouble parsing the following sentence (section Be flexible): Try to find the appropriate forum for your

Re: [IAEP] Some ars technica soas coverage

2009-04-25 Thread Sean DALY
Yes, I'm pleased with Ryan Paul's coverage, I think it's great that he included screenshots. In fact there have been a number of articles and blog posts, I've posted the main ones to the marketing list :-) Sean On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Just

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Code of Conduct

2009-04-25 Thread David Farning
The theme I was looking for was that because of participant's varied background, there will be some methods of communications that are most appropriate for their types of conversation. Yet, as a young project, Sugar Labs inly has a few commonly used methods of communication. Namely #Sugar,

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on LTSP

2009-04-25 Thread Walter Bender
Sugar is compatible with LTSP systems. The folks at Resera have done good work in this space. However, the Ubuntu packaging of Sugar 0.84 is a bit behind the great work being done by the Debian community. -walter On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hello, I

[IAEP] Fwd: feedb...@sugarlabs.org active? (press release)

2009-04-25 Thread David Farning
feedb...@sugarlabs.org forward test. Should go to sean, caroline, walter and iaep. -- Forwarded message -- From: Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:08 PM Subject: feedb...@sugarlabs.org active? (press release) To: Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com

Re: [IAEP] feedb...@sugarlabs.org active? (press release)

2009-04-25 Thread David Farning
Ok I added iaep because of sean's earlier email. No need for me to be on a feedback/usability list:( david On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: I left iaep out for the moment, since it is a members-only list. I can add you, if you'd like. -walter

Re: [IAEP] feedb...@sugarlabs.org active? (press release)

2009-04-25 Thread Walter Bender
I left iaep out for the moment, since it is a members-only list. I can add you, if you'd like. -walter On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:52 PM, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: feedb...@sugarlabs.org forward test. Should go to sean, caroline, walter and iaep. -- Forwarded

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on LTSP

2009-04-25 Thread Jigish Gohil
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hello, I had a conversation with our tech folks on campus yesterday, and Sugar via LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/) came up. The original discussion was about LTSP and thin and fat clients, but this group is in the College of

[IAEP] How it all got started:)

2009-04-25 Thread David Farning
Ciao, Walter Bender along with several OLPC contributors and myself, are working together on creating a foundation to facilitate a decentralized, community-driven, spin-off of Sugar. We have a mailing-list where we are discussing the specifics. You are invited to subscribe if you want all the

[IAEP] OT: Networking challenges in developing countries

2009-04-25 Thread forster
Another approach to third world networks is HF radio http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb/general/PFnet.htm People First Network is a rural networking project that promotes rural development and peace building by enabling affordable and sustainable rural connectivity and facilitating information

[IAEP] InfoTech Report

2009-04-25 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi, The XO computer and Sugar software were a hit at the LAUSD InfoTech event at the Los Angeles Convention center. I had my 3 Roadshow In a Box machines, plus 2 others set up in the CUELA booth at the kind invitation of CUELA co-president John Rivera. So many people fell in love with the

[IAEP] SoaS on a Mac: Further Adventures

2009-04-25 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hello, I wanted to report on my progress with SoaS on my MacBook. I still haven't got the USB version working, but, as I mentioned yesterday, I did get SoaS running with Virtual Box. I was surprised how few programs were shown. Are others hidden but included? How are they accessed?