[IAEP] OLPC and Sugar: mobility through the community

2009-11-13 Thread Bastien
Hello, here is an article I wrote one month ago: http://www.interdisciplines.org/mobilea2k/papers/2 The theme of the conference was "mobile learning" (in Africa). As I'm not an expert about using cellphones as a learning interface, I talked about what I know and what I find important: the sen

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] reminder: SLOBs meeting on Friday the 13th (15:00 UTC, 10 EST)

2009-11-13 Thread Mel Chua
On 11/13/2009 04:00 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > We'll be meeting in #sugar-meeting. > > -walter > My apologies - I'm going to have to miss this; just got a notice from the airline that my flight to the Philippines was moved (yay!) so it would appear I get to navigate alternate transport routes to

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

2009-11-13 Thread Holt
Please join us NOW reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT 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/g

[IAEP] What is the purpose of Sugar and the XO?

2009-11-13 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, I am seeing more and more folks who want free XOs to teach children "IT skills" and "computer skills". I think we need to somehow re-emphasize the value of the XO as a learning tool for subject matter related to the school curriculum and meta learning. The Sugar software is such an

Re: [IAEP] What is the purpose of Sugar and the XO?

2009-11-13 Thread Gerald Ardito
Caryl, I agree with you on this. I think, with Sugar (both with and without the XOs) we have a powerful set of tools for both independent learning and cooperative learning. Every day, I found myself challenged to help our 5th grade teachers made their curricula come alive in brand new ways with th