Re: [IAEP] First steps with Sugar

2010-06-15 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Werner Westermann werne...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, regards from Santiago. We are beginning a short Sugar pilot deployment in the K-3 level (8-9 years), using Mirabelle SoaS: http://cl.sugarlabs.org/go/Piloto_Florence_Nightingale_Macul We have focused on

Re: [IAEP] First steps with Sugar

2010-06-15 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Zitat von Werner Westermann werne...@gmail.com: Hello, regards from Santiago. We are beginning a short Sugar pilot deployment in the K-3 level (8-9 years), using Mirabelle SoaS: http://cl.sugarlabs.org/go/Piloto_Florence_Nightingale_Macul We have focused on curricular work, exploring,

Re: [IAEP] First steps with Sugar

2010-06-15 Thread Cherry Withers
Hi Werner, Before I started my deployment training in the Philippines (with XOs not SoaS), I asked the same question. I came across a small wiki write up by Caroline Meeks and Walter Bender before I saw the myriad of manuals on deployment and it served as my guide for the first minutes/hour of my

[IAEP] [Design] Multiple instances of same activity (Was: First steps with Sugar)

2010-06-15 Thread Gary Martin
Just wanted to raise one topic from Christoph's useful summary: On 15 Jun 2010, at 15:36, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: * how to stop Activities + not having too many Activities running at once (since many first time users manage to bring their machines / XOs to

[IAEP] Health nuts

2010-06-15 Thread Beth Santos
Hey all, Looking for someone who can get me in touch with people who might be interested in developing health-focused Etoys education software- nutrition, sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria prevention, anatomy, etc. This is an initiative I want to grow in countries in Africa and could use

Re: [IAEP] [Design] Multiple instances of same activity (Was: First steps with Sugar)

2010-06-15 Thread Yamandu Ploskonka
Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple instances of the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely common practice? Nope browser is a good example of what does /not/ work well in this sense :-( I'll raise my hand and admit I've never been happy with this

Re: [IAEP] Health nuts

2010-06-15 Thread Cherry Withers
Oops. Here's the synopsis sent to the de...@lists.laptop.org (it was just forwarded to me). They might be developing other health-related activities: -- Dear Developers, We have just uploaded an activity that teaches children about Malaria.

Re: [IAEP] First steps with Sugar

2010-06-15 Thread Frederick Grose
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.orgwrote: Hi Werner, Before I started my deployment training in the Philippines (with XOs not SoaS), I asked the same question. I came across a small wiki write up by Caroline Meeks and Walter Bender before I saw the myriad

Re: [IAEP] Health nuts

2010-06-15 Thread Beth Santos
Wise idea. This is just me writing at a mile a minute. But 100% agreed! Beth --- *Beth Santos* Outreach Coordinator Waveplace Foundation Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44 Fax: +1 610 797 3199 Cell: +1 603 661 1273 http://www.waveplace.org On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM, David Farning

Re: [IAEP] [Design] Multiple instances of same activity (Was: First steps with Sugar)

2010-06-15 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:15:10AM -0500, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote: Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple instances of the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely common practice? browser is a good example of what does /not/ work well in this sense

Re: [IAEP] Health nuts

2010-06-15 Thread David Farning
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Beth Santos b...@waveplace.org wrote: Hey all, Looking for someone who can get me in touch with people who might be interested in developing health-focused Etoys education software- nutrition, sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria prevention, anatomy, etc.

Re: [IAEP] Health nuts

2010-06-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Learning tools works too. Caryl From: b...@waveplace.org Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:23:46 -0400 To: dfarn...@ubuntu.com; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Health nuts Wise idea. This is just me writing at a mile a minute. But 100% agreed! Beth --- Beth Santos Outreach Coordinator

[IAEP] Free Online Conference About Online Learning

2010-06-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, Here is a chance to see what educators are thinking about in online learning. This Online Teaching Conference 2010 is being held in San Diego June 16-18. As its name implies, if you can't attend in person, you can attend online! Registration for online participation is free. If

Re: [IAEP] [Design] Multiple instances of same activity (Was: First steps with Sugar)

2010-06-15 Thread Tabitha Roder
Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple instances of the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely common practice? I use multiple instances all the time. Particularly for comparing things, but also for copying bits out of one and into another. Example 1. write