Re: [IAEP] Catching Up

2010-07-28 Thread Kevin Cole
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 Big

Re: [IAEP] Catching Up

2010-07-28 Thread Lucian Branescu
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 te

[IAEP] Miguel Brechner presents Plan Ceibal at TEDxBuenosAires

2010-07-28 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
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 Par

Re: [IAEP] Redesigning: Library, Read, Get-Books, and Content bundles

2010-07-28 Thread Samuel Klein
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

Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] Catching Up

2010-07-28 Thread Bert Freudenberg
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 thi

[IAEP] Worst practice in ICT use in education

2010-07-28 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
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