Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

2011-10-03 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: >> >> Rules: >> >>   • Posters will be 13  x 19  inches in size. >>   • Only 1 entry per project. >>   • All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted images are not >>    

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

2011-10-03 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: > > Rules: > > • Posters will be 13 x 19 inches in size. > • Only 1 entry per project. > • All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted images are not > allowed. > • Entries must be submitted electronically i

Re: [IAEP] OLPC computers spotted on a photo from 2015

2011-10-03 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Gary Martin wrote: > Hi Christoph, Hi Gary, > On 3 Oct 2011, at 15:54, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > > > If I'm not mistaken they're simply running the Scratch activity - which > visually hasn't been adapted to Sugar so far. > > If I understand their design deci

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Gary Martin wrote: > > On 3 Oct 2011, at 18:35, Frederick Grose wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote: >> >On 02/10/2011 09:07 a.m., Maria Droujkova wrote: >> >...I have never had to do anything with REASONS for seasons or phases of >> >the moon, outs

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Gary Martin
On 3 Oct 2011, at 18:35, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote: > >On 02/10/2011 09:07 a.m., Maria Droujkova wrote: > >...I have never had to do anything with REASONS for seasons or phases of the > >moon, outside of curriculum design. Have you? > --

Re: [IAEP] OLPC computers spotted on a photo from 2015

2011-10-03 Thread Gary Martin
Hi Christoph, On 3 Oct 2011, at 15:54, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > If I'm not mistaken they're simply running the Scratch activity - which > visually hasn't been adapted to Sugar so far. If I understand their design decisions, I think 'so far' is hoping too much for a closer UI fit with othe

[IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

2011-10-03 Thread Cherry Withers
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Bruce Baikie" Date: Oct 3, 2011 11:10 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest To: "OLPC SF" , OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest Submit your posters! The project poster contest is a new feature of the 2011

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Frederick Grose
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote: > *>On 02/10/2011 09:07 a.m., Maria Droujkova wrote: > >...I have never had to do anything with REASONS for seasons or phases of > the moon, outside of curriculum design. Have you?* > > --

Re: [IAEP] OLPC computers spotted on a photo from 2015

2011-10-03 Thread James Simmons
Christoph, That's good to know. In the years I've had my XO I've mostly used it for reading e-books. There's a whole world of Activities I've never tried. James Simmons On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Christoph Derndorfer < christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I'm not mistaken they're

Re: [IAEP] OLPC computers spotted on a photo from 2015

2011-10-03 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
If I'm not mistaken they're simply running the Scratch activity - which visually hasn't been adapted to Sugar so far. Cheers, Christoph Am 03.10.2011 16:45, schrieb James Simmons: The computers don't seem to be running Sugar, though. James Simmons On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Maria Droujk

Re: [IAEP] OLPC computers spotted on a photo from 2015

2011-10-03 Thread James Simmons
The computers don't seem to be running Sugar, though. James Simmons On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Maria Droujkova wrote: > http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2015.htm > > [image: 2015 laptop technology future timeline millenium development goals > africa developing world] > > Cheers, >

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Maria Droujkova
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote: > *>On 02/10/2011 09:07 a.m., Maria Droujkova wrote: > >...I have never had to do anything with REASONS for seasons or phases of > the moon, outside of curriculum design. Have you?* > > --

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Maria Droujkova
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 5:59 PM, wrote: > Maria wrote: > > Looking back at my life, I have never had to do anything with REASONS for > > seasons or phases of the moon, outside of curriculum design. Have you? > > No, I doubt that > 0.001% of us have any reason to understand these things. > > The re

Re: [IAEP] How can we help kids get into the habits of looking for all possible causes and counter examples to problems?

2011-10-03 Thread Carlos Rabassa
English translation follows Spanish text Excelente mensaje Paolo: siempre recuerdo que en mi infancia en Uruguay me explicaban que la luna crece cuando tiene forma de "C" y decrece cuando tiene forma de "D". Deseo agregar un punto a tu mensaje: Hay un porcentaje considerable de uruguayos que t