Very sorry to hear that, Tom was always so helpful and friendly.
Sean.
On Monday, July 27, 2020, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> Very sorry to hear that one of the long-time volunteers is gone. He will
> be missed.
>
> Caryl (aka GrannieB)
> --
> *From:* IAEP on behalf of S
http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/scholastic-creates-free-open-access-digital-hub-help-keep-students-learning-while-scho
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
>From the press release:
Accessible on all devices, including smart phones, and with no sign-up
re
Unfortunately, the voting system failed in my case, apparently due to a bug
in the CIVS automatic browser language detection system. I have asked Vipul
and CIVS to find a solution so I may vote.
Sean
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Vipul Gupta
wrote:
> Hello folks,
> The Oversight Board electio
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/childrens-websites-usability-issues/
https://www.nngroup.com/reports/children-on-the-web/
Nielsen Norman has published a new (paid) study about user interfaces for
children. Previous studies were 9 and 18 years ago.
The (costly) 400-page study is oriented towards
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/children-ux-physical-development/
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Hello everyone,
After some reflection I have decided to run to be a SLOB again.
If you haven't done so, I invite you to register as a member by September
27th. The election will take place over the first two weeks of October.
Thank you
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So your idea is: no trademarks at all? Do you think Sugar Labs should give
up its trademark?
Is your goal to undermine Sugar Labs and/or OLPC?
Sean
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote:
> On 15/09/17 10:59, Sean DALY wrote:
> > The copyrights are licensed unde
on and, if it passes,
>>>> the results be reported to Tony by Adam, our SFC liaison. Of course, if the
>>>> motion does not pass, we will need to continue the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> I second the motion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37618901
"Children, with no guidance from adults, are forming learning groups and
with nothing more than a tablet computer preloaded with educational videos,
stories and games, they are learning English and conducting science
experiments...This is a radically diffe
Dave - Google is your friend
site:lists.sugarlabs.org sugar on a stick fedora spin page
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2015-May/003859.html
A good way to reach Peter on any SoaS questions is through the SL SoaS
mailing list (link on that page)
Sean
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:43
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britain-to-help-175000-girls-in-worlds-poorest-countries-get-an-education
The Department for International Development (DFID) will provide £100
million through the Girls’ Education Challenge to help girls who have
dropped out or never attended school due to famil
gt; regarding the email below. If I have missed your reply, please send me
> a link to it on a web archive, or simply resend it as a reply to this
> email :)
>
> On 6 June 2016 at 10:22, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > On 6 June 2016 at 06:04, Sean DALY wrote:
> >> On Mon, J
Dave - I did already, see the threads
Sean
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi Sean
>
> Sincerel I'm sorry to hear that.
>
> Please do share with us the old marketing strategy, I am keen to see it :)
>
> Cheers
> Dave
> On Jun 23,
AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi Sean
>
> On 22 June 2016 at 15:37, Sean DALY wrote:
> >
> > We agree on using Google AdWords, but no work has been done on
> communication
> > strategy, and although I am thrilled there is interest in marketing, I am
> > also ver
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Walter Bender
wrote:
> It is a matter for the marketing team, which seems to have reached
> consensus.
We agree on using Google AdWords, but no work has been done on
communication strategy, and although I am thrilled there is interest in
marketing, I am also ve
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Sebastian Silva
wrote:
> I wouldn't dismiss the Raspberry Pi 3 or similar single board computer
Around the time RPi hit the million unit mark I floated the idea of a
Sugar-branded enclosure for it, distributed through the RPi partner network.
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Walter Bender
wrote:
I agree with Adam's statemen. There is another possible scenario: an agreed
upon partnership placed under publication embargo. SL wouldn't likely need
to embargo, but a partner might wish to. This PR-smart approach has been
transformed by the Internet and social media these past few years, but the
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> "About Sugar Labs(R): Sugar Labs(R) is a volunteer-driven member project
> of Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. Originally part
> of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers
> around the world
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions
This page is very useful.
On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Claudia Urrea wrote:
> Dave and all,
>
> I think we need someone to admin the motions. We have too many (pass,
> pending votes and pending endorsement for vote, etc.), they become
If the subject is Pending Motion 2016-33, I am opposed to it for the
previously stated reasons. The key activity of SL is developing software
designed to help children learn, not providing a friendly environment to
learn programming of software for children.
Sean.
On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 5:06 PM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> I'm confused ;D Do you want a volunteer, or do you want Adam to do it?
Is Adam's role preparing periodic finance status reports? Sorry if I missed
that.
Sean
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Tony Anderson
wrote:
> a motion represents closure of the discussion and the continuing discussion
> has great value in getting us to think about out future direction and our
> obligation to our legacy.
>
I agree, I am concerned that the recent flurry of motion
http://theconversation.com/why-schools-should-provide-one-laptop-per-child-58696
An interesting read, but which sidesteps the major impact of tablets over
laptops these past three years.
Sean
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Where is the original text?
The old site was zapped before I could archive anything, so I just use the
Internet Archive Wayback Machine
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Do you think anything should be changed?
Yes, the "desktop" reference should be replaced with the original text.
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> the IAEP list: It's an educational project, remember.
Sorry Jonas, I was thinking of you and others when I moved the discussion
to the Marketing list.
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> I'm confused; what do you think should be changed on the current site?
The homepage says:
Sugar is both a desktop and a collection of Activities.
This means something to GNU/Linux developers, but is meaningless to a
teacher. It directly
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> I think since Sugar launched the rise and now dominance of iOS and Android
> - which also do away with the desktop metaphor - means this is no longer as
> big a claim as it once was, and I don't think its even worth mentioning any
> more.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> There is Sugar (now being referred to as a desktop which is ironic since
> the Sugar HIG were intended to
> replace the desktop metaphor) and the Sugar activities
>
I have always vigorously opposed referring to Sugar as a "desktop".
GNU/L
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Are they subscribed to this list?
Quite.
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new unit,
> which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from Australia)
>
> Perhaps that should be the reference unit?
>
Interesting but
- Running Windows 10?
- Assembled
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> A brand that is not being diluted is stale, rigid, dying.
I completely disagree, but it doesn't matter.
Sean.
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > That color combination has been very widely copied, even today.
>
> I think the amount of copying ought to be seen as a metrics of success
> for a brand.
>
Sure, except it dilutes the brand.
>
>
> > which is why I invested in the SL br
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> The green case is probably the most important thing, I think, because
> of that brand equity
>
The green and white case (perhaps with a "crank handle") is the only brand
equity OLPC (and Sugar Labs) have. That color combination has been v
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> what do you see as the difference in terms of sugar feedback?
Students not using their native language, teachers at far lower level,
daunting infrastructure difficulties which mean limited laptop time, very
limited connectivity... believ
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Its a big market.
OK, if I understand you correctly, your idea is to recruit Sugar developers
by selling them XO-1s individually?
This would be more efficient than engaging a computer science professor
with a class, supporting an inner-
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > OLPC France has managed the Nosy Komba, Madagascar microdeployment for
> years
> > now in partnership with other NGOs and the learnings have been fantastic.
>
> Great! No need to duplicate that :)
What duplication? An island fishing co
they mean loading dock i.e. where you send the truck
Sean
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Sam Parkinson
wrote:
> Dave, I don't frequent EBay listings, but it says:
>
> > Customer is responsible for arrangement of freight trucking pickup and
> insurance from our dock
>
> Is that referring to
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Sam Parkinson
wrote:
> Selling a small batch of hardware is just a way of promoting our software
Agreed, excellent opportunity to communicate the benefits of Sugar.
Sean
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> individual units regularly
> clear $100 each
>
If these are functioning units, I support the idea, but perhaps what should
be done is to try to keep them together in a single microdeployment by
partnering with another nonprofit, a sponsor
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Chihurumnaya Ibiam <
ibiamchihurumn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, i think this is a good idea, but i don't think buying and selling to
> make profit is part of SL's agenda. I'm i wrong?
If proceeds from the sale(s) benefit the organization and not individuals,
ther
On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Laura Vargas wrote:
> Thanks for reading/commenting
Thanks Laura, I have made some additions.
Dave - I don't agree that whomever submits a grant application becomes the
treasurer for those funds. What should happen is a sales cycle: if there is
interest, the S
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 8:05 PM, samson goddy
wrote:
> And Sean, i really want to make this madatory to all members in SL. Since
> you are in-charge of marketing how can i get started?
Samson - I'm afraid there's no mandatory anything :-) nearly all of us are
unpaid volunteers... I'm nobody's
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Ifeanyi Peter
wrote:
> Maybe anytime we have suggestions that concerns Marketing, we would just
> forward it to the Marketing Dept. for review. How to I join the marketing
> team as well, I have some suggestions.
Thanks Ifeanyi
To join the Marketing team, just
OK for me, Sameer does this work for you?
Sean
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:43 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 6 June 2016 at 08:30, Sean DALY wrote:
> > sorry, June 14th is a Tuesday... can't do it the 13th. Starting time
> between
> > 9:30PM and 11PM (UTC+2) OK for me tha
I'm sorry, I don't see how SL can support a new paid position. My
suggestion would be to evaluate how the paid Translation Manager position
works out.
I'm glad Samson you are eager to work on social media (as I've said),
however I don't understand your marketing objectives. Put another way, just
w
I'm confused, I thought Adam was going to liaise with SFC on that?
We can't take over their account.
Sean
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi
>
> Google's non-profit sign up process is rather unclear, I did my best :)
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From:
sorry, June 14th is a Tuesday... can't do it the 13th. Starting time
between 9:30PM and 11PM (UTC+2) OK for me that day
Sean
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
> On 6 June 2016 at 06:08, Sean DALY wrote:
>
>> I think you mean Monday June 14th, not t
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:11 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> I propose Monday at 7pm EST
>
I think you mean Monday June 14th, not tomorrow.
I'm sorry, 1AM is too late for me.
Sean
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Where can I read this?
The Marketing mailing list, 2009
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Hi Caryl
I think you're saying that all SLOBs should be active fundraisers as part
of the role?
We could also say we "need a team of dedicated volunteers" to work on
adapting Sugar Activities to curricula, on developing teacher tools, on
providing support, on adding platforms, on localization, ev
Dave - I developed the Sugar on a Stick strategy in 2009 on the basis of
great work by the developers at that time. The rise & fall of that effort
can be painstakingly documented from the lists, but the most efficient way
to do it is in a discussion.
There were some important learnings:
* Some of
On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender wrote:
>
>> I am all for raising funds but we need to articulate the reason why we
>> need them.
>>
> To pay for labour to achieve goals, such as the existing translations and
> finance manager roles
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> If you don't draft something, you will not be happy with what is used :)
Um, no... I can rework a message (perhaps any message) until I am happy
with it. What I can't do is invent the direction SL should take. Things
would certainly be ea
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Please draft a vision statement you would be happy with.
I have (no shortage of) ideas, and experience in crafting text. But our
vision is more than a marketer's spin (and heaven knows I've been guilty of
spinning in the past despite my b
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Tony Anderson wrote:
> I believe Sugar is intended to enable a computer to provide enhanced
> educational opportunities; especially to those who have limited access to
> the Internet. One goal of Sugar is to bring to reality the educational
> concepts of Seymour Pa
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> To be a welcoming global community where anyone can learn how to
> develop high-quality libre software that facilitates learning through
> self-discovery and collaboration among young children of all
> continents, and to make that software e
Hi Laura
My issue with this statement is that it is reductionist: "SL is a community
for learning about software". Which is certainly true, but fundamentally we
offer software, not a learning service.
Our vision should be a mission (to develop high-quality software for
children worldwide) and an
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> If on the off-chance that he and the FM disagreed about the purchase, he
> would have recourse in SLOBs directly. If SLOBS disapproved the spending,
> he's out of pocket.
I'd be very surprised at such a scenario. Bernie has always acted q
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> To reply would require naming names, times, and places. I prefer not to
> get that personal. The issues I refer to have been discussed at length by
> others in the past.
Caryl - As far as I know, all disbursements from Sugar Labs were eit
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> $600 is plenty serious :)
So, for $600 anyone can contribute random code which will be used
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On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Using gitorious we are running this experiment for $0, which is why I'm
> keen to get the move to github over with :)
Let's be as serious about marketing as we are about coding.
Sean
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On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Offering to suggest a codename is hardly "handing over marketing." Let's
> experiment! :)
Let's experiment with random code to be inserted anywhere, for only $600!
:)
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Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is incomprehensible to
me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status" or something similar. Do
people really need the recognition?
I'm also confused about the public statement bit - don't we already have
member pages? Important contributions
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Do you think Sugar's destiny is to become an app within another operating
> system?
I would rephrase this by quoting Scott Ananian:
"what are the essential parts of the Sugar experience"? I would like these
roughly as follows (you may
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Tony Anderson
wrote:
> Do you mean commands written in text?
Yes, AFAIK no graphics programs.
Sean
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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Tony Anderson
wrote:
> Windows 10 is making Ubuntu programs available by the command line - which
> could be shortcuts.
>
Tony - text mode commandline only AFAIK, and Cygwin likely a better
implementation
Sean
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On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Walter Bender
wrote:
> Done.
Wow! bravo Walter that was quick!!
Sean
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On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Fortunately, SLOBs votes are done via email, at any time, and the monthly
> SLOBs meetings are there to unjam any backlogs.
ah I was under the impression that motions were debated and voted in the
meetings, with recourse to e-mail when m
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> FWIW I think this is reasonable, since the board have shared and equal
> financial responsibility for the Conservancy account.
In my view it's theoretically reasonable, however there is a real risk of
red tape logjam. It's quite common fo
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 17 May 2016 at 15:37, Sean DALY wrote:
>
>> Dave - legal matters are referred to the SFC. We did indeed work with
>> them in the past when we registered our trademark, and consulted with them
>> concerning an
this fell off the list
-- Forwarded message --
From: Sean DALY
Date: Tue, May 17, 2016 at 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar network / School Network
To: Dave Crossland
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Has anyone involved with Sugar Labs consul
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 4:28 AM, Sam Parkinson
wrote:
> Us volunteers write code, make releases, do user testing, etc.
Sam - I'm not aware that anyone here is other than "us volunteers".
Dues are how many if not most normally functioning nonprofits operate. I am
co-founder and treasurer of a s
If there are funds, I support the idea.
Any domain name registration should go through the SFC, who are set up to
renew & protect them.
If the name has expired, the SFC could register it directly with their
existing provider.
Probably the best thing to do is to have it point to sl.o and if we ev
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:02 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> the same thing that OLPC called a "deployment" (which I think is a poor
> marketing term, since it has US-imperial/military overtones.)
Deployment is the common IT term for rolling out a solution, with
everything connected to it (logisti
Agree with the above statements
Sean
On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 1:04 AM, Laura Vargas wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Another statistical relevant statement to test in the community, is that
> 2/3 of Sugar users are Spanish speakers.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> 2016-04-23 6:56 GMT+08:00 Caryl Bigenho :
>
>> Hi Dave
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Are all the PRs in 2013/14/15/16 listed on that page?
>
Yes indeed. We considered doing one for the TripAdvisor grant, but decided
it was better to wait for results. There has been lessening press interest
in SL, parallel to OLPC, but th
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Given the trademark fee was recently paid to renew the trademarks, I guess
> the merits were accepted
For an organization with the possibility of widespread recognition, owning
your trademark is a vital step. It could be compared to owni
Hi Dave,
the $2390 sum is for the following marketing/promotion/PR expense:
eReleases CauseWire 10-pack Invoice #011413122
This was authorized by a SLOBs vote in late 2012.
Prior to the pack, I was funding press releases on pay-as-you-go out of my
pocket, and I wasn't able to continue that any m
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Adam Holt wrote:
> Thanks Lionel for taking time to vote your conscience even despite others
> of us who believe we have a legal/fiduciary obligation to our biggest
> investor (Trip Advisor) and a moral duty to the world's most disconnected
> children.
>
Lionel
as a former SLOB, I could say that in the past this was because some
matters involving OLPC, or embargoed press information, or a partnership
with a third party, required confidentiality.
Perhaps today's SLOBs have a different point of view
Sean
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Dave Crossland w
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> I agree that it would be awesome if someone holding the Treasurer office
> was also actively fund raising for the project!
>
Fundraising requires a clear vision & roadmap - positioning, technical -
and the associated marketing materials (
Concerning marketing, In the past I funded nearly everything out of pocket
including big-ticket items like the 100 USB sticks and of course travel but
was unable to continue doing so when I reached $5000 of expenses. I did
request and receive funding from the SLOBs for newswire press releases, but
This 204-page report is available online here (PDF):
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/deliver/9815021e.pdf?itemId=/content/book/9789264239555-en&mimeType=application/pdf
main links page is here:
http://www.oecd.org/education/students-computers-and-learning-9789264239555-en.htm
a 63-slide briefing (po
Thanks Peter, I was watching that too.
If I understand correctly switching/changing the sections or adding an
Activity is beyond tweaks? while text changes are tweaks.
I'm quite happy with it, even though there are lots of changes we suggested
which aren't in.
I feel the only tweak still to make
Peter - here is Iain's document:
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/attachments/20150519/bdaf00ca/attachment.html
Sean
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Sean DALY wrote:
> Gonzalo - Iain had already consolidated all changes but Peter doesn't want
> to deal with a t
Gonzalo - Iain had already consolidated all changes but Peter doesn't want
to deal with a text file.
Sean
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Gonzalo Odiard
wrote:
> Iain, Sean, Sam,
>
> _Please_consolidate_the_changes_before_send_to_Peter_.
>
> Peter,
> when need this be finished?
>
> Gonzalo
>
>
ltimedia as it stands should be deleted.
>
> Regards,
>
> Iain
>
>
> On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:29 +0200, Sean DALY wrote:
> > thanks Iain looks good
> >
> > some typos:
> > Wwork -> Work
> >
> > FotoToon -> OK is singular not plural
&g
f. "office
desktop") which probably came in from copy/pasted text should either be
replacd with simple double parentheses (" ") or the HTML entities
“ and ”
thanks
Sean
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Iain Brown Douglas <
i...@browndouglas.plus.com> wrote:
> On
me up
> with the final edits so I can submit them early next week as a single
> final edit.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Sean DALY wrote:
> > Peter - are the intro edits I sent going in?
> > thanks
> > Sean
> >
> >
> &
Dan - if you are sincerely interested in the numbers, why don't you write
to the education ministries? In serious research, as in serious journalism,
you need to consult official sources.
Sean Daly (no "e")
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Dan Tenason wrote:
> The Sugar Lab
Peter - are the intro edits I sent going in?
thanks
Sean
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Peter Robinson
wrote:
> It's already in process
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Sam P. wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I think Walter send out a good copy [1] with headers - maybe we could use
> > those
The onboard composite video out is an interesting approach... can plug into
old secondhand TVs with poor resolution, just like my first computer in
1983. Of course, when you add everything that's missing, you hit 10x the
price, as you've seen before. And fragile cables/adapters all over the
place.
A large-scale ($1.3 billion budget for iPads, pearson software, wifi
infrastructure, target 650K students) education ICT project started in 2013
and meant to eliminate the digital divide which has gone awry. The
superintendent resigned and is under FBI and SEC investigation for corrupt
bidding proc
Dan - two years ago we arrived at 3 million by estimating 2.6 million XO
laptops delivered, Sugar on Intel Classmates in Argentina (between 50K and
100K of the approximately 1.5 million locally assembled from 2011 - the
others had been running Windows and may have been reconditioned to
GNU/Linux),
Dan,
I am pleased my comments were useful, however I must say I don't understand
some of your points.
I'm not aware of any transparency issues with Sugar Labs. Nearly all of
SL's discussions are open and public. The Oversight Board has regular
meetings and the minutes are posted, you will find wh
Hi Tony,
I for one certainly don't feel Sugar is only for children in developed
countries. I believe Sugar offers benefits for all children. I do think
that widespread use of Sugar in developed countries would encourage its use
in the developing world, for several reasons. One of these is the
oppo
cc'ing the Marketing list - the one everyone forgets as soon as they
discuss marketing.
The MarketLab study we worked on back then confirmed what we already knew -
that Sugar's websites did not accompany teachers interested in Sugar, and
that Sugar absolutely needed a simple installer. They also a
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit
article, with video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
"The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that
children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,
entry-level coding dev
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