[IAEP] information - 65 uk pounds (90 euros) laptop report

2008-07-29 Thread alan c
extract: Taiwanese vendor Carapelli has taken the wraps off what it claims is the world's cheapest laptop, coming in at just £65. The Impulse NPX-9000, which has a seven inch screen, is light on specifications with a 400MHz processor, 128MB RAM and 1GB of flash storage – slightly less powerful

Re: [IAEP] New XO-LiveCD

2008-08-17 Thread alan c
Kurt Gramlich wrote: > dear friends > > Wolfgang Rohrmoser writes: > > > Since OLPC joyride releases begin to stabilize after the > transition to > Fedora 9 and the SUGAR developper team has done a lot of > reorganization work, > a new release of the XO-LiveCD is available. You currently can >

Re: [IAEP] New XO-LiveCD

2008-08-17 Thread alan c
Sameer Verma wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Kurt Gramlich wrote: >> >>> dear friends >>> >>> Wolfgang Rohrmoser writes: >>> >>> >>> Since OLPC joyride releases begin to stabilize after the >>> transition to >>> F

Re: [IAEP] Sugar on a Stick - How might a Sugar USB experience work in practice?

2008-10-01 Thread alan c
Caroline Meeks wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> David and I >> will be helping set up a Sugar classroom in a Boston public school >> that trying to make use of some old Pentium IV desktop machines; > > > >> >> 2. LiveUSB: It seems that a L

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-04 Thread alan c
David Van Assche wrote: > The politics are far more complicated, edubuntu used to be a thriving > community, which prompted Canonical to market the Educational side > more and use the Ubuntu branding rather than edubuntu. It caused some > confusion and the commun In the UK the education market is

Re: [IAEP] [ANNOUNCE] XO-LiveCD Version 090110

2009-01-11 Thread alan c
Kurt Gramlich wrote: > * Kurt Gramlich [090110 20:17]: > >> * wolfg...@rohrmoser-engineering.de >> [090110 19:38]: >> >> > Version 090110 of the XO-LiveCD is available for download from: >> > >> > ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_090110.iso >> >> >> if Wolfgangs

Re: [IAEP] Mitra's talk on hole in the wall

2009-01-14 Thread alan c
Sameer Verma wrote: > Just saw Sugata Mitra's talk at Lift (http://liftconference.com/) on > the hole-in-the-wall experiment and the data they collected. Most > impressive was the concept of self-organized learning that happened in > these places. > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_

[IAEP] heads up - Indian PC?

2009-01-31 Thread alan c
Item: India to unveil laptop costing Rs500 http://internationalreporter.com/News-4455/india-to-unveil-laptop-costing-rs500.html 'January 31, 2009 - With Tata Motor's coming out with the low-cost Nano car, a group of Indian students are coming out with a laptop for Rs500 ($10), cheaper than most

Re: [IAEP] New Sugar on a Stick image available

2009-02-28 Thread alan c
Simon Schampijer wrote: > Weeeh! > > A new Soas-1 is out. It contains all the bug fixes that made it into > head in the last days. And you can use Wade Brainerd's fabulous Typing > Turtle to get you going in 10 finger typing - /me won already a Gold Medal. > > Get it [1] when it is still sticky

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs USB Sticks have arrived!

2009-04-10 Thread alan c
Caroline Meeks wrote: > They look good! Could someone please post some tech details about the exact content of these please? And a link also to how to create a diy version of these also? tia -- alan cocks Ubuntu user ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Proj

[IAEP] seen: one laptop per teacher policy - Indonesia

2009-05-12 Thread alan c
I do not think it says what os the laptop is running extract: Satria Dharma, chairman of the Indonesian Teachers Club (KGI), said on Monday that the education revolution should begin with teachers, and that a laptop would provide educators a relevant tool to keep up with the modern times. [snip] S

[IAEP] BBC News - Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay

2009-10-16 Thread alan c
Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8309583.stm -- alan cocks Ubuntu user ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] "Sugar on a Stick" usage motion

2009-12-19 Thread alan c
Bernie Innocenti wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:04 -0500, Mel Chua wrote: >> MOTION: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for >> use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed >> effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and >> proc