Thanks for all the good input. I wasn't expecting this much response! Sorry
for the delay in response, other duties have kept me away from coEL.
A couple of clarifications:
First, perhaps I was a tad harsh when I said that Sugar was in no way
optimized for the high school learner. I apologize if
Android tablets that are coming out. There are lots of free e-books,
many of which would be of interest to high school students.
Let me know what you think.
James Simmons
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:50:18 -0500
From: Brett Neese brne...@brneese.com
Subject: [IAEP] Looking for suggestions
To: iaep
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Tim McNamara
paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nzwrote:
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I'm really interested in what you think a Sugar for high school aged youth
would look like.
One thing that OLPC spent a lot of time on was the Human Interface
Guidelines. Some things have slipped, Sugar
Hi there,
I'm looking for some advice. My name is Brett Neese, and I'm currently a
high school student at a school in Iowa, USA (although I'm planning on
graduating early in December 2010). I have been working on a little project
(in its current incarnation, it's more of an idea, really) I'm
Hi Brett,
I had a quick look at your Project coEL site and your vision is
certainly ambitious. And I mean that as a compliment, don't give too
much attention to naysayers.
I'm not sure what (if any) advice I could give you, except perhaps
just become involved in OLPC, IAEP, or your own coEL
Hi Brett,
I don't have much to add to Kevin's comments besides the fact that your
vision is indeed ambitious.
I'm not sure whether there are any other OLPC / Sugar aficionados in
your area but if so then I'd try to organize some sort of meetup with
them. Else finding other groups or
