Re: [IAEP] Sugar is an X that happens to have an entire learning platform and operating system included.

2009-05-03 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Maria Droujkova wrote: > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Caroline Meeks > wrote: > >> >> But it also makes sense to think about the easy to grasp benefits.  I think >> one important criteria is it needs to be something that a group of people >> already knows they w

Re: [IAEP] Sugar is an X that happens to have an entire learning platform and operating system included.

2009-05-03 Thread Maria Droujkova
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > But it also makes sense to think about the easy to grasp benefits. I think > one important criteria is it needs to be something that a group of people > already knows they want. Anyone want to brainstorm with me? For Sugar on a > Stick I

[IAEP] Sugar is an X that happens to have an entire learning platform and operating system included.

2009-05-02 Thread Caroline Meeks
This thread is inspired from another where James Simmons said: "I wonder how the OLPC project might have changed if it was sold as an ebook reader that could also run educational software. It brings to mind an old Woody Allen joke, where he claimed to own a sword that turned into a cane so the mu