[IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Edward Cherlin
I talked with Alan Kay, Doug Engelbart, and a member of Creative Commons (at the 40th anniversary celebration of Doug's Mother of all Demos) about starting a project to create Free interactive electronic textbooks. I have also discussed these ideas here, with FLOSS Manuals, and with some people at

Re: [IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi all, quote who=Edward Cherlin The basic idea is to integrate Sugar software into lessons wherever appropriate, and then integrate the textbooks into a new curriculum, based on the much younger ages at which we will be able to teach powerful ideas. This is not the programmed learning

Re: [IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Pia Waugh gre...@pipka.org wrote: Hi all, quote who=Edward Cherlin The basic idea is to integrate Sugar software into lessons wherever appropriate, and then integrate the

Re: [IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Pia Waugh gre...@pipka.org wrote: Hi all, quote who=Edward Cherlin The basic idea is to

Re: [IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi Edward, quote who=Edward Cherlin Yes, Moodle will be part of the OLPC School Server, so we will naturally make full use of it. Great, it might also be worthwhile looking at the existing Moodle resources and lessons plans rather than starting from scratch. There is a large educator

Re: [IAEP] Textbooks

2008-12-11 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Pia Waugh gre...@pipka.org wrote: Hi Edward, quote who=Edward Cherlin Yes, Moodle will be part of the OLPC School Server, so we will naturally make full use of it. Great, it might also be worthwhile looking at the existing Moodle resources and lessons