Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] turtle art: 2 instances, no?

2009-09-07 Thread Bill Kerr
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Gary C Martin wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On 7 Sep 2009, at 12:09, Bill Kerr wrote: > > I can't see any way to load 2 instances on the SoaS version >> >> If I have a project loaded, saved and named >> Then go into the journal and t

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Kerr
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien wrote: > After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really > appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar. > > They will make an update - stay tuned. the picture is gone but the words are still there: >

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Kerr
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > On 28.08.2009, at 11:33, Bill Kerr wrote: > > > n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender > > wrote: > >> === Sugar Digest === > >> 4. The recent FSF campaign condemning the use o

[Sugar-devel] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Kerr
n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > === Sugar Digest === 4. The recent FSF campaign condemning the use of Windows 7 in education (See http://windows7sins.org/) imputes OLPC in complicity with Microsoft. It is disappointing that the FSF is not making any constructive arguments i

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoaS with SD cards irregularities

2009-08-14 Thread Bill Kerr
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Sascha Silbe < sascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org> wrote: > [CC list trimmed quite a bit] > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 04:20:17PM +0930, Bill Kerr wrote: > > aborted >> boot: >> >> >> I then tried tab anyway and got

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoaS with SD cards irregularities

2009-08-09 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > Sascha Silbe wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:11:31PM +0930, Bill Kerr wrote: >> >> The sticks I have with SD cards have started to fail on the older >>> computers >>> at school (after wo

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoaS with SD cards irregularities

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Sascha Silbe < sascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:11:31PM +0930, Bill Kerr wrote: > > The sticks I have with SD cards have started to fail on the older >> computers >> at school (after working ok f

[Sugar-devel] SoaS with SD cards irregularities

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Kerr
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > ===Sugar Digest=== In the meanwhile, we need to: experiment with more USB manufacturers; > be more careful about characterizing the different failure modes; do > some workflow experiments to see if we can minimize failures; try > different fi

[Sugar-devel] netbook as terminology

2009-07-03 Thread Bill Kerr
-is-not-netbook.html Negroponte: "Kids in Ethiopia don't have the internet in a nearby cloud ..." And just noticed that the sugar labs home page describes the xo as a netbook: http://www.sugarlabs.org/ -- Bill Kerr http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Debrief of Sugar on a Stick v1 Strawberry launch for all teams

2009-07-02 Thread Bill Kerr
Thanks for detailed and comprehensive report Sean. I hadn't understand the importance of visuals and your report explained that very clearly. btw your report doesn't contain any links - I found the gallery page http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=gallery but still wasn't sure

Re: [Sugar-devel] versus, not

2009-05-08 Thread Bill Kerr
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Bill Kerr wrote: > > however, I do think the roll back of enlightenment principles is not well > > understood (http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/nonUniversals) and > that a > > be

Re: [Sugar-devel] versus, not

2009-05-08 Thread Bill Kerr
I'm not sure what is meant by a "big tent" Why do some people want a big tent for learning theory but not a big tent which accepts both FOSS and proprietary software? Phrasing it that way is intended to encourage people to think about what sort of thing is learning and hopefully will not be interp

[Sugar-devel] versus, not

2009-05-04 Thread Bill Kerr
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > ===Sugar Digest=== > > I encourage you to join two threads on the Education List this week: > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-April/005382.html, which > has boiled down to an instruction vs construction debate; and > http://lists.

Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: sugar-jhbuild

2009-01-20 Thread Bill Kerr
llk...@gmail.com, > > joel.s...@gmail.com > > > > > > Walter, > > > > I was wondering, would it be possible to make a live CD with Linux and > > sugar jhbuild and the source code for a few activities all on it and > > use that for teachers and s

[Sugar-devel] kusasa

2009-01-13 Thread Bill Kerr
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 13.01.2009, at 17:53, Samuel Klein wrote: > > >> Also see > >> > >> http://www.kusasa.org/background/mathland/mathland.html > > > > yes... a great project to discuss, actually. > > > Indeed. Does anybody have contacts to them, to find

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Hilaire Fernandes learning system

2009-01-11 Thread Bill Kerr
developing quality activities On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Bill Kerr wrote: > > from walter's sugar digest: > > 6. Hilaire Fernandes, who brought us DrGeo, has > href="http://www.istoa.net";>a new proj

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] How to Make Activity Designers Happy , Parts I and II

2009-01-04 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Bryan Berry wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 15:18 -0500, Walter Bender wrote: > > > (3) We need lots more Activities. > > While there is consensus on this point, there is not consensus on the > best way to get a lot more Activities. That is, pulling a lot more > dev

[Sugar-devel] Hilaire Fernandes learning system

2008-12-23 Thread Bill Kerr
from walter's sugar digest: 6. Hilaire Fernandes, who brought us DrGeo, has http://www.istoa.net";>a new project underway: :I am working on a learning system written in Smalltalk. The contents is only in French for now, and only cover multiplication learning, but I am planing for more in various s

[Sugar-devel] Record and Journal problem

2008-12-14 Thread Bill Kerr
Build 767 Sugar 0.82.1 Firmware Q2E18 control panel > software updates "Your software is up-to-date" When I open Record there is a message there, "Your Journal is full" and I can't take a photo - there is a cross on the Button, tried clicking the button anyway and nothing happened at any rate I