Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-14 Thread Iain Brown Douglas
On 13.06.2012 17:30, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> > On 2012-06-13, at 07:50, Steven Thompson wrote: >> > >> >> Even just in English in Japan could help kids. The common denome

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 2012-06-14, at 12:54, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Walter Bender > wrote: >> >> So the question is: is there a Linux/Gnome VM for the iPad? iPhone? >> iWhatever? > > No because Apply explicitly doesn't allow other languages so we can't > run python which means w

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-14 Thread Peter Robinson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Frederick Grose wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Peter Robinson >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bert Freudenberg >>> wrote: >>> > On 2012-06-13, at 07:50, Steven Thompson wrote

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 2012-06-13, at 18:42, Walter Bender wrote: > Etoys runs in a virtual machine. Once that VM is ported to a new > environment, Etoys will run. > Sugar on the other hand is a desktop and collection of applications > that require Linux and the Gnome toolkit (among other dependencies). > Once a Linu

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Walter Bender
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Peter Robinson > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bert Freudenberg >> wrote: >> > On 2012-06-13, at 07:50, Steven Thompson wrote: >> > >> >> Even just in English in Japan could help kids. The

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Frederick Grose
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bert Freudenberg > wrote: > > On 2012-06-13, at 07:50, Steven Thompson wrote: > > > >> Even just in English in Japan could help kids. The common denomenator > for jhs and hs kids is an iPhone or android and

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Peter Robinson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 2012-06-13, at 07:50, Steven Thompson wrote: > >> Even just in English in Japan could help kids. The common denomenator for >> jhs and hs kids is an iPhone or android and the iPad at home...much more so >> than buying an Intel Classma

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Chris Leonard
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Steven Thompson wrote: > Thank you for your quick response Simon. > > I could just use ipads with educational Aps but I too like using > something that let kids get their hands "dirty". > > Get an Intel Classmate or might there be hope of getting say, 10 XOs to do

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Steven Thompson
" >; Walter Bender >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap? > > >The question is what you refer to when you talk about Sugar. The concept of an >app is similar to the concept of an Activity in Sugar. If you want to

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-13 Thread Simon Schampijer
The question is what you refer to when you talk about Sugar. The concept of an app is similar to the concept of an Activity in Sugar. If you want to bring educational material to the ipad you have to look at specific Apps like 'Move the turtle' which is similar to Turtle Art. 'garageband' is ano

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-12 Thread Steven Thompson
Even just in English in Japan could help kids. The common denomenator for jhs and hs kids is an iPhone or android and the iPad at home...much more so than buying an Intel Classmate or having a hope of getting an XO. It's not about price or energy requirements here, its about good education fo

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar as a Mac Ap?

2012-06-12 Thread Chris Leonard
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Steven Thompson wrote: > Thank you all in this community for your creative dedication. > > I am considering using sugar for my 4 year old daughter and her friends. > Parents have access to iPads. We are in Osaka Japan. > > Can Sugar be used on an iPad? > > If not d