On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 02:25 -0400, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Bryan Berry wrote: >> | There is something I would like to add. Folks from rich countries (like >> | myself) underestimate the importance of narratives b/c we are surrounded >> | by libraries, online tutorials in our native language, extensive >> | versions of wikipedia in our language, etc. There's a real drought of >> | narratives for poor countries. >> >> I don't know what you mean by narrative. If I were to pick a word to >> describe libraries, online tutorials, wikipedia, and other similar >> resources, I would choose "information". I go to wikipedia to learn >> facts, not stories. > > I basically mean "structured information" put into a structure by a > human(s) intended to best build up concepts. >
So, are you talking about a process (or perhaps a template) which allows you to structure information segmented into chapters, topics, etc? Maybe generate Table of Contents, index and so on? -- Sameer >> I agree that providing information is good and important for education. >> >> I don't see how OLPC or Sugar lacks tools to provide information. >> Including a digital textbook into a Sugar build for XO is extremely easy. >> ~ We simply don't have the textbooks. The problem, in this case, seems >> much more like a lack of "content" and translators. That effort is >> important and worthwhile, but seems quite independent of Sugar. > > I agree on this. I don't see how narratives fit into Sugar. Michael > Stone has some interesting ideas on this though. I think that Sugar > should focus on collaboration and discovery and tools like Moodle can > provide the narrative. > >> - --Ben >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkjoXcEACgkQUJT6e6HFtqR3awCgg4lNrxa3nTDLVf1NIATAgwdF >> ymEAn1DJ7qaNwIHgirT32K00Gj2ufEKI >> =XKff >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > Sugar@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar