[Its.an.education.project] Logo proposal

Bernie Innocenti bernie at codewiz.org
Tue May 13 12:29:23 CEST 2008


Simon Dorner wrote:
> On 13.05.2008 at 11:51 Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> 
>> A long time ago, I remember someone saying publicly that we'd take a
>> thumbnail of the owner on first login and use that as an avatar.
>>
>> Maybe the idea was put aside for lack of time, or maybe we were afraid
>> of what the usual ultra-concerned parents would think.
> 
> It doesn't need to be a picture of the child, although it can be. I  
> think letting children draw a little picture could be much more  
> interesting and fun.
> 
> I remember that when I was beginning school and I wasn't able to write  
> my name yet, each child got to choose a symbol that would represent  
> them. My symbol was a train. The teacher handed out these stickers  
> with a train on them and I put them on everything that belonged to me  
> so I could identify it. I think that worked really well.

I like this concept too: either a photo, or a drawing, or a stock icon.
Unless Eben has a better idea, we could make this a feature for a future
version of Sugar.

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