[IAEP] May MiniCamp

[Sean DALY]

+1

in particular because the May 16th event will provide an excellent
opportunity for press coverage!

where we can show Sugar running on its original "native" platform...
and a bunch of other ones besides :-)

Sean


On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> 2009/4/9 David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>:
>> I would like to recommend the we plan on holding the May MiniCamp in
>> Paris around the weekend of May 16.
>
> +1
>
> Can we book our tickets now? ;)
>
> Tomeu
>
>> The primary benefit of Paris is co-locating with a scheduled OLPC
>> France event being held that weekend.  The opportunity to meet with
>> OLPC France presents some great opportunities to work together; Going
>> to meet the community in their homes,  identifying lead users,
>> receiving vital feedback.
>>
>> By going to work with OLPC France, we can communicate that while Sugar
>> Labs is an upstream part, it is not the central part of the 'iaep'
>> project.  The most important part is where the student and teacher
>> come together to learn.  Sugar Labs is focused on creating a great
>> learning platform to benefit the entire ecosystem.  In this role,
>> Sugar Labs serves as a hub for communication and collaboration.
>>
>> Secondly, Sugar Labs needs to identify and engage _lead_users_.  Sugar
>> in not yet ready to be sold in retail stores nor is it ready for
>> _easy_ deployment around the world.  There is still a lot of work in
>> making sure the software works on your hardware, setting up a
>> collaboration server, and creating the learning content to match daily
>> lesson plans.  Lead users are people with passion or a particular
>> expertise who have the motivation and ability to help improve the
>> Sugar experience... for everyone.
>>
>> Finally,  working for the weekend with OLPC France allow us both to
>> observe and receive feedback.  Sugar Labs can learn more about what
>> OLPC France is doing and what their needs are.  OLPC France can learn
>> that Sugar Labs is _just_ a group of volunteers with a working
>> knowledge of computer science, education theory, and a bit of
>> economics trying to help kids learn more effectively.  Sugar Labs
>> success is based on the premise of creating and fostering a ecosystem
>> to build on top of the learning platform.
>>
>> There may be limited travel stipends available to people willing to
>> hold workshops.
>>
>> david
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