[IAEP] activites known not to either work at all or not on certin platforms

[Wade Brainerd]

We are trying to gather activity status information at
http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/ActivityStatus - there is a 'soas' tag
which indicates the activity works on SoaS, any errors should be reported in
the Remarks column.

But despite a few public requests we haven't managed to get any SoaS test
results posted there.

-Wade

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Caroline Meeks <solutiongrove at gmail.com>wrote:

> Do we have a place for testers to record the what works with which release?
>
> If not perhaps someone could set it up on the moodle system
> schools.sugarlab.org using the moodle database module:
> http://docs.moodle.org/en/Database_module
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:14 PM, David Van Assche <dvanassche at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ok? I guess this will be contreversial but it must be said and acted
>> upon (much more importantly)
>>
>> Im gonna try and make this easy:
>>
>> SoaS - the latest fedora core based
>> I tried to impress my 9 year old gescwister... (related one)
>> Speak - it will not even launch.... why is it then on a disitributed
>> stick?
>>
>> ubuntu -
>> no read
>> no write
>> no jiggzawpuzzle
>> etoys
>> scratch
>> epathi
>> measure
>> anything tam tam based
>> until very recently even browse
>> pdf reader of any kind
>> measure
>> distance
>> slider
>> video chat
>> abc flower (thing doesnt even exist)
>>
>> ok, that is about 50% of the failed testtube babies...
>>
>>
>> what is the solution:
>>
>> we test the damn tings before release.... we do what greg
>> dekoenigsberg quite elegantly suggested. a 3 tier solution:
>>
>> 1. make an educator mailinglist.... we get every educator we know on
>> the list. We start off the discussion with what is really needed...
>> the simple stuff... the stuff u guru coders can whip up in days:
>> Examples:
>>
>> 1. typing tutor... all it should do is allow kids to follow whatever
>> the teacher is directing. speed of typing is recorded? accuracy; graph
>> based report; printable to parents... stars given to best pupils...
>>
>> guys these are real world scenarios... not invented by devs.. asked
>> for by teachers qnd not surprisingly thinking why it does not yet
>> exist.
>>
>> 2 same for maths... times tables/division/addition/substraction....
>> groupings of kids, reports, printibale to both parents ant teachers...
>>
>>
>> 2. (gdk) guys this is what teachers want... I reallly hate to say
>> this; but the stuff right now on sugar apart from speak, which when
>> working every teacher loves, is an absolute waste of educators time...
>> yes the activities can be properly used... but basics first! mailing
>> list to get the, involved; we mention the activities that we (welll
>> actually they) have come up with, we discuss very briefly;
>>
>> 3: (gdk)then make a moodle/wiki page where educators and devs get
>> together to create the tools that we actually need (the ones that will
>> really chqnge the world)
>>
>> I hope no one takes this is as a critcism of the effort put into
>> creating activities till now; but people... lets frocus... lets sugar
>> mean something for teachers
>>
>> David (nubae) Van Assche
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