[IAEP] [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content to the Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:51, Tomeu Vizoso<tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> not sure why Caroline's email didn't reached IAEP, wrong email address?
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 02:17, Caryl Bigenho<cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Caroline,
>>
>> I agree that content is something we desperately need for Sugar and the XO.
>> But, I don't quite understand your proposal.  Is Innovations For Learning
>> offering us their software for free to adapt?
>
> They have offered at least some of it. More may come but I don't know
> about it yet. See:
>
> http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2009/05/progress-on-sugar-activities-with-swf.html
>
>> If so, what language is it
>> in?
>
> Flash, developed specifically to run on Gnash.
>
>> Is the source code available?
>
> Yes, though in the .fla format that as far as I know can only be
> edited with the proprietary tools from Adobe.
>
>> Or, is this something you think our volunteer programmers should try to
>> reverse-engineer and create for Sugar and the XO?
>
> Well, what I would like to see (but may not be what Caroline had in
> mind) is someone with access to the Adobe tools and some Flash
> knowledge to debug the EatBoom swf file and see why the game is not
> progressing to the next levels after the first three or so sums have
> been completed.

Forgot to mention that the SWF file is here:

http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/eatboom/repos/mainline/blobs/master/EatBoom.swf

And that in Adobe's Flash it's progressing to the next level, it's
only with a recent version of Gnash that fails to do so. A Flash
developer might be able to fix it in the .fla file, or might give an
explanation of why it's failing in recent versions of Gnash.

Regards,

Tomeu

> Once we can show to IFL that we are able to put their software to run
> on real deployments, I'm confident they will release more code.
>
> The assessment framework is very interesting, but I think we should
> move forward step by step.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tomeu
>
>> Caryl
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:27:28 -0400
>> From: caroline at solutiongrove.com
>> To: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; server-devel at lists.laptop.org;
>> support-gang at lists.laptop.org
>> Subject: [support-gang] An Opportunity to bring vital content to the
>> Sugar/XO world - Needs technical help.
>>
>> We have an opportunity to bring a program of K-2 English Reading and Math
>> content to our Sugar users for free.
>>
>> http://www.innovationsforlearning.org/software_demo.php
>>
>> Ignore the teachermate hardware and the $100 a machine price tag. The
>> concept is we make this available for Sugar for free.  So if you have XOs or
>> a machines you can use with Sugar on a Stick, you can use it for free.
>>
>> If you watch the Classroom management video you'll see they have aligned it
>> to major Basal Curriculum programs or it can be used without. It can
>> differentiate instruction for groups and students.  This is vital
>> functionality.  We need to port this to the Sugar world, probably by putting
>> it on the XS, maybe as a module in Moodle.
>>
>> Tomeu has done some work on making the activities work in Sugar, but I don't
>> think anyone has looked at how we enable classroom management.
>>
>> Why I think this is important:
>>
>> When I listen to feedback from the deployments, they all talk about the need
>> for content.
>> When I see for myself what its like to use Sugar in a school, I think we
>> need an on-ramp for teachers.  This program would be an easy way to get the
>> teachers to start using Sugar and computers without going very far outside
>> of what they already know. Its aligned with the major curriculum programs
>> they are already using.  My belief is if they take the first step, and use
>> Sugar, they and their students will explore further.  Too much technology
>> sits in the classroom closet. This seems like it would be used by lots of
>> teachers, not just the most technological ones.
>> This could be a model for other nonprofits for how to use Sugar to
>> distribute content they have created for our age level.
>> It would be an excellent selling point for teachers trying to bring Sugar
>> into their schools.
>>
>> Please help us find someone (or a team) who has time and skills to tackle
>> the technical challenge of porting/recreating the classroom management
>> component.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Caroline
>>
>>
>> --
>> Caroline Meeks
>> Solution Grove
>> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>
>> 617-500-3488 - Office
>> 505-213-3268 - Fax
>>
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