[IAEP] The eBook "ah ha" moment for Sugar on a Stick

[Carol Farlow Lerche]

This issue was discussed at length about a week ago, and James Simmons and
Alexei (I think) were discussing the provision of a library activity.  Until
that happens, I think James' reader activity and Sayamendu's fbreader
activity should be packaged for SOAS to allow epub, comic format and text
formats to be read conveniently in SOAS.

http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=newbery&cat=all

is a package on aslo of all the free Newbery honor books by women authors as
a .xol package.  The texts themselves are epub format. I wish someone would
reinstate the ability to access .xol files in SOAS.

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com
> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Add the Bible and Qur'an reader programs?
>
>
> Those should at least be on the activity portal.  Can you see if you can
> get in touch with the maintainers?
>
> Thanks,
> Caroline
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Caroline Meeks
>> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>> > For the next SoaS Beta I'd like to help users trying out Sugar,
>> especially
>> > educators, have an "ah ha" moment about how Sugar on a Stick can open a
>> huge
>> > world of books for their students.
>> >
>> > The US elementary schools I visit have a computer lab and they have
>> books.
>> > But they certainly don't have the budget to get as many copies of as
>> many
>> > different books as they would like.
>> >
>> > Maybe our new users will know that there are free books on the internet.
>> > Good chance they have never actually tried it themselves.  Plus, having
>> a
>> > book on the internet doesn't help their students if they get one hour of
>> > computer time in the lab.
>> >
>> > But having a book on your Sugar Stick and being able to read it in
>> multiple
>> > locations is actually very useful!
>> >
>> > This is one of the many things I want educators to discover as they play
>> > with their Sugar Sticks.
>> >
>> > I know we have wonderful library apps coming down the pike. What I'm
>> > interested in right now is what is the art of the possible for the next
>> Beta
>> > in June?
>> >
>> > Suggestions so far:
>> >
>> > - Include the FLOSS Sugar manual in the SoaS Image
>> > - Add a link to one or more free book sites in the startup page on
>> Browse
>> > - Include a kids book in the SoaS Image.
>> >
>> > Other ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Caroline
>> >
>> > --
>> > Caroline Meeks
>> > Solution Grove
>> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>> >
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