[IAEP] [support-gang] Update to ProjectBernie

[Tony Anderson]

Hi, Sanchit

Since the deployment does not have access to the internet, challenges 
will need to be designed in advance and installed on the school server 
(via BERNIE or download from the internet (e.g. to a usb key).

I plan to try elgg on the school server to give a social media 
environment local to the deployment.

Tony

On 04/18/2015 11:21 AM, Sanchit Kapoor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I understand that Project Bernie will help those people who don't have 
> access to the internet but still I was thinking that we could provide 
> a Forum or Q & A sort of portal where users can clear their doubts, if 
> any, or better yet let them give suggestions to improve the site as well?
>
> The users will also be learning how to create basic sugar activities 
> so we could use this to organize some sort of monthly competitive 
> event based on what they are learning (python, javascript, html, 
> english, history). We can let the teachers in the school create 
> quizzes and host the quiz on the school server. The question is what 
> type of contest it can be. I think if the deployment is used on a 
> school server this can be achieved. Just a suggestion, though.
>
> Thanks
>
> On 17 April 2015 at 13:11, Richa Sehgal <richasehgal2908 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:richasehgal2908 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I was very busy with labs and assignments over the past few days,
>     and would like to apologize for not replying sooner.
>
>     Great efforts! I tried different things and would like to discuss
>     some of these:
>
>     I tried opening the 4 sections of "Python Programming". So, for
>     "Inventing your own games with Python" and "Making Games with
>     Python and Pygames", the link opens and shows the index. But the
>     internal links of this index are all showing "Internal Server Error".
>
>     The section "Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python", is opening and
>     the links within are also working. All the text is displayed but
>     the images are not showing up.
>
>     In the "command line" section, all the links are showing:
>     "Internal Server Error".
>     The "Web technology" section looks good! But as has been stated,
>     there are three options on the top of the page, "Prev", "Index"
>     and "next". And the "Index" link takes us back to the original
>     starting page "http://www.projectbernie.org/". While it should
>     take us back to the chapters page.
>
>     Some of the chapters have attachments. But when I tried to open
>     them, it showed "You don't have permission to access on this server".
>
>     "Eloquent Javascript" is opening pretty nicely. But the "Exercise
>     Hints" page says that "The hints below might help when you are
>     stuck with one of the exercises in this book." But there is
>     nothing written below that.
>
>     Thanks
>     Richa
>
>
>     On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Tony Anderson
>     <tony_anderson at usa.net <mailto:tony_anderson at usa.net>> wrote:
>
>         That's about right. The school servers are located at
>         deployments which do not have access to the internet and so
>         must rely on open educational resources which can be hosted
>         locally. The proectbernie site is intended to show what
>         content is available from the school server loaded from the
>         BERNIE hard drive. Naturally, this is done by linking to the
>         source site on the internet. At the deployment,streaming is
>         minimized, instead videos are downloaded to the XO laptops so
>         that they can be viewed independent of the school server,
>         e.g.when a user takes the laptop home beyond the range of the
>         local area network.
>
>         Tony
>
>
>         On 04/14/2015 10:31 PM, DancesWithCars wrote:
>>
>>         It would seem "representative of" is different from streaming
>>         700 gig to whomever, so maybe it is a menu frontend to see
>>         what is on the menu, then you order the 1T drive, it arrives,
>>         then you have the videos...
>>
>>         On Apr 14, 2015 9:13 AM, "Vibhor Sehgal"
>>         <sehgalvibhor at gmail.com <mailto:sehgalvibhor at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi,
>>
>>             I visited Introduction to Web Technology  under the Web
>>             Technology  track.
>>             (http://www.projectbernie.org/explore/web.html)
>>
>>             I chose the first chapter Getting Started,  competed all
>>             the sections. I was navigating to next section through a 
>>             next option on top of the page.  It has a prev/index/next
>>             option.  On the last section of first chapter,  when i
>>             wanted to go to the next chapter Markup basics , the next
>>             option was not working.  I clicked on the index option,
>>             thinking it will take me back to the list of chapters
>>             page( http://www.projectbernie.org/explore/web.html),
>>             however it took me to the home page
>>             (http://www.projectbernie.org/
>>             <http://www.projectbernie.org/>).
>>             So i again had to go to the list of chapters page to
>>             select the new Markup basics chapter.
>>
>>             Maybe,  this could be improved and a hyperlink direct to
>>             the list of chapters
>>             (http://www.projectbernie.org/explore/web.html) can be
>>             provided on the last section of the chapter or every page
>>             in the chapter, so that students can select and change
>>             the chapter easily.
>>
>>             Secondly, Eloquent javascript chapters are giving
>>             Internal server errors.  I tried first few,  they were
>>             all giving errors.
>>
>>             Thanks
>>             Vibhor
>>
>>             On Apr 14, 2015 2:11 PM, "Tony Anderson"
>>             <tony_anderson at usa.net <mailto:tony_anderson at usa.net>> wrote:
>>
>>                 The Project Bernie website has been updated
>>                 (www.projectbernie.org <http://www.projectbernie.org>).
>>
>>                 This site provides a representative view of what a
>>                 school server loaded from BERNIE provides
>>                 to an XO at a deployment.
>>
>>                 The update releases the first edition of the
>>                 'hands-on computing' courses in the Explore section
>>                 of the Class page.
>>                 There is an introductory course that introduces the
>>                 Bash shell in the Terminal Activity, shows how to
>>                 navigate the file system, and use the nano text
>>                 editor. It is expected that learners would work their
>>                 way through this one before beginning one of the tracks.
>>
>>                 There are three tracks each introducing a text
>>                 programming language: Python, Shell Scripts, and
>>                 Javascript (with HTML5 and CSS3).
>>
>>                 There are two proposed projects for GSOC15 which are
>>                 intended to augment the Web Technology track: Web
>>                 Confusion - the first course and Interactive
>>                 Javascript Shell - the second course.
>>
>>                 I would appreciate any feedback so that the offerings
>>                 can be made more useful. Special thanks to Al
>>                 Sweigart (http://inventwithpython.com/) for his three
>>                 books on Python for kids, William Shotts
>>                 (http://linuxcommand.org) for The Linux Command Line,
>>                 and Evan Goer for “The Pocket HTML Tutorial
>>                 <http://www.goer.org/HTML/>” which they have made
>>                 available under a Creative Commons License.
>>
>>                 Tony
>>
>>
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