Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but the suggestions are very suggestive of Candyland. <div><br></div><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_GBSubG7_qbw/Rj_u39QVD7I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YAZ3WRMdYbU/s1600-h/Candyland-1949.JPG">http://bp1.blogger.com/_GBSubG7_qbw/Rj_u39QVD7I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YAZ3WRMdYbU/s1600-h/Candyland-1949.JPG</a><br>
</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.mipo37.com/CandyLand.jpg">http://www.mipo37.com/CandyLand.jpg</a><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Bert Freudenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I guess Bryan thinks of it as a play on "Mathland" (in Papert's sense,<br>
not the curriculum of the same name). The name of <a href="http://squeakland.org" target="_blank">squeakland.org</a> was<br>
inspired by the same idea:<br>
<br>
"What would happen if children who can't do math grew up in Mathland,<br>
a place that is to math what France is to French?" --S.P.<br>
<br>
Also see<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.kusasa.org/background/mathland/mathland.html" target="_blank">http://www.kusasa.org/background/mathland/mathland.html</a><br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
- Bert -<br>
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On 12.01.2009, at 06:36, Wade Brainerd wrote:<br>
<br>
> I personally prefer 'Sugar' over 'Sugarland'. The latter seems a bit<br>
> like another world, where I think people want to be educated to<br>
> succeed in the real one.<br>
><br>
> SugarLand might appeal more to children. But then we would also want<br>
> to make the UI less focused and more like a video game, which I don't<br>
> necessarily agree with.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Wade<br>
><br>
> On 1/11/09, Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org">bryan@olenepal.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> my apologies ;)<br>
>><br>
>> What do you guys think?<br>
>><br>
>> Playground : Where kids learn and play<br>
>><br>
>> or<br>
>><br>
>> SugarLand: where kids learn and play<br>
>><br>
>> or<br>
>><br>
>> Sugar: Where kids learn and play<br>
>><br>
>> w/ transpositions of learn and play<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 19:05 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:<br>
>>> Btw, we are having this discussion in the development list, thus<br>
>>> only<br>
>>> including geeks :p<br>
>>><br>
>>> [adding iaep and marketing to cc]<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 17:54, imm <<a href="mailto:ian.m.macarthur@talktalk.net">ian.m.macarthur@talktalk.net</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 11 Jan 2009, at 15:43, Bryan Berry wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> "Sugar: A Place to Play and Learn"<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I have trouble saying this 3x quickly due to the repetition of the<br>
>>>>> "Pla"<br>
>>>>> sound. It may sound trivial but it does affect our ability to<br>
>>>>> repeat it<br>
>>>>> often and consistently<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Yes - me too, that's why I thought the "Learn and Play" form flowed<br>
>>>> better... I liked the sounds of that first form, but the concept of<br>
>>>> the second form.<br>
>>>> --<br>
>>>> imm<br>
>>>><br>
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