<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Eben Eliason <<a href="mailto:eben.eliason@gmail.com">eben.eliason@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 14:43, Tony Anderson <<a href="mailto:tony@olenepal.org">tony@olenepal.org</a>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am working on ClassroomPresenter. The primary goal is to make it possible >> to author slideshows on the XO. In addition, I am adding the capability to >> provide voice narration for the slides. This version will probably be >> renamed 'ShowNTell.activity' to reflect the use by students to make their </div>+1 to "Show 'n' Tell". That's a fantastic name for this activity.</blockquote><div> +1!!! </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Eben <div><div></div><div class="h5"> >> own slideshows to share with their friends. >> >> As far as I know, the current version of ClassroomPresenter works on the XO >> (8.2). >> >> I expect to be at LinuxTag. > > Awesome! See you soon. > > Regards, > > Tomeu > >> Tony >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:36:17 +0200 >> From: Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> >> Subject: Re: [IAEP] classroom presenter, iTalc for sugar (possible >> ports for LinuxTag Berlin showoff) >> To: David Van Assche <<a href="mailto:dvanassche@gmail.com">dvanassche@gmail.com</a>> >> Cc: iaep <<a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>>, Sugar-dev Devel >> <<a href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>> >> Message-ID: >> <<a href="mailto:242851610905280336x395f8fcbqb47488874ef6a866@mail.gmail.com">242851610905280336x395f8fcbqb47488874ef6a866@mail.gmail.com</a>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:17, David Van Assche <<a href="mailto:dvanassche@gmail.com">dvanassche@gmail.com</a>> >> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > ?? At LinuxTag Berlin, there are 3 areas that are of particular interest >>> > to >>> > me, and might be considered novelties in the way sugar can/will be >>> > presented >>> > there. From one side, I will be representing sugar packaging on the >>> > openSUSE >>> > platform, and being part of the opensuse-edu team, we will show off not >>> > only >>> > the live suse sugar cd/usb stick, but also the tight integration >>> > (including >>> > desktop launch icon) of sugar within the openSUSE 11.1 educational spin. >>> > Since kiwi-ltsp (A mature variant of LTSP 5) is quite integrated in the >>> > educational desktop, as is ejabberd, we will show off LTSP sugarised, >>> > with >>> > the approximately 50 sugar activities that have been packaged for >>> > openSUSE. >>> > Within the LTSP framework, we often use an application called iTalc, >>> > which >>> > allows for the remote administration (vnc on steroids) of desktop >>> > sessions, >>> > locking of sessions, passing around of sessions (for the classroom >>> > environment) as well as, intra station messaging (in case a particular >>> > station needs administrative help/training/support.) Right now, it runs >>> > great on the administrator machine, which doesn't need to and won't run >>> > Sugar. Basically from this view one can see screenshots of each desktop >>> > and >>> > by clicking on the desktop in question, one takes over or shares that >>> > session with that particular sugar user. There is more explanation and >>> > screenshots here: <a href="http://italc.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://italc.sourceforge.net/</a> >>> > On the client side, it would be nice for someone to study how hard it >>> > would >>> > be to port to sugar. Its not massively important since it runs from >>> > gnome, >>> > but for scenarios where sugar is the only Desktop Environment, it would >>> > be >>> > nice to have this kind of controlling mechanism for the teacher/admin. >>> > For >>> > example, the teacher could collaboratively work on one session connected >>> > to >>> > a projector, and pass that session on friom student to student, with >>> > each of >>> > them carrying out some task. I have seen it used this way under Gnome >>> > with >>> > great success, and as Sugar is collaborative by nature, it seems like a >>> > perfect fit. So any sugar porting takers? >>> > >>> > On another note, I have successfully tested the home made whiteboard >>> > option >>> > using a wiimote and infra red pens. This approach allows for the >>> > building of >>> > an interactive whiteboard for under 50 euros. Unfortunately, the best >>> > software to use for something like this is classroom presenter, >>> > originally >>> > windows software allowing one to open a powerpoint/impress presenation >>> > and >>> > then draw upon that using the infra red pen. Classroom presenter was >>> > ported >>> > to sugar at one point. <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Classroom_Presenter" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Classroom_Presenter</a> , >>> > but >>> > I'm not sure about its current status, only that it doesn't currently >>> > work. >>> > Again, it would be nice to fix this activity so we can show it off at >>> > LinuxTag and show people how to create a cheap sugarised interactive >>> > whiteboard for under 50 euros. If someone is interested in getting this >>> > activity working again for Sugar, that would be great. >> >> Maybe the activity team needs to adopt Classroom presenter? Or we >> could reactivate its original developers? >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax