I also think we should have a wide definition of "Book". Include things like the CAST books that are designed for students with varying abilities and learning styles and the idea of making your own book in eToys as described in Using the XO in the Classroom by Salas Pico.<div> <br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sdenka_Salas_-_The_XO_Laptop_in_the_Classroom#.C2.A9_THE_XO_LAPTOP_IN_THE_CLASSROOM">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sdenka_Salas_-_The_XO_Laptop_in_the_Classroom#.C2.A9_THE_XO_LAPTOP_IN_THE_CLASSROOM</a><br> <div><br></div><div>Can we include a sample with the folk tale he uses? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Yama Ploskonka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yamaplos@gmail.com">yamaplos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">sorry to keep the off-topic on topic, :-), but in my experience the possibility to access stuff in English is one of the biggest calls for Sugar use, especially maybe in non-English places.<div> <div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Carlo Falciola <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfalciola@yahoo.it" target="_blank">cfalciola@yahoo.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"> Sebastian,<br> really have absolutely no issue regarding the provider.<br> Once I realized that in that site there weren't non EN titles you I just made a quick Google-search for multilingual ebooks sites.<br> <br> My point is limitated to suggesting to evaluate the opportunity to put a little sample in more that one language.<br> <div><br> ciao carlo<br> <br> --- Mar 17/11/09, Sebastian Dziallas <<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com" target="_blank">sebastian@when.com</a>> ha scritto:<br> <br> > Da: Sebastian Dziallas <<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com" target="_blank">sebastian@when.com</a>><br> </div>> Oggetto: Re: R: [SoaS] E-Books for Sugar on a Stick (Blueberry)<br> > A: "Carlo Falciola" <<a href="mailto:cfalciola@yahoo.it" target="_blank">cfalciola@yahoo.it</a>><br> > Cc: "iaep" <<a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>><br> > Data: Martedė 17 novembre 2009, 16:22<br> <div>> Yes, actually, I was maybe a bit too<br> > quick with this. :)<br> ><br> > This e-mail was supposed to be about discussing good sample<br> > titles, not<br> > about announcing anything with regard to the book provider<br> > we were<br> > using. Anyway, thanks for the link! I'll look into it...<br> ><br> > Cheers,<br> > --Sebastian<br> ><br> </div><div><div></div><div>> Carlo Falciola wrote:<br> > > I dont know (yet, Ill check soon) about quality of<br> > ePub version, but (<a href="http://manybooks.net/" target="_blank">http://manybooks.net/</a>) seems to have<br> > books from several different languages...<br> > > Maybe one out of a selection of<br> > languages would make sense...<br> > ><br> > > ciao carlo<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > --- Mar 17/11/09, Sebastian Dziallas<<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com" target="_blank">sebastian@when.com</a>><br> > ha scritto:<br> > ><br> > >> Da: Sebastian Dziallas<<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com" target="_blank">sebastian@when.com</a>><br> > >> Oggetto: [SoaS] E-Books for Sugar on a Stick<br> > (Blueberry)<br> > >> A: "SoaS"<<a href="mailto:soas@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">soas@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>>,<br> > "iaep"<<a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>><br> > >> Data: Martedė 17 novembre 2009, 15:36<br> > >> Hi all,<br> > >><br> > >> as you may know, we're going to ship some selected<br> > e-books<br> > >> in the<br> > >> Journal of the Blueberry release. For providing<br> > >> high-quality e-books<br> > >> instead of simple texts (as well as fo technical<br> > >> simplicity), we're<br> > >> going to use e-books from epubBooks<br> > (<a href="http://www.epubbooks.com" target="_blank">www.epubbooks.com</a>)!<br> > >><br> > >> Right now, I've just included Alice in Wonderland<br> > (which<br> > >> comes with nice<br> > >> images in this edition), but I encourage everybody<br> > to go<br> > >> through the<br> > >> catalog on that website and to point out<br> > favorites.<br> > >><br> > >> Thanks to Sayamindu for pointing to that site! :)<br> > >><br> > >> --Sebastian<br> > >> _______________________________________________<br> > >> SoaS mailing list<br> > >> <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br> <br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div></div>