Squeakland's education team would be happy to participate in this endeavor. We have created content in Etoys that are self contained with not just text/content but also integrated modeling and guidance for self assessment. Is there a particular format that this program is looking for? Thanks! Let us know how we may be of service. Regards, Cherry <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 13:19, Frederick Grose <<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> I intend to apply for creating digital textbook replacements. Anyone >> else interested? > > How about affiliating with Sugar Labs as a Sugar Labs project? </div>Certainly. I have several pages on the Sugar Labs Wiki about it. This is the place to start. <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks</a> <div><div></div><div class="h5"> >> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912</a> >> >> U.S. Department of Education includes OER in notice of proposed >> priorities for grant programs >> Timothy Vollmer, August 5th, 2010 >> >> Today the U.S. Department of Education took another big step in >> supporting open educational resources (OER). In the Federal Register, >> the Department released a notice of proposed priorities (NPP): >> >> The Secretary of Education proposes priorities that the Department >> of Education (Department) may use for any appropriate discretionary >> grant program in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and future years … This action >> will permit all offices in the Department to use, as appropriate for >> particular discretionary grant programs, one or more of these >> priorities in any discretionary grant competition. >> >> The set of proposed priorities specifically mentions OER. Essentially, >> if the priorities are adopted, it could mean that grant seekers who >> include open educational resources as a component of an application >> for funding from the Department of Education could receive priority. >> OER is included in Proposed Priority 13–Improving Productivity: >> >> Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in >> the use of time, staff, money, or other resources. Such projects may >> include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of >> school schedules, use of open educational resources (as defined in >> this notice), or other strategies that improve results and increase >> productivity. >> >> As mentioned, the NPP includes a definition of open educational resources: >> >> Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and >> research resources that reside in the public domain or have been >> released under an intellectual property license that permits their >> free use or repurposing by others. >> >> Interested parties may submit comments to the notice of proposed >> priorities until September 7, 2010. Information about how to submit a >> comment is described in the notice. >> >> -- >> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin >> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. >> <a href="http://www.earthtreasury.org/" target="_blank">http://www.earthtreasury.org/</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>-- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. <a href="http://www.earthtreasury.org/" target="_blank">http://www.earthtreasury.org/</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>