<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Cherry Withers wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Squeakland's education team would be happy to participate in this endeavor. <br>We have created content in Etoys that are self contained with not just text/content but<br>also integrated modeling and guidance for self assessment. Is there a particular format <br> that this program is looking for? <br><br>Thanks! Let us know how we may be of service. <br><br>Regards,<br>Cherry  <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Cherlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div class="im">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 13:19, Frederick Grose <<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> I intend to apply for creating digital textbook replacements. Anyone<br> >> else interested?<br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Like Cherry said, Squeakland edu team is interested. I do have some questions. Is there a special grant program you plan to apply for using the priorities in the article to have a better chance to get funding? Or will the grant program be announced later when the priorities are final? Do you plan to comment on the priorities?</div><div><br></div><div>Greetings,</div><div>Rita</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div class="im"> ><br> > How about affiliating with Sugar Labs as a Sugar Labs project?<br> <br> </div>Certainly. I have several pages on the Sugar Labs Wiki about it. This<br> is the place to start.<br> <br> <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks</a><br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> >> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912</a><br> >><br> >> U.S. Department of Education includes OER in notice of proposed<br> >> priorities for grant programs<br> >> Timothy Vollmer, August 5th, 2010<br> >><br> >> Today the U.S. Department of Education took another big step in<br> >> supporting open educational resources (OER). In the Federal Register,<br> >> the Department released a notice of proposed priorities (NPP):<br> >><br> >>    The Secretary of Education proposes priorities that the Department<br> >> of Education (Department) may use for any appropriate discretionary<br> >> grant program in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and future years … This action<br> >> will permit all offices in the Department to use, as appropriate for<br> >> particular discretionary grant programs, one or more of these<br> >> priorities in any discretionary grant competition.<br> >><br> >> The set of proposed priorities specifically mentions OER. Essentially,<br> >> if the priorities are adopted, it could mean that grant seekers who<br> >> include open educational resources as a component of an application<br> >> for funding from the Department of Education could receive priority.<br> >> OER is included in Proposed Priority 13–Improving Productivity:<br> >><br> >>    Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in<br> >> the use of time, staff, money, or other resources. Such projects may<br> >> include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of<br> >> school schedules, use of open educational resources (as defined in<br> >> this notice), or other strategies that improve results and increase<br> >> productivity.<br> >><br> >> As mentioned, the NPP includes a definition of open educational resources:<br> >><br> >>    Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and<br> >> research resources that reside in the public domain or have been<br> >> released under an intellectual property license that permits their<br> >> free use or repurposing by others.<br> >><br> >> Interested parties may submit comments to the notice of proposed<br> >> priorities until September 7, 2010. Information about how to submit a<br> >> comment is described in the notice.<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin<br> >> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.<br> >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.<br> >> <a href="http://www.earthtreasury.org/" target="_blank">http://www.earthtreasury.org/</a><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> ><br> <br> <br> <br> </div></div>--<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5">Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin<br> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.<br> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.<br> <a href="http://www.earthtreasury.org/" target="_blank">http://www.earthtreasury.org/</a><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></div></div></blockquote></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>http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</blockquote></div><br></body></html>