<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</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;"> Sounds like you guys are on the right track.<br><br>What I want is a movie that is fun, short and upbeat and makes people see we have tons and tons of books for kids.<br></blockquote><div><br>To make it fun, throw a soundtrack of something instrumental and colorful. <a href="http://ccmixter.org">http://ccmixter.org</a> is a good place to look for CC tracks, loops, beats, etc. I used Audacity to layer up a couple of loops and beats for a looping soundtrack for the Photo DVD. <a href="http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/569-olpc-photo-dvd">http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/569-olpc-photo-dvd</a> <br> <br>Here's something that a group of students in Jamaica did. Notice the background music. Its simple, but catchy! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmT-B-nibI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmT-B-nibI</a><br> <br>cheers,<br>Sameer<br><br>-- <br>Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>San Francisco State University<br>San Francisco CA 94132 USA<br><a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a><br> <a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/</a><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>I'm not an expert on childrens lit, go for books that look like fun or you have heard of. Don't seek out controversy, but don't sweat Wizard of Oz and such. Areas that want to exercise that level of censorship are unlikely to be early adopters of Sugar. If you really want opinions, you can ask on IAEP.<br> <br>Thanks!<br><font color="#888888">Caroline</font><div class="im"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Bastien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bastienguerry@googlemail.com" target="_blank">bastienguerry@googlemail.com</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;"> Hi Caroline,<br> <div><br> Caroline Meeks <<a href="mailto:solutiongrove@gmail.com" target="_blank">solutiongrove@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br> <br> > Can we get one with childrens books demoed?<br> <br> </div>Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg?<br> <div><br> > I think also skip the downloading<br> > from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how to do<br> > that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity.<br> <br> </div>Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the<br> download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc.<br> <div><br> > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting!!!! Were you<br> > going to join the shared activity?<br> <br> </div>That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations<br> on the book.<br> <div><br> > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work together to<br> > create a video with some music and such?<br> <br> </div>I'd be glad, sure!<br> <br> Thanks for the feedback,<br> <br> --<br> <font color="#888888"> Bastien<br> </font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> Sugar-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br>