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==Sugar Digest==
==Sugar Digest==
1. A few weeks ago, when I was being hosted by Stephen Jacobs at RIT, we had an opportunity to visit the [http://www.museumofplay.org Museum of Play] in Rochester. I got a behind-the-scenes lok at their collection, which includes a vast collection of computer games and learning materials. I offered to send them the original OLPC XO laptop (I have one of the two engineering prototypes) for their collection.)
1. A few weeks ago, when I was being hosted by Stephen Jacobs at RIT, we had an opportunity to visit the [http://www.museumofplay.org Museum of Play] in Rochester. I got a behind-the-scenes look at their collection, which includes a vast collection of computer games and learning materials. I offered to send them the original OLPC XO laptop (I have one of the two engineering prototypes) for their collection.)
One of the nice things as you walk through the museum is that on almost every wall is a quote about play. They have a nice [http://www.museumofplay.org/about_play/quotes.html collection of quotes] on line as well. I read them a favorite quote from Marvin Minsky, which seemed to resonate with them:
One of the nice things as you walk through the museum is that on almost every wall is a quote about play. They have a nice [http://www.museumofplay.org/about_play/quotes.html collection of quotes] on line as well. I read them a favorite quote from Marvin Minsky, which seemed to resonate with them:
We talked about how we might engage them in some informal learning activities using Sugar.
We talked about how we might engage them in some informal learning activities using Sugar.
I had written an NSF grant a while bacK: "Adding depth to and building community within informal education", which was rejected, but is worth pursing nonetheless.
I had written an NSF grant a while back: "Adding depth to and building community within informal education", which was rejected, but is worth pursing nonetheless.
I'd proposed to explore how children's activities at informal learning venues can be extended by providing learners with inexpensive, ubiquitous access to learning software (Sugar on a Stick). By designing, developing, and testing a proof of concept that combines informal learning activities with in-depth follow up at home or in the classroom we still hope to demonstrate a learning ecology that "increases public interest in, understanding of, and engagement with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics."
I'd proposed to explore how children's activities at informal learning venues can be extended by providing learners with inexpensive, ubiquitous access to learning software (Sugar on a Stick). By designing, developing, and testing a proof of concept that combines informal learning activities with in-depth follow up at home or in the classroom we still hope to demonstrate a learning ecology that "increases public interest in, understanding of, and engagement with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics."
5. We are very close to having the final production builds of Fedora 11/Sugar 0.84 available for both the OLPC XO-1 and OLPC XO-1.5 machines. Many 0.88 patches have been backported, making this version of Sugar quite robust.
5. We are very close to having the final production builds of Fedora 11/Sugar 0.84 available for both the OLPC XO-1 and OLPC XO-1.5 machines. Many 0.88 patches have been backported, making this version of Sugar quite robust.
6. With help from Reuben Caron, Paul Fox, Bernie Innocenti, and Chris Ball, I managed to add a new control panel section for switching between the cpacitive and resistive touchpads on the OLPC XO-1 CL1 hardware. The motivation for this work is to give the children who have been struggling with the jumpy capacitive touchpad on the first-generation XO-1 hardware access to the stylus. We'll be testing the patch in Peru, Paraguay, and Nigeria.
6. With help from Reuben Caron, Paul Fox, Bernie Innocenti, and Chris Ball, I managed to add a new control panel section for switching between the capacitive and resistive touchpads on the OLPC XO-1 CL1 hardware. The motivation for this work is to give the children who have been struggling with the jumpy capacitive touchpad on the first-generation XO-1 hardware access to the stylus. We'll be testing the patch in Peru, Paraguay, and Nigeria.
===Sugar Labs===
===Sugar Labs===