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=whoami=
I am a teacher that believes most schools are teaching 19th century skills in a 21st century world.Sugar, and similar projects can help reverse that sorry state of affairs.  
I am a teacher that believes most schools are teaching 19th century skills in a 21st century world.Sugar, and similar projects can help reverse that sorry state of affairs.  
=scope and info=
=scope and info=
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==general==
==general==
*sometimes after installing a new .xo users will not see it in the 'ring'
**fix is to restart Sugar... :(
*users are not notified of new .xo versions
*no easy way to report a bug as anonymous
*no easy way to report a bug as anonymous
**In fact, it takes 16 clicks(knowing what you are doing!) to post a bug to the tracker
*arrow keys and delete key in emulator do not work in (many,Write) activity
*arrow keys and delete key in emulator do not work in (many,Write) activity
*NO OBVIOUS save/commit button or hot key (UI makes no change to indicate save has happened)
*NO OBVIOUS save/commit button or hot key (UI makes no change to indicate save has happened)
*no mouse control or button to activate frames or home view (ctrl +shift doesn't allow for use of Sugar hot keys)
*no mouse control or button to activate frames or home view (ctrl +shift doesn't allow for use of Sugar hot keys)
*ctrl + shift in emulator is a real pain
*ctrl + shift in emulator is a real pain
*-pippy doesn't load examples
*-no indication in the UI that a save has taken place
*-no indication in the UI that a save has taken place
*-copy and paste out of the emulator does not work
*-copy and paste out of the emulator does not work
*-can't name chats
*-can't name chats
==sharing==
==sharing==
*-no indication in the UI to let me know if someone is sharing/editing with me (?)
*-no indication in the UI to let me know if someone is sharing/editing with me (?)
**I want to find a way to 'play' with others in the neighborhood
*-announcements to neighborhood to indicate 'let's play/work together'
*-announcements to neighborhood to indicate 'let's play/work together'
*-control over edits to shared docs?
*-control over edits to shared docs?
*my shared documents are not 'connected to me' in the neighborhood view
*my shared documents are not 'connected to me' in the neighborhood view
==activities
===wish===
*That every open source developer make more screencasts
*Something like http://www.clubpenguin.com/ for sharing learning activities where kids could play each other's games, interact, code... :)
*list of public or portal jabber sites that are using Sugar for collaboration among schools...
 
==activities==
===write===
*new icons don't say much about their functionality
===labyrinth===
===labyrinth===
*re name to 'map my ideas'?
*re name to 'map my ideas'?
*linking is awkward
*linking is awkward
*save save as html for publishing
*save save as image? how?where?
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xzjchQ1pUk
 
===Pippy===
===Pippy===
*Pippy doesn't load examples
*Pippy doesn't load examples
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*No easy way to edit robot text or speech
*No easy way to edit robot text or speech
===Turtle ARt===
===Turtle ARt===
where does HTML from TA get saved?
where does HTML from TA get saved? v67 no joy
: supposed to be in the journal but it doesn't appear to work
: supposed to be in the journal but it doesn't appear to work
:need to figure out templates(?)
:need to figure out templates(?)
===map===
*Doesn't work very well in emulator mode


==don't work at all==
==don't work at all==
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==tags==
==tags==
sugar linux olpc education screencast collaboration ubuntu jhbuild speak pippy neigborhood open_source computer computing learning programming python squeak logs python mindmap
sugar linux olpc education screencast collaboration ubuntu jhbuild speak pippy neighborhood open_source computer computing learning programming python squeak logs python mindmap drawing teaching free sharing networking recordmydesktop think learn read explore guided_instruction


==links==
==links==
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==pages I watch==
==pages I watch==
[[16Sep9 Presentation of Sugar to Gnocode in New Orleans]]
[[Sugar Perspective]]
[[Sugar Perspective]]