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− | *How about some outreach to a group committed to produce curriculum materials for grades 4 to 12 using Python and E-toys for use in South Africa? They are funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation (Ubuntu money and major commitment to open everything). | + | *How about some outreach to a group committed to produce curriculum materials for grades 4 to 12 using Python and E-toys for use in South Africa? They are funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation (Ubuntu money and major commitment to open everything—being phased out, unfortunately). |
| **http://www.kusasa.org | | **http://www.kusasa.org |
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| **http://online.cctt.org/ | | **http://online.cctt.org/ |
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− | *I also came across this rather remarkable compilation of web-pages that have posted lesson plans. The lesson plans may not all be Constructionist gems, but the people that created them and posted them to the WWW are certainly the type of educators that the olpc effort needs to engage. | + | *I also came across this rather remarkable compilation of web-pages that have posted lesson plans. The lesson plans may not all be Constructionist gems, but the people that created them and posted them to the WWW are certainly the type of educators that the OLPC effort needs to engage. |
| **http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/lessons.html | | **http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/lessons.html |
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| * http://rupert.id.au/schoolgamemaker/ | | * http://rupert.id.au/schoolgamemaker/ |
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| + | Some papers by Alan Kay |
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| + | * http://www.vpri.org/pdf/OLPCCountries_RN-2007-006-a.pdf |
| + | * http://www.vpri.org/pdf/etoys_n_authoring.pdf |
| + | * http://www.vpri.org/pdf/etoys_n_learning.pdf |
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| * http://www.springerlink.com/content/kl44571021758m33/ | | * http://www.springerlink.com/content/kl44571021758m33/ |
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− | Open source 2D physics engine Box2D: | + | Open source 2D physics engine Box2D |
| * http://box2d.org | | * http://box2d.org |
− | and the Physics activity (and the Elements/pybox2d development being done in its branch): | + | and the Physics activity (and the Elements/pybox2d development being done in its branch) |
| * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Physics_%28activity%29 | | * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Physics_%28activity%29 |
| * http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=activities/physics | | * http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=activities/physics |