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Powerful Ideas in Sugar Learning Platform
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| The Sugar software for the OLPC XO (and,
| with Sugar on a Stick, for almost any other
| recent computer with an x86 processor) is
| based in part on Seymour Papert's
| educational classic, Mindstorms: Children,
| Computers, and Powerful Ideas.
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| [...]
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| Another powerful idea is to replace printed
| textbooks with media and software under
| Free Licenses such as GPL (GNU Public
| License) or Creative Commons, as California
| has begun to do with PDFs of textbooks. But
| we can go further that that. We can use
| Sugar tools to create models in math and
| science. We can use the XO for data
| acquisition, using Measure and Record, the
| digital oscilloscope and camera, and we can
| use the math capabilities of Sugar software
| to analyze the data. We can help children
| explore the vast realms of art, music, and
| literature. But how do we get children to
| that level?
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http://www.olpcnews.com/software/sugar/designing_sugar_lessons.html
Showcase your free and open source projects
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| OLPC NZ (One Laptop Per Child) will be
| there to entertain children with the new XO
| laptops. There will also be a number of
| talks scheduled during the LCA2010 Open
| Day, which will introduce you to FOSS
| software. The event is free for all to
| attend.
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http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=16727
Recent:
OLPC switching to ARM, plans paper thin netbook
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| One Laptop per Child chairman Nicholas
| Negroponte told Xconomy that OLPC is
| prepping an ARM-based version 1.75 of its
| XO netbook while planning to release a
| "paper-thin" version 3.0 in 2012.
| Meanwhile, the Internet Archive is
| providing OLPC users with 1.6 million e-
| books, says the nonprofit organization.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/OLPC-175-and-3/?kc=rss
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