On 4/17/07, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think Red Hat should put all its eggs in the OLPC basket. I don't see anything about the XO and Sugar that wouldn't solve problems right here in the south side of Providence, RI. That is, unless OLPC Just Doesn't Work, in which case it will be of no use to anyone, here or abroad.
I think there is definitely room to move towards introduction of Sugar into US schools..sure. But I think you need to make some less aggressive targets for near term successes that build inroads into US local school systems at all levels that matter: teachers, IT departments, and school boards; before can can have a constructive serious discussion about Sugar as a new an exciting forward looking technology. Less aggressive targets would include well-packaged and sustainable moodle deployments and an establishment of a teacher/open-technology development network. You get those in place and you make school systems feel comfortable working with Red Hat as a partner in developing technical solutions and you have a starting point towards focusing a larger community towards Sugar as the new interface for educational computing. -jef"The Openmind network: Where education finds open technology solutions"spaleta _______________________________________________ Fedora-education-list mailing list Fedora-education-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-education-list
