[OLPC library] Curly Logo / OLPC

Samuel Härgestam samuel.hargestam at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 04:39:11 EST 2007


Of course. It has had a presence on
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Electronic_textbook_projects for over a year, but
it doesn't seem like that page is very active anymore. I've added a link on
the Publications page as well now.

On Nov 29, 2007 8:18 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2007 1:01 PM, Samuel Härgestam <samuel.hargestam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > This might be a good time to inform/remind potentially interested
> parties
> > about the Logo tutorial I wrote for OLPC about a year ago
> > (http://www.israelsson.org/~lethe/logobook/0.5.2/<http://www.israelsson.org/%7Elethe/logobook/0.5.2/>).
>
> Would you be willing to create a section for it on the OLPC
> Publications page on the Wiki?
>
> > At that time, I thought
> > the version of Logo to be shipped with OLPC would be Arnan (Roger)
> > Sipitakiat's version, but that doesn't seem very likely anymore. In any
> > case, I'd prefer to use a javascript interpreter, as it could be
> integrated
> > directly into the tutorial. I was getting worried I would have to write
> one
> > myself, but David's seems to fit the bill perfectly.
> >
> > David, do you have a spec for the dialect of Logo you're using, so that
> we
> > could sync? Would you (or anyone else) be interested in trying to
> integrate
> > the tutorial more tightly with the interpreter, to make the learning
> curve
> > for these kids as smooth as possible? If so, please send me an email. I
> > would love to do it myself, but right now I'm extremely busy at work
> (it's a
> > startup) and have almost no spare time at all.
> >
> > Best,
> > Samuel
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2007 7:54 PM, Julius B. Lucks <julius at younglucks.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > >
> > > I am cc'ing the games and library lists to put you in contact with
> other
> > OLPC developers. SJ Klein asks what license Curly Logo is available
> under,
> > and if you have not chosen a license, would you consider a free license.
> > >
> > >
> > > You can sign up for the OLPC developers program to have access to a
> > machine at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_program , although I am
> not
> > sure of the availability at the moment - someone from the list would
> know
> > more than I do on this point.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Unicode ability is very nice as one of the strong focuses for OLPC
> > activities is internationalization.
> > >
> > >
> > > Does someone on the list have a checklist of what David can do to
> package
> > Curly Logo for the XO?  Should it be made into an activity, or be a part
> of
> > the library?  If the latter, how do we handle internationalization?
> > >
> > >
> > > If you decide to go through with this, OLPC can give you code hosting
> for
> > the project as well.
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope this helps, and please email the list with further questions.
> (You
> > may have to join the lists, which you can do at
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mailing_lists)
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > >
> > > Julius
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Please Reply to My Permanent Address: julius at younglucks.com
> > > http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks
> > >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:42 PM, David Jones wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I would be very interested indeed in pursuing Curly Logo on OLPC.   I
> was
> > thinking of getting an OLPC for exactly this purpose.  Do you know how
> to go
> > about this?  Random observation: Curly Logo uses Unicode throughout
> (thanks
> > to JavaScript) so it's already possible to define your own procedures
> with
> > names in Thai, Chinese, or whatever.   I sometimes define a triangle
> drawing
> > routine called ∆.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just knowing that it works on OLPC is a very good result (Gecko
> rules!).
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >  drj
> > >
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