Hi James,<br><br>I definitely agree on this idea !, given how DS light interface/activities captured everybody's interest young and old. If we can emulate this and apply in XO that would be interesting. Is there anybody here already started to explore this ? Jerome? :)<br>
<br>or James have you? :)<br><br>Let's explore more about this.<br><br>Cheers,<br>~mafe<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:48 AM, James Shields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@marasbaras.com">james@marasbaras.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I think it would be a very good idea to watch what the eductional DS people<br>
do. They are going to have to be very clever to deliver content with those<br>
devices.<br>
<br>
We have the luxury of a machine that's more powerful, easier with which to<br>
interact, and more durable.<br>
<br>
Take what ideas we can from what they do and apply it to the XO/Sugar<br>
platform. These companies have a lot of smart, well-educated, and<br>
well-funded people working for them. We may as well use them to whatever<br>
advantage we can to help deliver content to the kids.<br>
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James Shields<br>
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Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] Different approaches, Same goals<br>
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM, <<a href="mailto:ideasman88@yahoo.com.au">ideasman88@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
> I don't know what James was thinking when he said he wanted to use the DS<br>
> for his kitchen. I assume its because of its versatility in functionality<br>
> that it can be used for a lot of things from playing games to use by kids<br>
> for their school work to using it in the kitchen. (James what were you<br>
> thinking really? I hope not to fry an egg! Or can it do this?).<br>
<br>
In Japan, the DS has reached pervasiveness that its no longer<br>
considered a game console, hence the software library even includes<br>
interactive cookbooks, yoga/pilates guides, interactive storybooks,<br>
english language proficiency training, etc. some of which I actually<br>
imported from Japan to use, and even bought some interactive<br>
storybooks for my daughter.<br>
<br>
My interest here is mainly on the use of a commercial device that has<br>
a radical approach to an interface, not to mention has at least 5<br>
times less the power of a typical XO-1 machine but has similar network<br>
capabilities. We should also take note that Japan is not a target<br>
market of OLPC for the XO-1, but still has needs to provide a better<br>
way to deliver education hence there is a commercial entity that<br>
recognizes the need for them to do so.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jerome G.<br>
<br>
Pinoy Tech Podcast: <a href="http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com" target="_blank">http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com</a><br>
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