Talk:Educators

• Is this an OLPC-maintained page? Then kindly put under it that category.
• Thank you. Then as to "playing" the content, would you have specifications, like what browser to expect and the plugins? We have to know this because of the limited resources we have in the machine. Somewhere it was already said that Java will not be there, so will there be any SCORM adaptation for OLPC? - User:Raffy

There are several pages on the Wiki that describe the Software specification which you can find by searching.

Clarity

It is interesting that User:Sj/Log/Cards and outreach has notes about designing cards that will have a printed link that if entered into a web browser redirects to this page. If those cards are produced and distributed then it is important that this page becomes an OLPC maintained page with high-quality content before distribution of the cards takes place so that the chance to make a good first impression is not wasted; otherwise good chances to gather in content could be prejudiced.

The content needs to be clear and provide adequate information for someone accessing the page after receiving one of the cards to be able to act to benefit the OLPC project without needing to spend a lot of time trying to find out such things as how to make contact.

Maybe this is not the best page to which the cards should point. Maybe there needs to be a page especially for the purpose such as Sharing your content with the OLPC project or something like that. -- added by User:81.158.208.78

English?

I don't quite understand why the Algebra book will be written in English; is this so it can be more easily translated into the native languages of the students? I am asking this because of two paragraphs in article I read on money.cnn.com (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391805/index.htm):

"Muammar Qaddafi plans to give one to every schoolchild in Libya. Shimon Peres hopes to do something similar for Palestinian kids in the West Bank.

Negroponte has also seduced

I hope that is not the word they, meant. --Mokurai 05:15, 5 November 2006 (EST)

the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria and - until the recent coup - Thailand with his vision. Each says he wants at least a million for his country's children. And serious talks are underway with Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam and others."

Only Nigeria perhaps counts as a country where English is widely spoken.

I sincerely don't mean to be negative at all, but surely it can't be the case that you are requiring each student to learn English, even a very simple variant of it, before they can learn Algebra.

69.12.133.6 23:49, 2 November 2006 (EST)Fred LaForge

I would suggest that one important reason why the texbook is being written in English because that is the only language that the potential authors share. It makes no sense to think of writing it in Arabic first (even if Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khowarizmi wrote the first algebra book, Kitab al-jabr w'al-muqabali, in Arabic) and then translate to English, Hebrew, and other languages from there. It would make sense to have an illustrative page from al-Khowarizmi in the new book, though. --Mokurai 05:15, 5 November 2006 (EST)