[FM Discuss] Go and chess books for Sugar

[Seth Woodworth]

That's not what I'm saying. I'm suggesting that we plan out the chess
book(s) better than the OLPC book.  Let's get a really strong idea
what the flow of the final manual would consist of.  Too much time was
spent in post-production to produce a workable manual last time
around.

--S

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:40 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 18:37 -0500, Seth Woodworth wrote:
>> How hard would it be for the manuals to be single-sourced somehow?
>> GNUchess chapters and XO-Chess specific chapters?
>
> easy....just like the g1g1 manual is a remix....we could break down the
> play to an icon set, and then have specific chapters on the software
>
>>
>> Ed, you have the best idea of the content.  I'll install gnuchess on
>> my non-sugar XO (DWM on debian) and I'll play a bit.
>>
>> --Seth
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have just written to the American Go Federation and the US Chess
>> > Federation proposing books on Go and Chess for the OLPC XO, to bring
>> > these games to many millions of children in dozens of countries. AGF
>> > is excited about the idea, and we have started the discussion about
>> > how, what, and when. I am waiting to hear from USCF.
>> >
>> > We are proposing book sprints on well-understood topics beginning with
>> > teaching the rules of the game, and continuing through all of the
>> > elementary stages, such as capturing, openings, very elementary
>> > strategy and tactics, basic endgame play, and so on. Each game has
>> > topics that do not apply to the other, such as handicap play in Go and
>> > checkmate and drawing rules in chess. Adam and I are excited about
>> > sitting down with experts on teaching these games for a week at a
>> > time, and about working out how to integrate Sugar software into
>> > interactive tutorials.
>> >
>> > This is what we call a low floor, high ceiling opportunity, where we
>> > can make it extremely easy for schoolchildren to get started, and show
>> > them how to continue as far as their talent and desire will take them
>> > toward master and grandmaster play.
>> >
>> >
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