happy christmahannukwaanza

Still getting lots of interesting email from people in various parts of the world about the TED video.

Also getting inquieries about BreakDancer -- this one from a student in Linda Rodrigues' hs class in california:

hi Mr. eglash how are you
i am in Mrs. Rodrigus's class and i got the website but when need to create the frames
how we do that..................i clicked on the software button on the left side of the screen...........but nothing comes...............it just says loading but really doesn't do anything can you tell me about that please
thanks a lot

Will need to get that online community created ASAP, so the students can start helping eachother out rather than emailing me...

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data from calif and VA; eval proposal; Evie proposal

Have not blogged in a while, various updates: received thank-you letters from AfAm high school kids in Richmond VA; lots of good data there on what they liked about the cornrows site. Made copies and sent to Chance Lewis. Same for Breakdancer--pre/post tests from Linda Rodrigues (math teacher at Logan high School in Union City CA, bless her heart)--copies sent to Chance. Tiffany and I have also worked with Chance on a proposal for supplementary funding for enhancing our evaluation (at the NSF's suggestion). Chance did a nice write-up and hopefully will submit this week.

Finally Evie sent us a fanstastic proposal for her new interface for the breakdancer tool. It is not only great for breakdancer but also gives a model for how every tool could be advanced: a general version that allows custom programming for advanced users, and a more specific, user-friendly version for beginners.

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