On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to do a bit of preaching to the choir but I thought it was worth > sharing my thoughts to see if everyone is on the same page and to see if > anyone has anything to add. > > Why Now? > > If we can get some activities ready in time for G1G1 then we could end up > with some synergy on the marketing. Teachers could use it as a way to > encourage students to ask for it for Christmas, and our tester recruiting > program could get a bunch of publicity. > > Why is it important? > > -For Sugar > > Growth in adoption will mean more activities which means we need more > testing. > Teachers are a key factor in getting adopted in the developed world, the > success of Moodle shows us that, this is a way to reach teachers > We can explicitly put in the curriculum a suggestion for students to show > Sugar to one of their old elementary school teachers. > Some high school kids are very good programmers, this could potentially be > an avenue for programmer recruitment. > Some geeky high school kids have parents who are very good programmers, this > could be another avenue for programmer recruitment > In developing the curriculum we will hopefully find other high quality > curriculum that we can reuse. This is an opportunity to find partners that > can help in marketing and future curriculum development. > > -For Students > > There is a tremendous amount that can be learned and an excellent > opportunity for authentic, situated, project based learning. Hardware and > Software, Education Theory, Understanding the differences in education world > wide > It is an opportunity to bridge the gender gap that currently exists in the > US. More girls tend to be interested in Community Service and more boys in > computers. > > Anything to add/subtract?
I don't have much to add, but I think it's a fantastic idea. Sugar is not getting enough testing, because, unlike other open source projects, his developer and user base are different (and mostly disconnected). Also testing is often a good way to make your first steps inside a project and then contribute to the development. Marco _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
