Good to hear what others have to say .. here is my own reflection: I worked with Sugar till today as I have personally tested it with children from the gifted to the developmentally delay; and made many video-recordings of children using it over the years under many different circumstances. It works - Sugar simplicity and flexibility makes it my best choice as a clinical or educational tools, to help children be empowered in their learning.
T.K Kang >-----Original Message----- >From: Walter Bender [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 07:28 AM >To: 'Dave Crossland' >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar? > >On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> In thread "A Better Idea..." on 5 June 2016 at 16:41, Sean DALY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps trying to thrash out texts is not the best approach - maybe we >>> should start with why we the volunteers are convinced about Sugar, and >>> think about distilling our Vision from that. >>> >> >> I like this suggestion! >> >> I request that everyone subscribed to this list reply to this thread with >> a short message about why they are convinced about Sugar. >> >> I'll go first :) >> >> I am convinced about Sugar because I believe learning through >> self-discovery is a powerful way for young people to become good people, >> good citizens, and to find some particular talents to develop to the >> maximum; and I believe Sugar is software that encourages such learning. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >See [1 and 2]. > >But to gist: > >At Sugar Labs we make a collection of Free/Libre Software tools that >learners use to *explore*, *discover*, *create*, and *reflect*. We >distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them, >taking ownership and responsibility for their learning. > >To me, one important goal at Sugar Labs is to have our user community >engage in the development process. Towards this end, we have provided >scaffolding to support our users in their exploration of the tools >themselves and how the tools are built. This has not been just an >intellectual exercise. We design for end-user contributions, and we have >seen learners taking ownership and the responsibility that comes with >ownership. Sugar users, even when they don’t made contributions to the >code, are active learners, who are immersed in a culture where they are >encouraged to create as well as consume. > > >[1] >http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/docs/Learning-to-Change-the-World-Chapter-4.pdf >[2] >http://sites.ed.gov/oese/2016/04/open-discussion-on-the-role-of-education-technologies-in-early-childhood-stem-education/ > >-- >Walter Bender >Sugar Labs >http://www.sugarlabs.org ><http://www.sugarlabs.org> > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
