Great Walter for the analogy..."the desire to explore for the unknown"...
2015-07-16 11:41 GMT-04:00 Walter Bender <[email protected]>: > == Sugar Digest == > > 1. I gave a talk at Aldea Digital [1] -- a two-week long public event > in Mexico DF that is sponsored by the Carlos Slim Foundation -- at the > same time that the New Horizons space probe was passing the orbit of > Pluto. The path to Pluto was anything but straight. NASA utilized > multiple gravitational slingshots to accelerate the spacecraft, and > direct and redirect its path. E.g., New Horizons approached Jupiter > not to visit Jupiter, but to use the planet’s speed around the sun to > increase the spacecraft's velocity (relative to the sun). I used the > occasion to make an analogy to Sugar: we have built a FOSS platform > that we intend as intellectual slingshots. Our goal is not to simply > immerse the student in learning a particular language or toolkit or > achieve a particular curriculum goal, but to use the immersion as a > means to stimulate them to pursue their own goals and ambitions. > > New Horizons, regardless of the success of its science mission, has > already succeeded in tapping into a very human trait, the desire to > explore the unknown and reach to new heights, hopefully enthusing the > next generation of children to push even further. It is my hope that > Sugar, in its small way, taps into the same human trait, also > enthusing the next generation of children to push their limits. > > 2. Another Turtle workshop, also at Aldea Digital. I did an impromptu > Turtle workshop here last year, using Sugar on a Stick to boot a bunch > of Windows computers into Sugar. This year I used the web version of > Turtle Blocks. The kids did fun projects and I am hoping because it is > web based there may be some follow up this time. Carla Gomez Monroy > (and her son Ian) joined me at the workshop, which made it extra fun. > > === In the community === > > 3. Call for papers for the special issue of RED (Journal of Distance > Education):"Skills for coding and pre-coding": > * Deadline for submitting manuscripts: 31 July 2015 > * Estimated Publishing Date: 15 September 2015. > Publishing standards and guidelines for authors can be found at [2]. > > Llamada a contribuciones para el número especial de RED (Revista de > Educación a Distancia): "Competencias para la codificación y la > precodificación": > * Fecha límite para enviar manuscritos: 31deJuliode 2015 > * Fecha estimada para la publicación: 15 de Septiembre de 2015. > Normas de publicación y pautas para los autores [2]. > > === Tech Talk === > > 4. Please help Martin and the Developer Team test Sugar 106 [3]. Your > feedback is important to us. > > === Sugar Labs === > > 5. Please visit our planet [4]. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > [1] http://www.aldeadigitalmx.com > [2] http://www.um.es/ead/red/normasRED.htm#_Toc324610817 > [3] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.106/Testing > [4] http://planet.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > Lista olpc-Sur > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur >
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