Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fun-Sized Sugar… Why Not?
Caryl, I am really intrigued by this idea, and am interested in participating in the project. I would encourage that you add Turtle Blocks to the scope of work. Thanks. Gerald On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi Folks… First I would like to state that I fully support the maintenance and expansion of Sugar for the XO family and believe that should be one of the main goals of Sugar Labs as we move into the future. That said, I want to speak out in favor of developing a different version of Sugar that could be distributed worldwide, either (1) to the many Android tablets and phones that are or will be in the hands of children and teachers, in the form of an app available free at the PlayStore or, (2) on its own new website where students could create projects., much like that of Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=getStarted). My reasons for advocating this approach are several, including such things as: The large number of devices already in use that could utilize Sugar in this way The large number of new users that could be continuously added (unlike for the XO) There are probably any more people are able to create and work in HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript than can program Sugar Activities in Python. Of course, this would necessitate starting most of these from scratch, but the project could be started with a small set of key Activities that would allow users to have the Sugar experience and begin using it for Project Based Learning. I have put together a small mind-map (attached) showing what this might include for starters. There would be a set of resource Activities (such as the 4 shown on the map) and a set of creating Activities (like the 4 on the map) that would use some or all of the resource Activities to create curriculum based projects. As time goes on, more Activities could be added to updates. Recruiting for this project could reach out to new volunteers at places like SCaLE and Linux Users Groups. I would love to help work with a small team to recruit and organize this effort. I am just a beginner at HTML, but understand a lot about Sugar and how to use it for learning. Caryl ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Digest 2013-11-12
==Sugar Digest== 1. I've been busy pulling together tasks for Google Code In [1] (with help from Gonzalo, Sebastian, Laura, and Daniel). Sugar Labs already has 153 tasks in the system so far, many of them culled from the bug tracker (I mostly focused on enhancements to begin with.) We can continue to add new tasks as the contest proceeds, so do be shy about suggesting things. Also, please, we need more mentors. Please contact me if you have any questions. Once more, I also encourage you to solicit contestants from our user community. Last year, we had great contributions from the Uruguay deployment. I am hoping we are also able to reach other deployments this year. 6. Finally released Turtle Blocks 193. I has Marion Zepf's Python Export feature[2] (tip of the hat to Alan Aguiar and Martin Abente who helped with some of the debugging). It is really fun. Create a Turtle Art project, export it as Python, then open it in Pippy, the Sugar Python editor. Alas, there is a bug in Pippy -- that I am chasing down -- that prevents it from exporting Python to Sugar activities. But once that is fixed, you'll be able to author Sugar activities in Turtle Art!!! Thanks too to Tony Forster, who helped me clean up the calibration for XO 1.75 and XO 4 sensor input. === In the community === 3. There will be a Sugar/Turtle Art Day at UWCSEA [3] on November 15. 4. olpc BaseCamp @ Malacca 2013 [4] is being held from November 16 - 18. On the 16th, we'll run a Turtle Art Day in parallel. === Tech Talk === 5. Gonzalo updated the Feature pages in the wiki [5]. We are actively soliciting features for Sugar 102. Please send email to sugar-devel with your suggestions/plans. === Sugar Labs === 6. Please visit our planet [6]. [1] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2013 [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2013/Turtle_Blocks_Python_export_project [3] https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg [4] http://olpcbasecamp.blogspot.com/ [5] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features [6] http://planet.sugarlabs.org -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Free MOOC To Learn How To Make Android Apps
Hi Folks... Lately we have been discussing the possibility of doing something with Sugar on Android (or in a browser). If you are interested in learning to develop apps for Android…. here is a chance to do it! University of Illinois is offering a free MOOC about creating Android apps. You can also get a verified certificate by paying $49 and submitting ID materials for verification for all work submitted. The class begins on December 2. Here is a link to info about the class: https://www.coursera.org/course/androidapps101 Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
