Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-08 Thread Caryl Bigenho
@lists.sugarlabs.org; kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards Sugar Labs Friends, I didn't see your proposal, but I suspect from looking at the winners, connecting to communities on the ground, who are grassroots organizations is more their focus

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-08 Thread Brooks, Kevin
@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; kevin.bro...@ndsu.edumailto:kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards Sugar Labs Friends, I didn't see your proposal, but I suspect from looking at the winners, connecting to communities on the ground, who are grassroots organizations

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-07 Thread Sandra Thaxter
...@ndsu.edu Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: Hi Kevin, thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web site. Did you get any feedback

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Brooks, Kevin
We submitted a Google Rise proposal last year, but were not funded. The competition does seem like a good fit for Sugar Camps, after school programs, etc., especially if working with populations underrepresented in the CS world.

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: Hi Kevin, thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web site. Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because similarly to you it's my impression that

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: Hi Kevin, thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web site. Did you get any feedback as to

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: Hi Kevin, thanks a lot for

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Brooks, Kevin
Chris and Walter, Google said it got so many applications it could not provide feedback. The winners had great proposals, so I just think the competition is stiff. Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code; probably same problem. We might need to strengthen the computational thinking

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Kevin, maybe doing something around C Scott's XO Bot / XOrduino / XO Stick projects ( http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html ) in combination with Turtle Art / Scratch programming or collaborating with the butia folks from Uruguay could be a way to emphasize the computational thinking aspects?

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Bastien bastien.gue...@free.fr wrote: Hi Walter, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com writes: We were part of GSoC for several years, but two years ago, we were told that we didn't have enough projects listed on our GSoC webpage. I don't know the rationale

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Sascha Silbe
Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com writes: Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because similarly to you it's my impression that Sugar-related activities should fit in quite well with RISE's scope... You'd think Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code as

Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards

2012-08-03 Thread Caryl Bigenho
...@ndsu.edu Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com writes: Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because similarly to you it's my impression that Sugar-related activities should fit in quite well with RISE's scope... You'd think

[IAEP] Google RISE Awards

2011-09-02 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Hi all, via Twitter I just stumbled across a new Google program called RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards where organizations can apply for up to $10,000 / €10,000 for projects promoting and supporting STEM and CS education initiatives. The application period in Europe has