Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugarizer dev platform is now open

[Walter Bender]

I don't understand what is your model for maintaining activities. It seems
everything is on one big repo and that you have scattershot changes in
various activities, which are not sent to the upstream masters. How can
make a PR to give you the latest Turtle Blocks bits without having to sort
through your commit history to find all of your changes? Seems to put an
extra burden on activity authors. What am I not understanding? Is there any
documentation as to how you want activity authors to keep in sync with
Sugarizer changes?

-walter

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Lionel Laské 
wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Currently, Sugarizer is released about one time by year.
>
> I know that it's slow but it take us lot of time to test and package new
> features and activities on all supported platforms.
>
>
>
> To give you  a faster view of change in Sugarizer, I've decided to open a
> new server dedicated to the development branch.
>
>
>
> So, the branch "master" [1] is now the stable and ready-to-production
> version and could be tested on http://try.sugarizer.org
>
> And the branch "dev" [2] is now the development version (*) - and
> potentially unstable - and could be tested on the new
> http://dev.sugarizer.org
>
>
>
> If you're curious you could discover today on the dev branch: the great
> ColorMyWorld activity from Charles Cossé and the nice port of XOEditor,
> Reflection and Abacus activities by the GCI student Euan Ong.
>
>
>
> Sugarizer is growing every day: stay in touch !
>
>
>
> Best regards from France.
>
>
>
>   Lionel.
>
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/tree/master
>
> [2] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/tree/dev
>
> (*) So if you're a developer and want to contribute to Sugarizer, send
> your PR to the dev branch
>
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>


-- 
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Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Lennox Island students learn digital animation

[Samson Goddy]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Sebastian Silva 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed this post on Sugar Planet this morning... does anyone know what
> software they are using? Sugar+Scratch?
>
I think that OLPC NL3 comes with a default interface of Ubuntu 16.04, and
Scratch is kinda available for Ubuntu alone. Also i think Scratch is no
longer supported in Sugar Labs because it is not available
activities.sugarlabs.org.

> Thanks!
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: Lennox Island students learn digital animation
> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:24:29 GMT
> From: Diriana Teran <>
>
> Pilot project provides laptops, training
>
> Eric McCarthy newsr...@journalpioneer.com
> Published on March 7, 2017
>
> John J. Sark Memorial School students give a demonstration of the digital
> animation skills they acquired using laptops donated to them by Princes
> Charities Canada and One Laptop Per Child Canada.
>
> [image: PI-AXX-2017-Princes-Charities.jpg]
>
> *LENNOX ISLAND – Carson Thomas thinks he will be better equipped going
> forward in doing Internet searches for school projects.*
>
> Advertisement
>
> Thomas and his fellow Grade 5 and 6 students at John J Sark Memorial
> School on Lennox Island spent two hours after school each day last week
> receiving computer animation and programming training.
>
> Prince’s Charities Canada, the charitable office for His Royal Highness,
> The Prince of Wales, partnered with One Laptop Per Child Canada to provide
> computers and training to indigenous youth. Lennox Island was one of seven
> First Nations across Canada to benefit from the pilot project this winter.
>
> Thomas said he learned how to change colors on computer projects and how
> to make his name animated and dance.
>
> Matthew Rowe, Director of Operations, Prince’s Charities Canada, said the
> participating schools and their students get to keep the computers.
>
> Rowe said the students in the Lennox Island project created digital
> animation projects, talking mostly in Mi’Kmaq, about the traditions of
> their community. “The idea was to build digital skills while getting them
> to create projects that were giving them a chance to use the language and
> to learn it,” he said.
>
> While digital animation is a new approach for the students, Rowe said the
> Grade 5 and 6 students was a good age range to work with. “They actually
> soak it up like sponges,” he said of the simplified coding language.
>
> Grade 5/6 teacher, Nicole Gorrill, said the students already possessed
> basic computer skills but the shared project taught them new skills. “What
> happened, for most of the students, it really piqued more of their interest
> for technology,” she observed. “They’ve been learning these new computer
> skills, but they are also now able to kind of take what they’re learning in
> their cultural class here at the school and they have a new way of
> displaying that so that they can teach their friends or other family
> members,” she suggested.
>
> “It’s been really, really good to boost their self confidence.”
>
> Grade 6 student, Kavon Bernard is excited about the potential. He’d like
> to “make animations, set them up to the internet and get famous on
> animation.”
>
> The students, working in teams of two, prepared one to two minute
> animation projects which they shared with other students, family members
> and elders. Lieutenant Governor Frank Lewis and former premier Robert Ghiz,
> a member of the Prince’s Charities Advisory Council were in attendance for
> the presentations.
>
> “Lots of big, big smiles today,” Gorrill said in describing her students’
> sense of accomplishment.
>
> Rowe said schools involved in the pilot project also receive a year of
> ongoing support.
>
> http://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/2017/3/7/lennox-
> island-students-learn-digital-animation.html
>
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[IAEP] Fwd: Lennox Island students learn digital animation

[Sebastian Silva]

Hi,

I noticed this post on Sugar Planet this morning... does anyone know
what software they are using? Sugar+Scratch?

Thanks!

Sebastian



 Forwarded Message 
Subject:Lennox Island students learn digital animation
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:24:29 GMT
From:   Diriana Teran <>



Lennox Island students learn digital animation

Pilot project provides laptops, training

Eric McCarthy newsr...@journalpioneer.com

Published on March 7, 2017

John J. Sark Memorial School students give a demonstration of the
digital animation skills they acquired using laptops donated to them by
Princes Charities Canada and One Laptop Per Child Canada.

PI-AXX-2017-Princes-Charities.jpg

**LENNOX ISLAND – Carson Thomas thinks he will be better equipped going
forward in doing Internet searches for school projects.**

Advertisement

Thomas and his fellow Grade 5 and 6 students at John J Sark Memorial
School on Lennox Island spent two hours after school each day last week
receiving computer animation and programming training.

Prince’s Charities Canada, the charitable office for His Royal Highness,
The Prince of Wales, partnered with One Laptop Per Child Canada to
provide computers and training to indigenous youth. Lennox Island was
one of seven First Nations across Canada to benefit from the pilot
project this winter.

Thomas said he learned how to change colors on computer projects and how
to make his name animated and dance.

Matthew Rowe, Director of Operations, Prince’s Charities Canada, said
the participating schools and their students get to keep the computers.

Rowe said the students in the Lennox Island project created digital
animation projects, talking mostly in Mi’Kmaq, about the traditions of
their community. “The idea was to build digital skills while getting
them to create projects that were giving them a chance to use the
language and to learn it,” he said.

While digital animation is a new approach for the students, Rowe said
the Grade 5 and 6 students was a good age range to work with. “They
actually soak it up like sponges,” he said of the simplified coding
language.

Grade 5/6 teacher, Nicole Gorrill, said the students already possessed
basic computer skills but the shared project taught them new skills.
“What happened, for most of the students, it really piqued more of their
interest for technology,” she observed. “They’ve been learning these new
computer skills, but they are also now able to kind of take what they’re
learning in their cultural class here at the school and they have a new
way of displaying that so that they can teach their friends or other
family members,” she suggested.

“It’s been really, really good to boost their self confidence.”

Grade 6 student, Kavon Bernard is excited about the potential. He’d like
to “make animations, set them up to the internet and get famous on
animation.”

The students, working in teams of two, prepared one to two minute
animation projects which they shared with other students, family members
and elders. Lieutenant Governor Frank Lewis and former premier Robert
Ghiz, a member of the Prince’s Charities Advisory Council were in
attendance for the presentations.

“Lots of big, big smiles today,” Gorrill said in describing her
students’ sense of accomplishment.

Rowe said schools involved in the pilot project also receive a year of
ongoing support.

http://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/2017/3/7/lennox-island-students-learn-digital-animation.html

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