I'm not clear on what software we could have ready in time, beyond the last release. G1G1 starts in three weeks.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Marco Pesenti Gritti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Caroline Meeks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm going to do a bit of preaching to the choir but I thought it was worth >> sharing my thoughts to see if everyone is on the same page and to see if >> anyone has anything to add. >> >> Why Now? >> >> If we can get some activities ready in time for G1G1 then we could end up >> with some synergy on the marketing. Teachers could use it as a way to >> encourage students to ask for it for Christmas, and our tester recruiting >> program could get a bunch of publicity. >> >> Why is it important? >> >> -For Sugar >> >> Growth in adoption will mean more activities which means we need more >> testing. >> Teachers are a key factor in getting adopted in the developed world, the >> success of Moodle shows us that, this is a way to reach teachers >> We can explicitly put in the curriculum a suggestion for students to show >> Sugar to one of their old elementary school teachers. >> Some high school kids are very good programmers, this could potentially be >> an avenue for programmer recruitment. >> Some geeky high school kids have parents who are very good programmers, this >> could be another avenue for programmer recruitment >> In developing the curriculum we will hopefully find other high quality >> curriculum that we can reuse. This is an opportunity to find partners that >> can help in marketing and future curriculum development. >> >> -For Students >> >> There is a tremendous amount that can be learned and an excellent >> opportunity for authentic, situated, project based learning. Hardware and >> Software, Education Theory, Understanding the differences in education world >> wide >> It is an opportunity to bridge the gender gap that currently exists in the >> US. More girls tend to be interested in Community Service and more boys in >> computers. >> >> Anything to add/subtract? > > I don't have much to add, but I think it's a fantastic idea. Sugar is > not getting enough testing, because, unlike other open source > projects, his developer and user base are different (and mostly > disconnected). Also testing is often a good way to make your first > steps inside a project and then contribute to the development. > > Marco > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Don't panic.--HHGTTG, Douglas Adams http://www.obamapedia.org/page/polls Moving into landslide territory! http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai For the children Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai Give One, Get One, from Nov. 17 http://www.amazon.com/xo http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Giving/International _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep