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.com>wrote: > 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 > >
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