I contribute to Sugar because there are thousands of children around me who use Sugar every day and they deserve appropriate and relevant software that helps them reshape their reality to a more just, verdant and collaborative world.
We are just not there yet. I believe Sugar Labs provides basic infrastructure for developers but lacks a vision to articulate field needs and potentialities with talented people in a sustainable manner. Thanks to Sean and Dave! Great exercise!! 2016-06-06 7:28 GMT+08:00 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>: > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> >> In thread "A Better Idea..." on 5 June 2016 at 16:41, Sean DALY < >> sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps trying to thrash out texts is not the best approach - maybe we >>> should start with why we the volunteers are convinced about Sugar, and >>> think about distilling our Vision from that. >>> >> >> I like this suggestion! >> >> I request that everyone subscribed to this list reply to this thread with >> a short message about why they are convinced about Sugar. >> >> I'll go first :) >> >> I am convinced about Sugar because I believe learning through >> self-discovery is a powerful way for young people to become good people, >> good citizens, and to find some particular talents to develop to the >> maximum; and I believe Sugar is software that encourages such learning. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > See [1 and 2]. > > But to gist: > > At Sugar Labs we make a collection of Free/Libre Software tools that > learners use to *explore*, *discover*, *create*, and *reflect*. We > distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them, > taking ownership and responsibility for their learning. > > To me, one important goal at Sugar Labs is to have our user community > engage in the development process. Towards this end, we have provided > scaffolding to support our users in their exploration of the tools > themselves and how the tools are built. This has not been just an > intellectual exercise. We design for end-user contributions, and we have > seen learners taking ownership and the responsibility that comes with > ownership. Sugar users, even when they don’t made contributions to the > code, are active learners, who are immersed in a culture where they are > encouraged to create as well as consume. > > > [1] > http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/docs/Learning-to-Change-the-World-Chapter-4.pdf > [2] > http://sites.ed.gov/oese/2016/04/open-discussion-on-the-role-of-education-technologies-in-early-childhood-stem-education/ > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > <http://www.sugarlabs.org> > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Laura V. I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org Identi.ca/Skype acaire IRC kaametza Happy Learning!
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