Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
Hi Folks, I would really like a link to somewhere that we could view the winning proposals and learn from them. Does anyone have this information? Caryl From: sandra.thax...@verizon.net To: walter.ben...@gmail.com; e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:59:06 -0400 CC: iaep@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. Small Solutions is thinking of applying to support the village XO projects in HIV/AIDS education, and the wonderful work of Peter Amunga (local Kenyan school teacher and playwrit) at Eshibinga with Jiggers. http://eshibinga.wordpress.com. But let's work together, keep each other informed. Sugar is wonderful. It's not that the green machine isn't but with out your Sugar work, we would be nowhere. Sandra Thaxter www.smallsolutionsbigideas.org san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.org (617) 320-1098 - Original Message - From: Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com To: Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Cc: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@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 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 well, but apparently not. -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2196 / Virus Database: 2437/5174 - Release Date: 08/03/12 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
Google Rise recipients list is here: http://www.google.com/edu/rise/recipients.html -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Folks, I would really like a link to somewhere that we could view the winning proposals and learn from them. Does anyone have this information? Caryl From: sandra.thax...@verizon.netmailto:sandra.thax...@verizon.net To: walter.ben...@gmail.commailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com; e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.atmailto:e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:59:06 -0400 CC: iaep@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 is more their focus. Small Solutions is thinking of applying to support the village XO projects in HIV/AIDS education, and the wonderful work of Peter Amunga (local Kenyan school teacher and playwrit) at Eshibinga with Jiggers. http://eshibinga.wordpress.com. But let's work together, keep each other informed. Sugar is wonderful. It's not that the green machine isn't but with out your Sugar work, we would be nowhere. Sandra Thaxter www.smallsolutionsbigideas.orghttp://www.smallsolutionsbigideas.org san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.orgmailto:san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.org (617) 320-1098 - Original Message - From: Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.commailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com To: Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.atmailto:e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Cc: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edumailto:kevin.bro...@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.atmailto: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 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 well, but apparently not. -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edumailto:kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.athttp://www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.comhttp://www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.nethttp://www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eumailto:christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2196 / Virus Database: 2437/5174 - Release Date: 08/03/12 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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. Small Solutions is thinking of applying to support the village XO projects in HIV/AIDS education, and the wonderful work of Peter Amunga (local Kenyan school teacher and playwrit) at Eshibinga with Jiggers. http://eshibinga.wordpress.com. But let's work together, keep each other informed. Sugar is wonderful. It's not that the green machine isn't but with out your Sugar work, we would be nowhere. Sandra Thaxter www.smallsolutionsbigideas.org san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.org (617) 320-1098 - Original Message - From: Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com To: Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Cc: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@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 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 well, but apparently not. -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2196 / Virus Database: 2437/5174 - Release Date: 08/03/12 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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 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 well, but apparently not. -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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 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 well, but apparently not. Good point. Did anyone ever find out why SL's applications were turned out in the past few years after being part of GSoC in 2009/2010? Christoph -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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 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 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 well, but apparently not. Good point. Did anyone ever find out why SL's applications were turned out in the past few years after being part of GSoC in 2009/2010? 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 for last year, since they held their debrief at a time I could not attend. -walter Christoph -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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 component our curriculum. We have the kids do fun things with Sugar, but Google and NSF seem to be looking for sound approaches to computational thinking. Ideas appreciated! Kevin -- On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer 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 Sugar-related activities should fit in quite well with RISE's scope... Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edumailto:kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147tel:701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.orgmailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.athttp://www.olpc.at/] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.comhttp://www.olpcnews.com/] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.nethttp://www.technikbasteln.net/] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eumailto:christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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 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 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 well, but apparently not. Good point. Did anyone ever find out why SL's applications were turned out in the past few years after being part of GSoC in 2009/2010? 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 for last year, since they held their debrief at a time I could not attend. not enough projects as in not enough proposals for potential projects or something else? If so we could consider starting to collect ideas for GSoC 2013 right away so we have a treasure trove of potential projects by next spring. Cheers, Christoph -walter Christoph -walter Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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? Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.edu wrote: 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 component our curriculum. We have the kids do fun things with Sugar, but Google and NSF seem to be looking for sound approaches to computational thinking. Ideas appreciated! Kevin -- On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer 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 Sugar-related activities should fit in quite well with RISE's scope... Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin kevin.bro...@ndsu.eduwrote: 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. http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/ Kevin -- Kevin Brooks Chair Department of English Dept 2320, Box 6050 Morrill 219A North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58108-6050 701-231-7147 http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/ The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way. -- Marshall McLuhan ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
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 for last year, since they held their debrief at a time I could not attend. I'm not sure I understand - Sugar Labs failed to become a GSoC Organization in 2011 and 2012, or, as an accepted Org in 2011 and 2012, SL failed to have enough interesting projects? That was the explanation given. I think it was just an excuse. I don't know the real reason. Could be simply that they didn't see enough value in Sugar Labs. I'm a GSoC mentor for Emacs this year -- quite an experience. I was a mentor three times. Always a great experience. But not one I am destined to repeat, alas. -walter -- Bastien -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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 Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code as well, but apparently not. Sugar is a good fit for GSoC, but our proposals were not. Google significantly raises the bar for organisations that have participated in GSoC before - or put differently, they give newcomers a certain amount of slack. There are loads of organisations that try to participate in GSoC, so as Kevin phrased it: The competition is stiff. Take a look at the projects the other organisations proposed to students. They were in a much better shape. More detailed and easy to understand descriptions, better fit to the scope of GSoC (i.e. less ambitious!), designated mentors for each proposal, diversity of topics, etc. Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ pgpcxRUB8RmUe.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
Hello Sascha, Do you have a link to the successful proposals so we may look them over and learn from them? Thanks. Caryl To: walter.ben...@gmail.com; e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 23:23:54 +0200 From: si...@activitycentral.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; kevin.bro...@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 Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code as well, but apparently not. Sugar is a good fit for GSoC, but our proposals were not. Google significantly raises the bar for organisations that have participated in GSoC before - or put differently, they give newcomers a certain amount of slack. There are loads of organisations that try to participate in GSoC, so as Kevin phrased it: The competition is stiff. Take a look at the projects the other organisations proposed to students. They were in a much better shape. More detailed and easy to understand descriptions, better fit to the scope of GSoC (i.e. less ambitious!), designated mentors for each proposal, diversity of topics, etc. Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Google RISE Awards
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 started already and runs until October 31st whereas the US application portal will become available in the fall. More information can be found on http://www.google.com/diversity/rise/index.html This almost sounds like a natural fit for many projects in the OLPC and Sugar space such as Turtle Art, eToys, Measure, etc. so I thought this could be of interest to many people here. I'm definitely already thinking about project ideas which OLPC (Austria) could apply for:-) Cheers, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
