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====You and the community====
====You and the community====
1) If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.
:'''1) If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.'''
From myself:
:'''From myself:'''
:"The XO users and teachers will greatly benefit from printing, as converting something digital(which may be art, a presentation or a photo) into a physical representation is something very basic, and :something very strong. Not only will there be a good deal of happy faces, but it will also kill the effort required to copy content to a portable drive, and go to a terminal and print.
:"
:'''From Benjamin M schwartz:'''
2) Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?
:"In order for Sugar to be adopted in schools with existing IT infrastructure, it must give users an easy way to print their documents.If that printing could be routed through a teacher-controlled visual :print queue, then in this regard Sugar would be the most preferred solution for primary education and schools with limited IT resources."
:'''2) Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?'''
I think it would be wonderful to begin with my school, I come from a government funded school, not one of those fancy private schools. The kids there would definitely love the different teaching environment. I will have a talk with the principal, and after that I will further this.
:I think it would be wonderful to begin with my school, I come from a government funded school, not one of those fancy private schools. The kids there would definitely love the different teaching :environment. I will have a talk with the principal, and after that I will further this.
3)What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?
:'''3)What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?'''
I will of course go through the net.
:I will of course go through the net. developer mailing lists, and forums.
:But more over, the community has been very helpful without having a mentor as of yet. I will look forward to the community then!
4)How do you propose you will be keeping the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?
:'''4)How do you propose you will be keeping the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?'''
I intend to provide weekly updates on the wiki itself. And I will also be providing daily updates on the channel.
:'''I intend to provide weekly updates on the wiki itself. And I will also be providing daily updates on the channel.'''
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