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#*My programming credentials:  

#*My programming credentials:  

#**- Coding in C++ for about 6 years and about 2-3 years in Python.  

#**- Coding in C++ for about 6 years and about 2-3 years in Python.  

#**- Written several small projects for my faculty courses (I have a B.A. degree in CS)

#**- Written several small projects for my faculty courses (I have a B.A. degree in CS).

#**- Successfully completed my project for GSOC 2009.

#**- Successfully completed my project for GSOC 2009.

#*My game design credentials:

#*My game design credentials:

#*It will greatly improve on Sugar's ability to teach children Python. I hold a strong opinion that this is a very important task for Sugar. Pippy provides a good place to practice, which I'll improve by more examples, and an interactive tutorial would work great with it since it would facilitate learning (but maintaining and requiring a high level of independent study). It would also mean giving something back to the Python community, which provided us with the language in which to write Sugar. Also, elementary schools in Croatia (and probably somewhere else as well) teach their students either Logo or BASIC, and this might provide a tool to nudge them in the Python direction.

#*It will greatly improve on Sugar's ability to teach children Python. I hold a strong opinion that this is a very important task for Sugar. Pippy provides a good place to practice, which I'll improve by more examples, and an interactive tutorial would work great with it since it would facilitate learning (but maintaining and requiring a high level of independent study). It would also mean giving something back to the Python community, which provided us with the language in which to write Sugar. Also, elementary schools in Croatia (and probably somewhere else as well) teach their students either Logo or BASIC, and this might provide a tool to nudge them in the Python direction.

# 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?

# 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?

#*Through my teaching practice I've met teachers of CS in several schools, and with some am in good standing. With three of them I've talked about projects which we could make to create (I volunteered my time and ideas) more interest in CS/programming. If Sugar Labs would be able to help with such an event, I believe it would be quite possible to arrange something like that. It would require me to finish the translation of my project to Croatian, but that won't take an unreasonable amount of time.

#*Through my teaching practice I've met teachers of CS in several schools, and with some I'm in good relations. With three of them I've talked about projects which we could make to create (I volunteered my time and ideas) more interest in CS/programming. If Sugar Labs would be able to help with such an event, I believe it would be quite possible to arrange something like that. It would require me to finish the translation of my project to Croatian, but that won't take an unreasonable amount of time.

# What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?

# What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?

#*If I am unable to get unstuck myself, I would first discuss the problem with a friend who taught me most of what I know about programming, and now we discuss programming ideas almost daily. If the problem is still beyond us (unlikely, but possible), I would write an email to the developers' mailing list.

#*If I am unable to get unstuck myself, I would first discuss the problem with a friend who taught me most of what I know about programming, and now we discuss programming ideas almost daily. If the problem is still beyond us (unlikely, but possible), I would write an email to the developers' mailing list.