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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.
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.
== Why do you contribute to Sugar? walter ==
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. Also see http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/docs/Learning-to-Change-the-World-Chapter-4.pdf and http://sites.ed.gov/oese/2016/04/open-discussion-on-the-role-of-education-technologies-in-early-childhood-stem-education/