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There are a number of educational applications available on the K Desktop Environment. Sugar, having education in mind, would like to use these applications. The only problem is that these applications  are written for KDE using the Qt toolkit, while Sugar uses the GTK+ toolkit. Therefore for Sugar to have access to these applications they must be rewritten using the GTK+ toolkit.

There are a number of educational applications available on the K Desktop Environment. Sugar, having education in mind, would like to use these applications. The only problem is that these applications  are written for KDE using the Qt toolkit, while Sugar uses the GTK+ toolkit. Therefore for Sugar to have access to these applications they must be rewritten using the GTK+ toolkit.

I plan on rewriting an appication using gtkmm instead of GTK+. My reasoning is that gtkmm and Qt are both based on the C++ programming language and should share many of the same development  techniques(object-oriented, etc.). GTK+, on the other hand, is based on the C programming lanuage and techniques (functional, etc.). Using gtkmm should prove to be a smoother transition.

I plan on rewriting an appication using gtkmm instead of GTK+. My reasoning is that gtkmm and Qt are both based on the C++ programming language and should share many of the same development  techniques (object-oriented, etc.). GTK+, on the other hand, is based on the C programming lanuage and techniques (functional, etc.). Using gtkmm should prove to be a smoother transition.

One experience that was lacking in my early education was the use of computers to solve math problems. You could always use a word processor to type a report or the internet to find a map for geography but you always needed to solve math problems out my hand. Therefore, I would like to "sugarize" a mathematics application from KDEEdu, probably KAlgebra since it is general purpose and has graphing capabilites. I believe this will help all students, but especially those who may find it hard to visualize some concepts.

One experience that was lacking in my early education was the use of computers to solve math problems. You could always use a word processor to type a report or the internet to find a map for geography but you always needed to solve math problems out my hand. Therefore, I would like to "sugarize" a mathematics application from KDEEdu, probably KAlgebra since it is general purpose and has graphing capabilites. I believe this will help all students, but especially those who may find it hard to visualize some concepts.

====You and the community====

====You and the community====

# 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.

* 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.

# 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?

# 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?

# 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?  

* 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?  

====Miscellaneous====

====Miscellaneous====

[[Image:New-developer-challenge.png|thumb|right|An example of the kind of screenshot of your first modification to your development environment which you should include in your application. Note that the drop-down menu text has Mel's email address in place of the word "Restart" - your screenshot should contain your email instead.]]

[[Image:New-developer-challenge.png|thumb|right|An example of the kind of screenshot of your first modification to your development environment which you should include in your application. Note that the drop-down menu text has Mel's email address in place of the word "Restart" - your screenshot should contain your email instead.]]

# We want to make sure that you can set up a [[DevelopmentTeam#Development_systems|development environment]] before the summer starts. Please send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "Restart." See the image on the right for an example. It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.

# We want to make sure that you can set up a [[DevelopmentTeam#Development_systems|development environment]] before the summer starts. Please send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "Restart." See the image on the right for an example. It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.

# What is your t-shirt size? (Yes, we know Google asks for this already; humor us.)

* What is your t-shirt size? (Yes, we know Google asks for this already; humor us.)

# Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.

# Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?

* Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.

* Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?

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