Changes

1. Elections: The US presidential election is not the only opportunity to organize for change. The polls are open for the Sugar Labs oversight board (The list of candidates can be found at [[Sugar_Labs/Oversight_Board_Candidates_August_2008|candidates list]]). Polls close on 31 August 2008.

1. Elections: The US presidential election is not the only opportunity to organize for change. The polls are open for the Sugar Labs oversight board (The list of candidates can be found at [[Sugar_Labs/Oversight_Board_Candidates_August_2008|candidates list]]). Polls close on 31 August 2008.

2. 0.82: Simon Schampijer reports that Sucrose 0.82 has been released (Please see [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|Sucrose 0.82]] for details and documentation). Many thanks to the release team and our community contributors. They've done a great job.

2. 0.82: Simon Schampijer reports that Sucrose 0.82 has been released (Please see [[Development Team/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|Sucrose 0.82]] for details and documentation). Many thanks to the release team and our community contributors. They've done a great job.

3. 0.84 goals: Marco Pesenti Gritti has begun a discussion thread about our goals for the 0.84 release (Please join the discussion, which is archived at [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-August/007838.html]). The list currently includes:

3. 0.84 goals: Marco Pesenti Gritti has begun a discussion thread about our goals for the 0.84 release (Please join the discussion, which is archived at [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-August/007838.html]). The list currently includes:

* Quality and reliability

* Quality and reliability

Please also see [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/Roadmap/0.84#Goals|0.84 Goals]].

Please also see [[Development Team/Release/Roadmap/0.84#Goals|0.84 Goals]].

4. Constuctionism: The discussion around a succinct definition of Constructionism has heated up again (Please see [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2008-August/001481.html]). While there is consensus that Sugar Labs should not be advocating just "one right way" to learn, a concise explanation of the learning opportunities exposed and enhanced by the Sugar learning platform would go a long ways towards getting more educators engaged in the discussion. We also would benefit from documenting some tangible results from the field that can serve as exemplars.

4. Constuctionism: The discussion around a succinct definition of Constructionism has heated up again (Please see [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2008-August/001481.html]). While there is consensus that Sugar Labs should not be advocating just "one right way" to learn, a concise explanation of the learning opportunities exposed and enhanced by the Sugar learning platform would go a long ways towards getting more educators engaged in the discussion. We also would benefit from documenting some tangible results from the field that can serve as exemplars.