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== What's new ==
 
== What's new ==
  
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This page is updated each week (usually on Monday morning) with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The digest is also sent to the community-news at sugarlabs.org list, blogged at [http://walterbender.org/ walterbender.org], and [[Archive/Current Events|archived here]].) If you would like to contribute, please send email to [[User:walter|walter]] at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit <span class="plainlinks">[http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet.sugarlabs.org].</span>)
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This page is updated every few weeks with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The digest is also sent to the community-news at sugarlabs.org list, blogged at [http://walterbender.org/ walterbender.org], and [[Archive/Current Events|archived here]].) If you would like to contribute, please send email to [[User:walter|walter]] at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit <span class="plainlinks">[http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet.sugarlabs.org].</span>)
  
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== Sugar Digest ==
 
== Sugar Digest ==
  
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1. Just back from two exhilarating weeks in India. Along with Harriet
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1. Sugar Labs will be participating in Google Code-in again this year. Ignacio
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Vidyasagar, I visited with Sugar and OLPC aficionados in Delhi, Goa,
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Rodriguez and I are the program administrators and are gathering
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Mumbai, and Guwahati. It was quite eye-opening.
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suggestions for bite-sized tasks in coding, documentation, research, design,
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and outreach. We'll also be scouring the open issues in the various
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Sugar-related repos for tasks. Please pass your suggestions our way. Also, if
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you are interested in mentoring, please contact me. Finally, it would great if
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you could help spread the word about the contest among educators so that we can
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reach out to as many potential participants as possible (the contest is open to
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13-17 year olds). GCI is a great opportunity to recruit new talent into the
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community. Details of the contest are available at [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/contest-rules developers.google.com]. The Sugar Labs page
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describing our participation is at [[Google Code In 2017]].
  
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The first stop was Delhi. Harriet had arranged meetings with Sesame
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2. There is a new release of Music Blocks available [https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/releases/tag/v2.1 3]. Features include a
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Street India, which is using Sugar in an after-school program. They
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marked improvement in performance and lots of bug fixes. Tip of the hat to
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were blown away when I told them the history of the Simple Graph
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Devin Ulibarri, Edgar Quispe, and Euan Ong for their contributions to this
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program, one of their favorites. Then we went to JNU where I met with
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release.
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Dr. Ajith Kumar. Kumar works at the inter-university particle
 
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accelerator center, but is also the inventor of [http://expeyes.in ExpEyes], a
 
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peripheral device similar to Arduino (or Lego WeDo) but for more
 
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serious EE work (it has a signal generator and a buffer for doing
 
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precise sampling of signals). Of course, I could not resist writing a
 
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[[Activities/Turtle_Art/Plugins#Expeyes|Turtle Art plugin for his device]].
 
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I also attended a seminar on Digital Literacy sponsored by the
 
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Hindustan Times, Intel, and Microsoft. The seminar itself was pretty
 
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depressing: a very paternalistic approach to providing government
 
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services to the masses. But I met a number of good people there whom I
 
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will be following up with.
 
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Also in Delhi, I got a chance to see Manusheel Gupta, who had interned
 
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for me in the very early days of OLPC. It was very nice to catch up.
 
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The next stop was Goa, where there is a small OLPC deployment. One of
 
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the highlights of the trip was finally meeting Salil Konkar, who has
 
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been maintaining the deployment on a volunteer basis. There are not
 
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enough laptops for each child to get their own, so before each class,
 
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a selected group of students retrieve then (XO 1.0s) from a charging
 
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station (designed at the Homi Bhabha Centre) for use in the class. The
 
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students, perhaps seven to eight years old,  were using the Numbers
 
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activity that day, and although it was somewhat of a traditional class
 
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in format--desks in rows facing forward--they were actively engaged
 
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and helping each other. I had a prototype of XO Touch with me, so I
 
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did a small study with some of the kids to see how they took to it.
 
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(Although it is unfair to compare with the erratic touchpad of the
 
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first-generation XO 1.0s, it was nonetheless obvious that touch will
 
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make a big difference: the interface, which had been getting in the
 
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way was suddenly in background; all focus was on the math.)
 
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Another highlight in Goa was the opportunity to meet Rita Paes, who
 
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directs the [http://www.nirmala-institute.com/ Nirmala Institute], a teacher-training college. I got a
 
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chance to talk to the students about Sugar (who welcomed me with a
 
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lovely ceremony) and with Rita about the potential for establishing a
 
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center of excellence for teacher training to support our efforts in
 
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India. I saw great potential. Rita also introduced Harriet and me to
 
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some locals who have interest in helping with the localization of
 
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Sugar into Konkani. It was interesting to me that some people write
 
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Konkani using [http://translate.sugarlabs.org/gom@latin/ Latin script], while others use [http://translate.sugarlabs.org/gom/ Devanagari script]. It is
 
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somewhat of a political issue, so Chris Leonard has enabled both
 
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communities to work in pootle.
 
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From there, I went to the [http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=10&mdepid=3 University of Goa], where I gave a
 
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lecture to the engineering students. The next evening, I gave a
 
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seminar on how to write a Sugar activity to about seventy students.
 
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Clearly there is some latent interest in the project. I also have a
 
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lecture at the local meeting of the ACM, which happened to coincide
 
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with my visit. Finally, I travelled an hour out of town to the
 
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[http://www.gim.ac.in Goa Institute of Management], a beautiful campus on a hill top, to talk
 
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to the students on the theme of "learning to change the world." We
 
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discussed strategies for making Sugar (and OLPC) take hold on the
 
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Peninsula. (See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj6awWWLoN0 Part 1],
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juaN4El1mC8 Part 2], and
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjcDTuqeBvk Part 3].)
 
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From Goa I travelled to Mumbai, where I was hosted by the Homi Bhabha
 
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Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
 
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specifically G Nagarjuna and his students at the [http://lab.gnowledge.org/ Gnowledge Lab].
 
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G's students are well versed in Sugar, having been active in
 
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supporting the OLPC deployment in [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/DBF/Khairat_Chronicle Khairat]. Their principal project
 
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is [http://metastudio.org metastudio.org], a peer-to-peer collaborative workspace that
 
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utilizes many semantic features. We discussed the possibility of
 
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folding some of their work into future School Server designs.
 
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Hopefully they will be able to participate (mostly likely on line) in
 
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the discussions at the [http://olpcsf.org/ SF summit].
 
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From Mumbai, I visited two schools: a school for children with
 
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disabilities and the village school in Khairat. At the former, I
 
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discussed with the computer teacher the possibility of using Sugar
 
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instead of Microsoft Windows XP as a way to engage the children more
 
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directly. While Sugar is attractive from the learning perspective, one
 
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concern is that a good deal of the computer training is geared towards
 
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an exam that is based on mastery of Microsoft products, which is a hurdle
 
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the children must jump over in order to enter the job market. Of
 
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course, for most populations of learners, master one word processor
 
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means that one can quickly master any other, but it is still to be
 
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demonstrated that such a transfer would occur with this population.
 
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At the school in Khairat, I got a chance to see what has sprouted from
 
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the seed that Carla Gomez Monroy planted four years ago. Khairat was
 
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one of the early OLPC deployments and, although the program has as yet
 
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to take off in India as a whole, this program is still going strong.
 
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Harriet and I were welcomed to the village with a traditional ceremony
 
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that included beautiful garlands of flowers. We sat with some of the
 
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mothers and preschool children, whom I immediately presented the XO
 
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Touch. The children took to it immediately. One child, using paint,
 
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kept looking at his finger for the ink. But the real fun was visiting
 
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the classroom. The children took turns standing in front of the class
 
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to talk about their work: often drawing, custom-made memory games,
 
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writing (in both English and Marathi--they are completely fluid in
 
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switching between scripts on the XO keyboard), and Turtle Art. I got
 
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to watch as a child figured out how to scale his drawings in Turtle
 
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Art. I got a chance to present to the class, so I thought I would
 
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engage them in something a bit different. Daniel Drake has written a
 
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yet-to-be-released activity that features some animated dance and
 
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exercise moves. I showed them some dances and they did not need
 
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prompting to follow along. But then I asked them to show me some of
 
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the local dance steps. I challenged them to make their own dance
 
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videos and coached them through the process using Turtle Art. They quickly grasped the concept behind the various media
 
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blocks (they had previously been using an old version of Turtle Art
 
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that did not yet have these features). Together we engaged in some
 
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"hard fun."
 
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[[File:Dancedance.png|300px]]
 
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My next stop was IIT Guwahati. I gave the keynote at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techniche Techniche],
 
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the annual techno-management festival. Interestingly, as I was staying
 
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at the university guest house, I had a chance to interact with much of
 
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the staff, particularly in the kitchen (did I mention I love Indian
 
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food?). They were really taken with the XO and we discussed how we
 
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might get some for their children. As it turns out, the students at
 
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the IIT run a school for the children of the workers, so perhaps it is
 
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not out of the question.
 
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I spent another 24 hours in Delhi. Harriet and I spent much of the day
 
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with Satyaakam Goswami and his students at JNU and members of the local FOSS community.
 
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In addition to being
 
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very active in helping to translate Sugar into Hindi, Satyaakam has
 
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been working in an urban school in [http://vinaychaddha.blogspot.in/2012/08/presentation-at-electronics-rocks-2012.html Nithari], using Raspberry PI. I
 
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visited the school and only have admiration for the teachers and
 
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students who seem to be thriving despite very difficult circumstances.
 
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As with the school for the disabled, much of the emphasis in the
 
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school is for the children to pass their exams, so in discussion with
 
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the teachers, we talked about trying to establish some
 
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extra-curricular activities for the children using Sugar.
 
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India opened my eyes both to the possibilities and the challenges of
 
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Sugar and OLPC. Many thanks to Harriet for her support. And to the
 
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numerous volunteers I met who are trying to give the opportunity of
 
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learning to so many children.
 
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2. In response to feedback from [http://www.fundacionzt.org/ FZT], I released a new version of the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4555 Nutrition activity]. Also, in the spirit of eating my own dog food, as usual I gave my talks in India using Turtle Art. In the process, I uncovered some corner cases in some of the new features I had introduced in Version 154. [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027 Version 156] has some bug fixes.
 
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3. I just got the galley back from the publisher of a book I am writing (with Chuck Kane), [http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Change-World-Social-Impact/dp/0230337317 ''Learning to Change the World,''] about OLPC. I hope to do justice to the project.
 
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=== In the community ===
 
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4. There are plans to hold the next [http://olpcsf.org/ OLPC SF summit] in San Francisco the weekend of October 19-21. We are looking into organizing a Sugar Camp ''following'' the summit.
 
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=== Tech Talk ===
 
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Misc.
 
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* The last of Hippo is removed from the shell!!
 
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* Work on 13.1 is under way.
 
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=== Sugar Labs ===
 
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Visit our [http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet] for more updates about Sugar and Sugar deployments.
 
  
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3. Congratulations to Lionel, Sameer, and Adam for being re-elected to the Sugar
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Labs oversight board. (And thanks to everyone who voted for my return to the
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board as well.) Our next meeting is on 3 November at 19UTC in the #sugar-meeting channel of irc.freenode.net.
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== Community News archive ==
 
== Community News archive ==
  
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==Sugar in the news==
 
==Sugar in the news==
 
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|align=right valign=top|29 Apr 2019||'''EdTechzine''' &ndash; [https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 Learn programming with an approach from music and mathematics! Model class of "Music Blocks"] (in Japanese)
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|align=right valign=top|29 Apr 2019||'''EdTechzine''' &ndash; [https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1767 What is the relationship between music, mathematics and computer science? Interview with the developer of the programming learning tool "Music Blocks"] (in Japanese)
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|11 Apr 2019||'''Linux Journal''' &ndash; [https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linuxdo-it-children Linux... Do It Children]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Dec 2018||'''PR Times JA''' &ndash; [https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001954.000002535.html 2020年必修化のためのプログラミング学習ソフト「Music Blocks」教員向け研究会 参加者募集中 ～経済産業省『「未来の教室」実証事業』] Programming learning software for 2020 compulsory "Music Blocks" Recruiting participants for faculty members ~ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Future classroom" demonstration project
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Dec 2018||'''PR Times JA''' &ndash; [https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001947.000002535.html 話題のプログラミング教育を体験しよう！] Programming education with Music Blocks
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|31 Aug 2018||'''GMO''' &ndash; [https://coeteco.jp/articles/10307 Fusion of programming and art, mathematics. Gakken × "Music Blocks" プログラミングとアート、数学の融合。学研×「Music Blocks」]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|23 May 2018||'''Vida Actual''' &ndash; [https://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/adolescente-uruguayo-google-le-pidio-deje-hackearlo.html El adolescente uruguayo al que Google le pidió que deje de hackearlo]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|16 April 2018||'''The Verge''' &ndash; [https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now OLPC's 100 Laptop was Going to change the world &ndash; then it all went wrong]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|8 Mar 2018||'''Oxford News''' &ndash; [http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16073375.Schoolboy_wins_trip_to_Google_HQ_after_coding_contest_victory/ Schoolboy wins trip to Google HQ after coding contest victory]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|9 Nov 2017||'''Open Source''' &ndash; [https://opensource.com/article/17/9/linux-kids What's the current state of Linux distros for kids?]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|17 Aug 2017||'''ABC News''' &ndash; [http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604 Google awards Uruguay high school student $10K for finding security bug]
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|-
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|align=right valogn=top|02 Nov 2016||'''BBVA''' &ndash; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puA2NH2uVQQ&feature=youtu.be Sociedad de la Creatividad - desafíos de hoy para el futuro] (video)
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|23 Oct 2016||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/la-computacion-es-una-herramienta-para-promover-agentes-de-cambio-1530653.html La computación es una herramienta para promover agentes de cambio]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|23 Jul 2016||'''La Tercera''' &ndash; [http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2016/07/27-689886-9-walter-bender-cuando-todos-estan-de-acuerdo-con-todos-es-bastante-peligroso.shtml Cuando todos están de acuerdo con todos es bastante peligroso]
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|align=right valign=top|02 May 2016||'''Fedora Insider''' &ndash; [http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Fedora-Based-Sugar-on-a-Stick-Is-One-Sweet-Desktop-83446.html Fedora-based Sugar on a Stick is one sweet desktop]
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|align=right valign=top|09 Feb 2016||'''www.montevideo.com''' &ndash; [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/auc.aspx?299096 DOS URUGUAYOS ENTRE GANADORES DEL CONCURSO GOOGLE CODE-IN]
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|align=right valign=top|28 Aug 2015||'''Musson Foundation''' &ndash; [https://youtu.be/HZtVv2nlP8Y Jamaica Girls Code] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|28 Aug 2015||'''Google Open Source''' &ndash; [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-sweet-adventures-with-sugar-labs-and.html My sweet adventures with Sugar Labs and Google Code-in]
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|align=right valign=top|09 May 2015||'''La Prensa''' &ndash; [http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2015/05/09/nacionales/1829026-de-alumnos-a-creadores-de-su-aprendizaje De alumnos a creadores de su aprendizaje]
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|align=right valign=top|30 Apr 2015||'''Diario La República''' &ndash; [http://www.republica.com.uy/investigador-sueco-visito-uruguay-para-conocer-el-proyecto-butia/514419/ Swedish researcher visited Uruguay to meet the project Butiá]
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|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2015||'''Jamaica Observer''' &ndash; [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/career/Future-coders_18811152 Future Coders]
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|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2015||'''Jamaica Information Service''' &ndash; [http://jis.gov.jm/state-minister-urges-young-women-enter-ict-sector/ State minister urges young women to enter ICT sector]
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|align=right valign=top|6 Feb 2015||'''Cromo''' &ndash; [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2015/02/el-chico-google/ El chico Google]
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|align=right valign=top|5 Feb 2015||'''Capital Noticias Canelones''' &ndash; [https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvideo.php%3Fv%3D400864146741913%26set%3Dvb.246080195553643%26type%3D2%26theater&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFGeMoL69EHGf4Kudmoxo47duJf_Q El joven de Canelones, Ignacio Rodríguez, ganó nuevamente la competencia de programación de Google.] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|3 Feb 2015||'''montevideo.com''' &ndash; [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/auc.aspx?261076 Código joven]
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|align=right valign=top|1 Dec 2014||'''Google Open Source Blog''' &ndash; [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2014/12/3-2-1-code-in-inviting-teens-to.html 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source]
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|align=right valign=top|7 Oct 2014||'''Kauffman Report''' &ndash; [http://www.kauffman.org/blogs/policy-dialogue/2014/august/paraguay-thirsty-for-21st-century-education Paraguay Thirsty for 21st-Century Education]
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|align=right valign=top|25 Sep 2014||'''ANEP''' &ndash; [http://www.anep.edu.uy/anep/index.php/897-fecundo-intercambio-de-jovenes-de-todo-el-mundo-en-encuentro-de-programadores Fecundo intercambio de jovenes de todo el mundo en encuentro de programadores]
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|align=right valign=top|12 Jun 2014||'''Producción Nacional''' &ndash; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YbRCMRpstg Innovando con XO] (video)
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|28 Apr 2014||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/centinela/paraguay-educa-realiza-talleres-de-programacion-y-de-robotica-1238493.html Paraguay Educa realiza talleres de programación y de robótica]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|21 Apr 2014||'''El Tiempo''' &ndash; [http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/educacion/entrevista-de-el-tiempo-a-walter-bender_13855020-4 'Cada niño podría ser un maestro del 'software': Walter Bender]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|2 Apr 2014||'''vera.tv''' &ndash; [http://tv.vera.com.uy/video/7012 Antel vuelta a clases] (video)
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|4 Feb 2014||'''La Diaria''' &ndash; [http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/2/en-codigo/ En código]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|24 Jan 2014||'''Espectador''' &ndash; [http://www.espectador.com/sociedad/283177/entre-los-ganadores-del-concurso-anual-de-programacion-de-google-code-in-hay-nuevamente-un-joven-uruguayo Entre los ganadores del concurso anual de programación de Google Code-in hay nuevamente un joven uruguayo]
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|align=right valign=top|23 Jan 2014||'''El Pais''' &ndash; [http://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/ensena-profesores-ahora-premia-google.html Le enseña a sus profesores y ahora lo premia Google]
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|align=right valign=top|20 Jan 2014||'''Google Open Source Blog''' &ndash; [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/ Google Code-in 2013 - drumroll please!]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|28 Nov 2013||'''BBVA Paraguay''' &ndash; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wTBs2ektI&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferbac3c&utm_medium=twitter Turtle Art Day in Caacupé] (video)
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|17 Oct 2013||'''ANTEL Integra''' &ndash; [http://www.integra.antel.com.uy/2013/10/educacion/turtle-art-la-plataforma-del-butia/ Turtle Art: la plataforma del Butiá]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/software-libre-es-tema-de-paneles-en-la-cumbre-627064.html Software libre es tema de paneles en la cumbre]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/programar-ayuda-a-los-ninos-a-pensar-628059.html Programar ayuda a los niños a pensar]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/hoy-es-el-dia-de-tortugarte-en-caacupe-627470.html Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/las-tic-en-la-educacion-son-clave-para-el-desarrollo-del-pais-aseguran-627469.html Las TIC en la educación son clave para el desarrollo del país, aseguran]
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|align=right valign=top|12 Oct 2013||'''Cromo''' &ndash; [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2013/10/mhijo-el-programador/ M’hijo el programador]
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|-
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|align=right valign=top|08 Aug 2013||'''News1''' &ndash; [http://news1.kr/articles/1273059 Interview with former MIT Media Lab director] (in Korean)
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|align=right valign=top|12 Jul 2013||'''RIT''' &ndash; [http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50113 ‘Sky Time’ video game selected for White House Champions of Change event July 23]
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|align=right valign=top|28 Apr 2013||'''BBC Mundo''' &ndash; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/04/130422_programadores_adolescentes_am.shtml Los programadores adolescentes premiados por Google]
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|align=right valign=top|07 Feb 2013||'''el Neuvo Herald''' &ndash; [http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/02/07/1402134/joven-uruguayo-brilla-como-programador.html Joven uruguayo brilla como programador y es distinguido por Google]
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|align=right valign=top|06 Feb 2013||'''el Observador''' &ndash; [http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/242936/joven-uruguayo-gana-la-competencia-google-code/ Joven uruguayo gana la competencia Google Code] (Also see [http://people.sugarlabs.org/aguz/gci-press-interviews.html GCI press interviews])
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|align=right valign=top|Jan 2013||'''Raspberry Pi Geek''' &ndash; [http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2013/01/Pi-with-Sugar-and-turtles-as-a-learning-tool/(language)/eng-US Pi with Sugar and turtles as a learning tool]
 
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|align=right valign=top|07 Sep 2012||'''NDTV''' &ndash; [http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/one-laptop-per-child-initiative-a-hit-in-rural-india-263867 One Laptop Per Child initiative a hit in rural India]
 
|align=right valign=top|07 Sep 2012||'''NDTV''' &ndash; [http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/one-laptop-per-child-initiative-a-hit-in-rural-india-263867 One Laptop Per Child initiative a hit in rural India]
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|align=right valign=top|14&nbsp;Apr&nbsp;2010||'''National Science Foundation''' &ndash; [http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116638 XO Laptops Inspire Learning In Birmingham, Alabama] ([http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxOg-dt6rw video])
 
|align=right valign=top|14&nbsp;Apr&nbsp;2010||'''National Science Foundation''' &ndash; [http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116638 XO Laptops Inspire Learning In Birmingham, Alabama] ([http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxOg-dt6rw video])
 
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|align=right valign=top|15&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2010||'''nbc13.com''' &ndash; [http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_birmingham_city_students_opt_to_spend_spring_break_in_class_xo_comput/138224/ Birmingham City students opt to spend spring break in class, XO computer camps] (video)
 
|align=right valign=top|15&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2010||'''nbc13.com''' &ndash; [http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_birmingham_city_students_opt_to_spend_spring_break_in_class_xo_comput/138224/ Birmingham City students opt to spend spring break in class, XO computer camps] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|06&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2008||'''OLPC News''' &ndash; [http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/23_questions_on_technology_education.html Twenty-three Questions on Technology and Education]
 
|align=right valign=top|06&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2008||'''OLPC News''' &ndash; [http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/23_questions_on_technology_education.html Twenty-three Questions on Technology and Education]
 
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|align=right valign=top|18&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2008||'''Bill Kerr''' &ndash; [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html evaluating Sugar in the developed world]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 6 June 2019

What's new

This page is updated every few weeks with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The digest is also sent to the community-news at sugarlabs.org list, blogged at walterbender.org, and archived here.) If you would like to contribute, please send email to walter at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit planet.sugarlabs.org.)


Sugar Digest

1. Sugar Labs will be participating in Google Code-in again this year. Ignacio Rodriguez and I are the program administrators and are gathering suggestions for bite-sized tasks in coding, documentation, research, design, and outreach. We'll also be scouring the open issues in the various Sugar-related repos for tasks. Please pass your suggestions our way. Also, if you are interested in mentoring, please contact me. Finally, it would great if you could help spread the word about the contest among educators so that we can reach out to as many potential participants as possible (the contest is open to 13-17 year olds). GCI is a great opportunity to recruit new talent into the community. Details of the contest are available at developers.google.com. The Sugar Labs page describing our participation is at Google Code In 2017.

2. There is a new release of Music Blocks available 3. Features include a marked improvement in performance and lots of bug fixes. Tip of the hat to Devin Ulibarri, Edgar Quispe, and Euan Ong for their contributions to this release.

3. Congratulations to Lionel, Sameer, and Adam for being re-elected to the Sugar Labs oversight board. (And thanks to everyone who voted for my return to the board as well.) Our next meeting is on 3 November at 19UTC in the #sugar-meeting channel of irc.freenode.net.

Community News archive

An archive of this digest is available.

Planet

The Sugar Labs Planet is found here.

Sugar in the news

29 Apr 2019 EdTechzine – Learn programming with an approach from music and mathematics! Model class of "Music Blocks" (in Japanese)
29 Apr 2019 EdTechzine – What is the relationship between music, mathematics and computer science? Interview with the developer of the programming learning tool "Music Blocks" (in Japanese)
11 Apr 2019 Linux Journal – Linux... Do It Children
14 Dec 2018 PR Times JA – 2020年必修化のためのプログラミング学習ソフト「Music Blocks」教員向け研究会 参加者募集中 ～経済産業省『「未来の教室」実証事業』 Programming learning software for 2020 compulsory "Music Blocks" Recruiting participants for faculty members ~ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Future classroom" demonstration project
14 Dec 2018 PR Times JA – 話題のプログラミング教育を体験しよう！ Programming education with Music Blocks
31 Aug 2018 GMO – Fusion of programming and art, mathematics. Gakken × "Music Blocks" プログラミングとアート、数学の融合。学研×「Music Blocks」
23 May 2018 Vida Actual – El adolescente uruguayo al que Google le pidió que deje de hackearlo
16 April 2018 The Verge – OLPC's 100 Laptop was Going to change the world – then it all went wrong
8 Mar 2018 Oxford News – Schoolboy wins trip to Google HQ after coding contest victory
9 Nov 2017 Open Source – What's the current state of Linux distros for kids?
17 Aug 2017 ABC News – Google awards Uruguay high school student $10K for finding security bug
02 Nov 2016 BBVA – Sociedad de la Creatividad - desafíos de hoy para el futuro (video)
23 Oct 2016 ABC Color – La computación es una herramienta para promover agentes de cambio
23 Jul 2016 La Tercera – Cuando todos están de acuerdo con todos es bastante peligroso
02 May 2016 Fedora Insider – Fedora-based Sugar on a Stick is one sweet desktop
09 Feb 2016 www.montevideo.com – DOS URUGUAYOS ENTRE GANADORES DEL CONCURSO GOOGLE CODE-IN
28 Aug 2015 Musson Foundation – Jamaica Girls Code (video)
28 Aug 2015 Google Open Source – My sweet adventures with Sugar Labs and Google Code-in
09 May 2015 La Prensa – De alumnos a creadores de su aprendizaje
30 Apr 2015 Diario La República – Swedish researcher visited Uruguay to meet the project Butiá
24 Apr 2015 Jamaica Observer – Future Coders
24 Apr 2015 Jamaica Information Service – State minister urges young women to enter ICT sector
6 Feb 2015 Cromo – El chico Google
5 Feb 2015 Capital Noticias Canelones – El joven de Canelones, Ignacio Rodríguez, ganó nuevamente la competencia de programación de Google. (video)
3 Feb 2015 montevideo.com – Código joven
1 Dec 2014 Google Open Source Blog – 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source
7 Oct 2014 Kauffman Report – Paraguay Thirsty for 21st-Century Education
25 Sep 2014 ANEP – Fecundo intercambio de jovenes de todo el mundo en encuentro de programadores
12 Jun 2014 Producción Nacional – Innovando con XO (video)
28 Apr 2014 ABC Color – Paraguay Educa realiza talleres de programación y de robótica
21 Apr 2014 El Tiempo – 'Cada niño podría ser un maestro del 'software': Walter Bender
2 Apr 2014 vera.tv – Antel vuelta a clases (video)
4 Feb 2014 La Diaria – En código
24 Jan 2014 Espectador – Entre los ganadores del concurso anual de programación de Google Code-in hay nuevamente un joven uruguayo
23 Jan 2014 El Pais – Le enseña a sus profesores y ahora lo premia Google
20 Jan 2014 Google Open Source Blog – Google Code-in 2013 - drumroll please!
28 Nov 2013 BBVA Paraguay – Turtle Art Day in Caacupé (video)
17 Oct 2013 ANTEL Integra – Turtle Art: la plataforma del Butiá
14 Oct 2013 ABC Color – Software libre es tema de paneles en la cumbre
14 Oct 2013 ABC Color – Programar ayuda a los niños a pensar
14 Oct 2013 ABC Color – Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé
14 Oct 2013 ABC Color – Las TIC en la educación son clave para el desarrollo del país, aseguran
12 Oct 2013 Cromo – M’hijo el programador
08 Aug 2013 News1 – Interview with former MIT Media Lab director (in Korean)
12 Jul 2013 RIT – ‘Sky Time’ video game selected for White House Champions of Change event July 23
28 Apr 2013 BBC Mundo – Los programadores adolescentes premiados por Google
07 Feb 2013 el Neuvo Herald – Joven uruguayo brilla como programador y es distinguido por Google
06 Feb 2013 el Observador – Joven uruguayo gana la competencia Google Code (Also see GCI press interviews)
Jan 2013 Raspberry Pi Geek – Pi with Sugar and turtles as a learning tool
07 Sep 2012 NDTV – One Laptop Per Child initiative a hit in rural India
08 Jul 2012 Estado de S. Paulo – Para educar
24 Apr 2012 Pacific Standard – OLPC Redux
12 Apr 2012 Huffington Post – Hult Global Case Challenge: One Laptop Per Child
30 Mar 2012 newswise – “Sugar on a Stick” Helps Kids Learn How to Learn
11 Jan 2012 Boston Herald – One Laptop Per Child screening $100 tablet
10 Jan 2012 ars technica – Crank, bicycle, and waterwheel: hands-on with the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet
08 Jan 2012 The Verge – OLPC XO 3.0 tablet preview: impressions, video, and pictures
07 Jan 2012 The Verge – OLPC XO 3.0 tablet: an 8-inch tablet for $100, with Android and Sugar options for the children
23 Dec 2011 Miller-McCune – One Laptop Per Child Redux
18 Oct 2011 BDU – Robotics in Uruguay (video)
11 Aug 2011 Berlin.de – Gewinner des Berliner Landeswettbewerbs zu Open Source stehen fest
25 Jul 2011 CCC Classic – Garmin-sugarlabs development cycling team at Crit starting line
25 Jul 2011 CCC Classic – Garmin-sugarlabs development cycling team after Crit
13 Apr 2011 framablog – L'expérience Sugar Labs préfigure-t-elle une révolution éducative du XXIe siècle?
05 Apr 2011 Businesswire – The Government of Peru Expands the One Laptop Per Child Program with Local Manufacturing
31 Jan 2011 Sundance – A Day in the Life – Peru
01 Dec 2010 velonation – Sugar Labs to back Garmin-Cervelo’s development team in unique arrangement
28 Oct 2010 UCR – Nuevas tecnologías deben estar al alcance de todos los niños y niñas
05 Oct 2010 xconomy – One Ecosystem per Child
08 Sep 2010 FLOSS Weekly – Sugar Labs
09 Aug 2010 ABC digital – Indicadores constatan el impacto positivo en el aprendizaje de niños
23 Jun 2010 ABC digital – Xo para todas las escuelas de Caacupé
21 Jun 2010 La Nacion – “Buscamos que los niños no solo usen softwares, sino que puedan crear uno”
20 Jun 2010 UltimaHora.com – La laptop une a padres, alumnos y docentes
15 Jun 2010 The H – OLPC XO-1.5 software updated
10 Jun 2010 engadget – Sugar on a Stick hits 3.0, teaches us about a new kind of fruit
27 May 2010 Pro Linux DE – Sugar on a Stick v3 freigegeben (German)
27 May 2010 NY Times – One Laptop Per Child Project Works With Marvell to Produce a $100 Tablet
27 May 2010 PC World – OLPC Rules out Windows for XO-3
03 May 2010 WXXI: Mixed Media – Interview with Walter Bender (audio)
03 May 2010 Linux Magazine – OLPC Computers for Palestinian Refugee Children
14 Apr 2010 National Science Foundation – XO Laptops Inspire Learning In Birmingham, Alabama (video)
02 Apr 2010
15 Mar 2010 nbc13.com – Birmingham City students opt to spend spring break in class, XO computer camps (video)
18 Feb 2010 LWN – Karma targets easier creation of educational software
05 Feb 2010 iprofesional – La PC barata de Negroponte desembarca en la Argentina para pelear contra Intel
14 Jan 2010 AALF – Open Systems for Broader Change
03 Jan 2010 Educacion 2.0 – PLAN CEIBAL, El Libro
14 Dec 2009 xconomy – Sugar gets sweeter
10 Dec 2009 ars technica – Sugar software environment gets sweeter with version 2
09 Dec 2009 Wired – New Sugar on a Stick Brings Much Needed Improvements
08 Dec 2009 engadget – Sugar on a Stick OS goes to 2.0, gets Blueberry coating and creamy Fedora 12 center (video)
07 Dec 2009 Teleread.org – Sugar on a Stick: What it means for e-books and education
27 Nov 2009 CNET Japan – 「コードを見せて、もっと良くなるよ」と言える子どもが生まれる--Sugar Labsが描く未来
16 Nov 2009 zanichelli – software libero a scuola
12 Nov 2009 opensuse.org – openSUSE 11.2 Released
07 Nov 2009 My Broadband News – Mandriva 2010 packs a punch [and Sugar]
06 Nov 2009 GhanaWeb – Open education and an IT-enabled economic growth in Ghana: Musings of a dutiful citizen
26 Oct 2009 Linux Magazine ES – Software Libre como apoyo al aprendizaje
09 Oct 2009 interdisciplines – OLPC and Sugar: mobility through the community
08 Oct 2009 IBM developerWorks – 10 important Linux developments everyone should know about
01 Oct 2009 OLPC France – Interview Walter Bender au SugarCamp
25 Sep 2009 The Inquirer – One Laptop per Child marches on
18 Sep 2009 Groklaw – The Role of Free Software in Education
18 Sep 2009 Reuters – Sugar Labs and Free Software Foundation Celebrate Software Freedom Day
17 Sep 2009 ICTDev.org – Dream Again with One Laptop per Child
26 Aug 2009 Latinux – Azúcar en una memoria USB
03 Aug 2009 Wired: Geek Dad – Inventing a New Paradigm: SugarLabs and the Sugar UI
30 Jul 2009 Zanichelli – Sugar on a Stick: imparare insieme
23 Jul 2009 Everything USB – RecycleUSB.com - Donate your Flash Drives for a Good Cause
22 Jul 2009 OLPC France – Sugar : mauvaise presse et mise au point
13 Jul 2009 Spiegel Online – Das zuckersüße Leichtbau-Linux
07 Jul 2009 ComputerWorldUK – Gran Canaria Desktop Summit: a Study in Contrasts
06 Jul 2009 Windows Forest – USBメモリなどから“OLPC”用のOSを利用できる「Sugar on a Stick」が無償公開
02 Jul 2009 Howard County Library – Sugar on a Stick
27 Jun 2009 Deutschlandfunk – Süßes für die Kleinen: Sugar ist Linux speziell für Kinder (in Deutsch)
26 Jun 2009 EduTech – Sugar on a stick, and other delectables (praise for the lowly USB drive)
26 Jun 2009 ars technica – Sugar on a Stick brings sweet taste of Linux to classrooms
24 Jun 2009 BBC – OLPC software to power aging PCs
24 Jun 2009 Technology Review – $100 Laptop Becomes a $5 PC
15 Jun 2009 TechSavvyKids – Episode 10 FOSSVT: Sugar on a Stick (audio)
10 Jun 2009 LWN.net – Sugar moves from the shadow of OLPC
27 May 2009 LWN.net – Activities and the move to context-oriented desktops (subscriber link)
27 May 2009 Business Wire – Dailymotion Launches Support for Open Video Formats and Video HTML Tag
01 May 2009 Guysoft – Nokia N810 Running OLPC Sugar
29 Apr 2009 El Mercurio – Así se vivió la fiesta del software libre
27 Apr 2009 ostatic – Sugar on a Stick: Good for Kids' Minds (and School Budgets)
25 Apr 2009 Free Software Magazine – The Bittersweet Facts about OLPC and Sugar
24 Apr 2009 ars technica – First taste: Sugar on a Stick learning platform
22 Apr 2009 Betanews – Beta of Live USB Sugar OS opens
27 Mar 2009 Mass High Tech – Google promotes summer open-source internships
18 Mar 2009 Metropolis – A Good Argument
16 Mar 2009 Laptop Magazine – Sugar Labs’ New Version of Sugar Learning Platform Is Netbook and PC Ready
16 Mar 2009 Market Watch – Sugar Labs Nonprofit Announces New Version of Sugar Learning Platform for Children, Runs on Netbooks and PCs
14 Feb 2009 OLPC Learning Club – DC – Learning Learning on a Stick
05 Feb 2009 xconomy – Sugar Beyond the XO Laptop: Walter Bender on OLPC, Sucrose 0.84, and “Sugar on a Stick”
26 Jan 2009 Linus Magazine – Sugar Defies OLPC Cutbacks
19 Jan 2009 Feeding the Penguins – The status of Sugar, post-OLPC
16 Jan 2009 OLPC News – Sugar on Acer Aspire One & Thin Client via LTSP
12 Jan 2009 Bill Kerr – thoughts about olpc cutbacks
07 Jan 2009 ars technica – OLPC downsizes half of its staff, cuts Sugar development
06 Jan 2009 OLPC News – An Inside Look at how Microsoft got XP on the XO
30 Dec 2008 OLPC News – Sugar Labs Status at Six Months
22 Dec 2008 The GNOME Project – Sugar Labs, the nonprofit behind the OLPC software, is joining the GNOME Foundation
16 Dec 2008 Feeding the Penguins – Sugar git repository change
14 Dec 2008 NPR – Laptop Deal Links Rural Peru To Opportunity, Risk (Part 2)
13 Dec 2008 NPR – Laptops May Change The Way Rural Peru Learns (Part 1)
09 Dec 2008 SFC – Sugar Labs joins Conservancy
31 Oct 2008 Linux Devices – An OLPC dilemma: Linux or Windows?
10 Oct 2008 Feeding the Penguin – Sugar on Ubuntu
21 Sep 2008 Groklaw – Interview with Walter Bender of Sugar Labs
17 Sep 2008 Bill Kerr – Sugar Labs
16 Sep 2008 Open Source – Sugar everywhere
28 Aug 2008 OLPC News – An answer to Walter Bender's question 22
20 Aug 2008 OLPC News – Sugarize it: Intel Classmate 2
08 Aug 2008 Investor's Business Daily – 'Learning' Vs. Laptop Was Issue
06 Aug 2008 OLPC News – Twenty-three Questions on Technology and Education
03 Aug 2008 Wired – Inventing a new paradigm: Sugar Labs and Sugar 18 Jul 2008 Bill Kerr – evaluating Sugar in the developed world
28 Jun 2008 OLPC News – A Cutting Edge Sugar User Interface Demo
18 Jun 2008 PC World – OLPC Spin-off Developing UI for Intel's Classmate PC
17 Jun 2008 Datamation – If Business Succeeds with GNU/Linux, Why Not OLPC?
11 Jun 2008 LinuxInsider – The Sweetness of Collaborative Learning
06 Jun 2008 Bill Kerr – untangling Free, Sugar, and Constructionism
06 Jun 2008 Open Education – Walter Bender Discusses Sugar Labs Foundation
06 Jun 2008 BusinessWeek – OLPC: The Educational Philosophy Controversy
05 Jun 2008 Code Culture – The Distraction Machine
05 Jun 2008 BusinessWeek – OLPC: The Open-Source Controversy
27 May 2008 The New York Times – Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child
26 May 2008 ars technica – OLPC software maker splits from X0 hardware, goes solo
22 May 2008 BetaNews – Linux start-up Sugar Labs in informal talks with four laptop makers
16 May 2008 OSTATIC – OLPC's Open Source Sugar Platform Aims for New Hardware
16 May 2008 PCWorld – Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI
16 May 2008 MHT – Bender jumps from OLPC, founds Sugar Labs
16 May 2008 News.com – Sugar Labs will make OLPC interface available for Eee PC, others
16 May 2008 Feeding the Peguins – The future of Sugar
16 May 2008 Sugar list – A few thoughts on SugarLabs
16 May 2008 xconomy – Bender Creates Sugar Labs—New Foundation to Adapt OLPC’s Laptop Interface for Other Machines
16 May 2008 BBC – '$100 laptop' platform moves on
15 May 2008 OLPC wiki – Dual-boot XO Claim: OLPC will not work to port Sugar to Windows.
16 May 2008 Softpedia – Bender Launches Sugar Labs for Better Development of OLPC's Sugar UI

Press releases

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