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!valign=top | ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |New backend server for Turtle Blocks and Music Blocks ||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender<br>Vikram Ahuja<br>Ignacio Rodriguez ||align=left valign=top|
!valign=top | ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |New Back-end Server for Turtle Blocks and Music Blocks ||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender<br>Vikram Ahuja<br>Ignacio Rodriguez ||align=left valign=top| ;Brief explanation: Last year we sponsored [http://vikramahujagsoc.blogspot.com/ an exploration] of using a git-like back end for projects so that they could be cloned, forked, etc. This summer we would like to implement and deploy this new approach.
;Brief explanation: Last year we sponsored [http://vikramahujagsoc.blogspot.com/ an exploration] of using a git-like back end for projects so that they could be cloned, forked, etc. This summer we would like to implement and deploy this new approach.
;Expected results: Deployment of "git" back end.
;Expected results: Deployment of "git" back end.
;Knowledge prerequisites: Knowledge of Git, JavaScript, server-side skills
;Knowledge prerequisites: Knowledge of Git, JavaScript, server-side skills


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!valign=top | ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Going beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks ||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender<br>Devin Ulibarri||align=left valign=top|
!valign=top | ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks ||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender<br>Devin Ulibarri ||align=left valign=top|
;Brief explanation: Most modern music systems are designed around [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament equal temperament]. But there are many ways to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament chose and tune notes] in a musical system that offer different expressive characteristics.
;Brief explanation: Most modern music systems are designed around [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament equal temperament]. But there are many ways to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament chose and tune notes] in a musical system that offer different expressive characteristics.
;Expected results: Extend Music Blocks such that different approaches to temperament are available to the user.
;Expected results: Extend Music Blocks such that different approaches to temperament are available to the user.
;Knowledge prerequisites: Knowledge of JavaScript, music theory
;Knowledge prerequisites: Knowledge of JavaScript, music theory
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!Giving Sugar Labs website a new Look
;Brief explanation: Sugar Labs would like a new look for its [https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-sugarlabs homepage], with the goals of making it more attractive and easier to explore (See link to get more information concerning the [https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-sugarlabs/blob/master/STRUCTURE.md proposed homepage]).
!Ignacio Rodriguez
;Expected results: Deployment of a new website for Sugar Labs
Samson Goddy
;Knowledge prerequisites: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ruby, JQuery  
 
Dave Crossland
 
Walter Bender
 
Tymon Radzik
!Brief explanation
Sugar Labs tend to give it [https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-sugarlabs homepage] a new look, with the goal to attract make it more attracting and making it more easier for strangers to explore.
 
See link to get more information concerning the [https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-sugarlabs/blob/master/STRUCTURE.md proposed homepage]  
 
Expected results
 
Here's a list of organizations that might be considered peers with Sugar Labs. Comparing their websites with ours may give us ideas for how we can improve.
* <nowiki>https://learningequality.org</nowiki>
* <nowiki>http://haxe.org</nowiki>
 
Knowledge prerequisites  
 
JavaScript, HTML & CSS, Ruby, JQuery  
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