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=== Sugar Digest ===
=== Sugar Digest ===
1. I am once again falling behind in my writing. This time I have two excuses: travel and coding. I spent last week in Miami, not to escape the cold Boston winter, but to attend the OLPC deployment meeting. (This is first time since I left OLPC almost two-years ago that I have been invited to participate in an OLPC event.) It was great to see many old friends with passion in their hearts for the project. The highlight of the week was of course the presentations from the deployments. Many of the larger OLPC deployments gave detailed updates of the progress and plans—all of which include Sugar. The variety of means by which the deployments engage in outreach was fascinating. For example, in Paraguay, which still has a relatively modest deployment, they have been setting the stage for an eventual nationwide roll-out by publishing weekly “how-to-use Sugar” storyboards in the newspaper. In every case, the deployment teams have been considering not just the technology, but also their cultural context. The vector is pointing in the right direction.
1. I am once again falling behind in my writing. This time I have two excuses: travel and coding. I spent last week in Miami, not to escape the cold Boston winter, but to attend the OLPC deployment meeting. (This is first time since I left OLPC almost two-years ago that I have been invited to participate in an OLPC event.) It was great to see many old friends with passion in their hearts for the project. The highlight of the week was of course the presentations from the deployments. Many of the larger OLPC deployments gave detailed updates of the progress and plans—all of which include Sugar. The variety of means by which the deployments engage in outreach was fascinating. For example, in Paraguay, which still has a relatively modest deployment, they have been setting the stage for an eventual nationwide roll-out by publishing weekly “how-to-use Sugar” storyboards in the newspaper. In every case, the deployment teams have been considering not just the technology, but also their cultural context. The vector is pointing in the right direction.
You can download the new Turtle Art for testing from: [[File:TurtleArt-83.xo]]. The source is in the [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/refactoring/trees/master refactoring branch] of the TurtleArt project on gitorious.
You can download the new Turtle Art for testing from: [[File:TurtleArt-83.xo]]. The source is in the [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/refactoring/trees/master refactoring branch] of the TurtleArt project on gitorious.
3. It is worthwhile to periodically check on the Sugar-related materials being created in the field. For example, the teachers in Uruguay continue to assemble lesson plans for using Sugar in the classroom at [http://www.reducativa.com/wiki2/index.php?title=Proyecto_OLPC_-_Plan_Ceibal
3. It is worthwhile to periodically check on the Sugar-related materials being created in the field. For example, the teachers in Uruguay continue to assemble lesson plans for using Sugar in the classroom at [http://www.reducativa.com/wiki2/index.php?title=Proyecto_OLPC_-_Plan_Ceibal the Plan Ceibal website]. There is a real wealth of materials there.
4. Thanks to an introduction by Chuck Kane, I am in touch with the team that developed GeoGebra. [http://www.geogebra.org GeoGebra] is free software for learning and teaching mathematics. Written in Java, “it combines interactive geometry, algebra, calculus, and spread-sheets in one easy-to-use system for students of all ages.” It could be a candidate for Aleksey Lim's [[Activity_Team/Services|Sugar Services]] efforts.
4. Thanks to an introduction by Chuck Kane, I am in touch with the team that developed GeoGebra. [http://www.geogebra.org GeoGebra] is free software for learning and teaching mathematics. Written in Java, “it combines interactive geometry, algebra, calculus, and spread-sheets in one easy-to-use system for students of all ages.” It could be a candidate for Aleksey Lim's [[Activity_Team/Services|Sugar Services]] efforts.