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*''Describe your project in 10-20 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?''
*''Describe your project in 10-20 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?''
:Social Help is going to be a system wide mechanism to access a range of social channels like IRC and forums. In order to access a context-dependent window with available communication channels, the user should press <Shift><Alt><c> (c stands for chat or connect). The user can choose between being connected to IRC (via Chat activity) or post a question to a forum (Discourse, Moot or some other reasonable modern forum software).
:Social Help is going to be a system wide mechanism to access a range of social channels like IRC and forums. In order to access a context-dependent window with available communication channels, the user should press <Shift><Alt><c> (c stands for chat or connect). The user can choose between being connected to IRC (via Chat activity) or post a question to a forum (Discourse, Moot or some other reasonable modern forum software).
:The feature is oriented towards users of Sugar (kids) that for various reasons are in need of social interaction:
:* ask a question on how to achieve something within Sugar or an activity
:* share knowledge and experience
:* propose enhancements
:* debug possible problems
:To think about it, today's society is overwhelmed with social networks, forums and chats. Social Help is an easy way to access social channels way and get children involved into helping each other. The interaction can give them a headstart in understanding how to use the tools they are offered and even contribute to the project.
* What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is from May 19 - August 22; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (27 June); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.
* What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is from May 19 - August 22; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (27 June); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.
* Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.
* Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.