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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 IRC 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 IRC activity) or post a question to a forum (Discourse, Moot or some other reasonable modern forum software).  
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:The feature is oriented towards users of Sugar (kids) that for various reasons are in need of social interaction:
 
: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
 
:* ask a question on how to achieve something within Sugar or an activity
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:* propose enhancements
 
:* propose enhancements
 
:* debug possible problems
 
:* debug possible problems
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: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 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.  
 
: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 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.''
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