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'''Have you participated in an open-source project before? If so, please send us URL's to your profile pages for those projects, or some other demonstration of the work that you have done in open-source. If not, why do you want to work on an open-source project this summer?
 
'''Have you participated in an open-source project before? If so, please send us URL's to your profile pages for those projects, or some other demonstration of the work that you have done in open-source. If not, why do you want to work on an open-source project this summer?
 
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<br>Nowadays majority of the softwares that we are using are open source eg- Linux kernel, Mozilla Firefox, etc. I had known about GSOC via my college. I think contributing to open source is very good opportunity for a person as he get to understand how things work, Now, that I am more involved in software development and practices, I thought of giving it my level best to contribute towards FOSS and get involved in it through SugarLabs. This is my first time contribution towards Open Source Development.
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<br>Nowadays majority of the softwares that we are using are open source eg- Linux kernel, Mozilla Firefox, etc. I had known about GSoC via my college. I think contributing to open source is very good opportunity for a person as he get to understand how things work, Now, that I am more involved in software development and practices, I thought of giving it my level best to contribute towards FOSS and get involved in it through SugarLabs. This is my first time contribution towards Open Source Development.
 
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'''<big><big>About your project</big></big><br><br>'''
 
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'''What is the name of your project?'''<br>
 
'''What is the name of your project?'''<br>
The name of my project is Programming to read.
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The name of my project is Programming to Read.
 
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'''About my project:'''<br>
 
'''About my project:'''<br>
Programming to read is an activity that will enable people to enhance their language skills and at the same time will motivate them to look at language not just as a means of communication but will allow them to understand what simple sentences can do when it comes to programming, in a very interactive manner like the current turtle block activity.Flashcards for various subjects, verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions will be given to the user. Flashcard vocabulary will be extensible and there will be a plug-in for handling major languages. Following figure will perhaps elaborate the purpose more:
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Programming to read is an Activity that will enable people to enhance their language skills and at the same time will motivate them to look at language not just as the means of communication but will allow them to understand what simple sentences can do when it comes to programming, in a very interactive manner like the current Turtle Block Activity. Flashcards for various subjects, verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions will be given to the user. Flashcard vocabulary will be extendible and there will be a plugin for handling major languages. Following figure will perhaps illustrate the purpose more:
 
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'''Who will use it:'''<br>
 
'''Who will use it:'''<br>
The activity will attract people of all age and most importantly children as they will see how their simple sentences are forming shapes or what they have been imagining in their mind as a consequence of the sentence will become live on their screens.
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The Activity will attract people of all ages and most importantly children (4 - 7 years) as they will see how their simple sentences are forming shapes or what they have been imagining in their mind as a consequence of the sentence will become live on their screens.
 
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'''Why do they need it:'''<br>
 
'''Why do they need it:'''<br>
Since activity will focus on doing programming via forming simple sentences I think it will open a new dimension for learning how to write and speak sentences, for children it will be an introduction of what computers can do and will motivate them to move further in the field.
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Since this Activity will focus on doing programming via forming simple sentences, I think it will open a new dimension for learning how to write and speak sentences. For children, it will be an introduction of what computers can do and will motivate them to move further in the field.
 
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'''Technologies that I will be using:'''<br>
 
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'''My thoughts:'''<br>
As of now we have many activities in Sugar that focus on enhancing education of children in many ways, for eg take turtle blocks, but as of now we need an environment that can teach Grammar, Vocabulary, Programming, pronunciation and can let children acquire reading and language skills. Programming to read activity will do that in a very interactive manner.  
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As of now we have many Activities in Sugar that focus on enhancing education of children in many ways, for eg take Turtle Blocks, but as of now we need an environment that can teach Grammar, Vocabulary, pronunciation and can let children acquire reading and language skills. Programming to Read Activity will do that in a very interactive manner.  
    
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