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Line 1: + + − 1. [[0.106/Notes|Sugar 106]] has been released. Some great new features, including the integration of social help and the ability to launch Activities from other Activities, and lots of work on bug fixing and stablization. Many thanks to the developers, testers, and our release master, Martin Abente. For those of you who are so inclined, Sam Parkinson make a fun [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXFaXAGIw04&feature=youtu.be video] about the new release.+ − 2. A few weeks ago I was at the Google Code-in meet up in San Francisco where I had the opportunity to spend time with Ignacio Rodriguez and Sam Parkinson, our two finalists. They are not only productive members of our community in terms of coding, but also exemplars of a new generation of well-rounded, articulate, observant and caring human beings. I'm honored that they have chosen our community in which to develop their skills. Bonus: as I was hoping, we got some coding time in amidst all the activities that Google scheduled. We also managed to squeeze in a visit to Raul at Twitter.+ − 3. I ran a Turtle Blocks workshop in Bridgeport, Connecticut at a charter school that serves disadvantaged youths. The workshop was organized by Dennis Wong, an old friend from my Media Lab days and an active member of the local Rotary Club. The kids were enthusiastic despite the difficult circumstances under which we worked -- the computer lab is typically used for taking tests, so it was arranged to minimize the possibilities that the learners would interact with and help each other. I'm hoping as a follow up, the Rotary can help the school make the room into more of a maker space.+ − === In the community ===+ − 4. Call for papers for the special issue of RED (Journal of Distance Education):"Skills for coding and pre-coding":+ − * Deadline for submitting manuscripts: 31 July 2015 − * Estimated Publishing Date: 15 September 2015. − Publishing standards and guidelines for authors can be found at [http://www.um.es/ead/red/normasRED.htm#_Toc324610817]. − Llamada a contribuciones para el número especial de RED (Revista de Educación a Distancia): "Competencias para la codificación y la precodificación":+ − * Fecha límite para enviar manuscritos: 31deJuliode 2015 − * Fecha estimada para la publicación: 15 de Septiembre de 2015. − Normas de publicación y pautas para los autores [http://www.um.es/ead/red/normasRED.htm#_Toc324610817]. − 5. For those of you who are interested, we hold our GSoC group meetings on Fridays, 11:00 EST (Boston), 14:00 UTC on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting.+ − 6. We will be holding a new Sugar Oversight Board (SLOB) election this fall. The Membership Committee -- Samson Goddy, Caryl Bigenho, and Sebastian Silva -- are gearing up to make a major push to enroll community members onto our members list and we implore everyone to encourage both participation in the election and to consider running for one of the open seats on the board. Details forthcoming. As part of the push, Caryl is putting together a newsletter about recent Sugar activities. If you have stories to share, please contact Caryl (caryl AT laptop DOT org).+ − 7. Dear colleagues,+ − + − How and why did you first get involved in programming?+ − − How did you get involved with Sugar? What were your motivations for contributing to the Sugar project? − − Did the fact that the project was FOSS (Software Libre) impact your decisions? your motivation? your habits? − − What work or contribution that you have participated in has most motivated you? Why? − − What work or contribution that you have participated in has least motivated you? Why? − − When you program, how do you decide what to work on? Where to you get ideas? help? Do you help others? − − How do you communicate your ideas? your questions? your doubts? − Do you have any regrets? − − What are your plans regarding programming in the future? − Any other comments? − − ---- − − Estimados colaboradores, − − Sugar Labs está organizando una encuesta a sus colaboradores jóvenes − con el objetivo de generar un artículo y publicarlo a un medio de − prensa en castellano. − − Por este motivo la junta desde Sugar Labs los invitamos a responder la − siguiente serie de preguntas que hemos armado. − − Este mensaje va con copia a aquellos jóvenes que recuerdo involucrados − en la comunidad y sé que han realizado aportes. Si consideran que − alguien más es apropiado para responder esta encuesta pueden agregarlo − al CC e invitarlo a responder la encuesta. − − Las preguntas son: − − ¿Cómo, cuándo y por qué comenzaste a involucrarte en la programación? − − ¿Cómo te involucraste con Sugar? ¿Cuáles fueron tus motivaciones para − contribuir al proyecto de Sugar? − − El hecho de que el proyecto sea FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) − ¿afectó tus decisiones? ¿Afectó tu motivación? ¿Afectó tus hábitos? − − ¿Cuál ha sido el trabajo o contribución en que has participado que más − te ha motivado? ¿Por qué? − − ¿Cuál ha sido el trabajo o contribución en que has participado que − menos te ha motivado? ¿Por qué? − − Cuando tu programas, ¿cómo decides en qué trabajar? ¿De dónde sacas − las ideas? ¿Dónde obtienes ayuda? ¿Ayudas a los demás? − − ¿Cómo compartes, comunicas o debates tus ideas? ¿Y tus preguntas? ¿Y tus dudas? − − ¿Hay algo que lamentas o que no te haya gustado de haberte involucrado − con el proyecto Sugar? − − ¿Cuáles son tus planes con respecto a la programación para el futuro? − − ¿Quieres agregar algún otro comentario? − − Esperamos sus respuestas. − − === Tech Talk === − − 8. Please help Martin and the Developer Team [[0.106/Testing|test Sugar 106]]. Your feedback is important to us. − − 9. Progress continues on [http://turtle.sugarlabs.org Turtle Blocks JS], which runs in a web browser (the [http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/turtleblocksjs.apk Android version] is still experimental). Some new features include the ability to pass arguments to action stacks and to return values. Thanks to GSoC intern Amit Kumar Jha for his contributions. The other GSoC projects are also progressing nicely. − − === Sugar Labs === − − 10. Please visit our [http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet]. Line 115:
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== What's new ==
== What's new ==
This page is updated every few weeks with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The digest is also sent to the community-news at sugarlabs.org list, blogged at [http://walterbender.org/ walterbender.org], and [[Archive/Current Events|archived here]].) If you would like to contribute, please send email to [[User:walter|walter]] at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit <span class="plainlinks">[http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet.sugarlabs.org].</span>)
This page is updated every few weeks with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The digest is also sent to the community-news at sugarlabs.org list, blogged at [http://walterbender.org/ walterbender.org], and [[Archive/Current Events|archived here]].) If you would like to contribute, please send email to [[User:walter|walter]] at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit <span class="plainlinks">[http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet.sugarlabs.org].</span>)
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== Sugar Digest ==
== Sugar Digest ==
It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new blog. I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from scratch and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a bit depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I have a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late, I am inspired to do some writing.
1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by Google for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT][https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_bug_bounty_http_host/1]. In one article [http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking for bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their accomplishments.
2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their accomplishments in their [[Summer_of_Code|blogs] and in the meeting logs [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings] (every Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a new, easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new apps, GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.
Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské, Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony Anderson. Lionel help me administer the program again this year. It is nice to note that many of the mentors are former GCI participants.
Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the annual mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was approved!)
3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children still using Sugar 10 years after the first deployment in a small school in the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a paper based on the talk which is available for [http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf download].
4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [http://sugarizer.org] for all of the details.
5. James Cameron is working towards the release of [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2017-September/054631.html Sugar 0.111], our first new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance release.
6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [[Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates]] for details. You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be given a vote in the election. See [[Sugar_Labs/Members]] for details.
Sugar Labs is organizing a survey of its youth contributors with the aim of publishing a report in the special issue of RED mentioned above. Towards this end, we invite you to answer the questions below. Please send your answers (written in your native language) to walter AT sugarlabs DOT org or francis AT sugarlabs DOT org.
7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board will see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.
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== Community News archive ==
== Community News archive ==
==Sugar in the news==
==Sugar in the news==
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|align=right valign=top|17 Aug 2017||'''ABC News''' – [http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604 Google awards Uruguay high school student $10K for finding security bug]
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|align=right valogn=top|02 Nov 2016||'''BBVA''' – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puA2NH2uVQQ&feature=youtu.be Sociedad de la Creatividad - desafíos de hoy para el futuro] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|23 Oct 2016||'''ABC Color''' – [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/la-computacion-es-una-herramienta-para-promover-agentes-de-cambio-1530653.html La computación es una herramienta para promover agentes de cambio]
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|align=right valign=top|23 Jul 2016||'''La Tercera''' – [http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2016/07/27-689886-9-walter-bender-cuando-todos-estan-de-acuerdo-con-todos-es-bastante-peligroso.shtml Cuando todos están de acuerdo con todos es bastante peligroso]
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|align=right valign=top|02 May 2016||'''Fedora Insider''' – [http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Fedora-Based-Sugar-on-a-Stick-Is-One-Sweet-Desktop-83446.html Fedora-based Sugar on a Stick is one sweet desktop]
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|align=right valign=top|09 Feb 2016||'''www.montevideo.com''' – [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/auc.aspx?299096 DOS URUGUAYOS ENTRE GANADORES DEL CONCURSO GOOGLE CODE-IN]
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|align=right valign=top|28 Aug 2015||'''Musson Foundation''' – [https://youtu.be/HZtVv2nlP8Y Jamaica Girls Code] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|28 Aug 2015||'''Google Open Source''' – [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-sweet-adventures-with-sugar-labs-and.html My sweet adventures with Sugar Labs and Google Code-in]
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|align=right valign=top|09 May 2015||'''La Prensa''' – [http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2015/05/09/nacionales/1829026-de-alumnos-a-creadores-de-su-aprendizaje De alumnos a creadores de su aprendizaje]
|align=right valign=top|09 May 2015||'''La Prensa''' – [http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2015/05/09/nacionales/1829026-de-alumnos-a-creadores-de-su-aprendizaje De alumnos a creadores de su aprendizaje]
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|align=right valign=top|06 Feb 2013||'''el Observador''' – [http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/242936/joven-uruguayo-gana-la-competencia-google-code/ Joven uruguayo gana la competencia Google Code] (Also see [http://people.sugarlabs.org/aguz/gci-press-interviews.html GCI press interviews])
|align=right valign=top|06 Feb 2013||'''el Observador''' – [http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/242936/joven-uruguayo-gana-la-competencia-google-code/ Joven uruguayo gana la competencia Google Code] (Also see [http://people.sugarlabs.org/aguz/gci-press-interviews.html GCI press interviews])
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|align=right valign=top|Jan 2013||'''Raspberry Pi Geek''' – [http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2013/01/Pi-with-Sugar-and-turtles-as-a-learning-tool/(language)/eng-US Pi with Sugar and turtles as a learning tool]
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|align=right valign=top|07 Sep 2012||'''NDTV''' – [http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/one-laptop-per-child-initiative-a-hit-in-rural-india-263867 One Laptop Per Child initiative a hit in rural India]
|align=right valign=top|07 Sep 2012||'''NDTV''' – [http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/one-laptop-per-child-initiative-a-hit-in-rural-india-263867 One Laptop Per Child initiative a hit in rural India]
|align=right valign=top|06 Aug 2008||'''OLPC News''' – [http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/23_questions_on_technology_education.html Twenty-three Questions on Technology and Education]
|align=right valign=top|06 Aug 2008||'''OLPC News''' – [http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/23_questions_on_technology_education.html Twenty-three Questions on Technology and Education]
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|align=right valign=top|03 Aug 2008||'''Wired''' – [https://www.wired.com/2009/08/inventing-a-new-paradigm-sugarlabs-and-the-sugar-ui/ Inventing a new paradigm: Sugar Labs and Sugar]
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|align=right valign=top|18 Jul 2008||'''Bill Kerr''' – [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html evaluating Sugar in the developed world]
|align=right valign=top|18 Jul 2008||'''Bill Kerr''' – [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html evaluating Sugar in the developed world]
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==Press releases==
==Press releases==
http://www.sugarlabs.org/press
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[[Category:General public]]
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