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== What's new ==
 
== What's new ==
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This page is updated each week (usually on Monday morning) 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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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 ==
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1. Sugar 0.96 has been officially released. You can read all about it at [[0.96/Notes]].
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1. Sugar Labs will be participating in Google Code-in again this year. Ignacio
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Rodriguez and I are the program administrators and are gathering
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suggestions for bite-sized tasks in coding, documentation, research, design,
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and outreach. We'll also be scouring the open issues in the various
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Sugar-related repos for tasks. Please pass your suggestions our way. Also, if
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you are interested in mentoring, please contact me. Finally, it would great if
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you could help spread the word about the contest among educators so that we can
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reach out to as many potential participants as possible (the contest is open to
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13-17 year olds). GCI is a great opportunity to recruit new talent into the
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community. Details of the contest are available at [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/contest-rules developers.google.com]. The Sugar Labs page
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describing our participation is at [[Google Code In 2017]].
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2. Guzman Trindad has posted some great videos of various physics investigations on the XO (See [https://sites.google.com/site/solymar1fisica/fisica-con-xo-investigacion-/videos-youtube-fisica-con-xo]).
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2. There is a new release of Music Blocks available [https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/releases/tag/v2.1 3]. Features include a
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marked improvement in performance and lots of bug fixes. Tip of the hat to
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3. EduJAM! presented awards for [http://edujam2012.blogspot.com/p/nominados.html the best Sugar activities]. Although they were not singled out in any special way, the youth of Uruguay managed to walk away with six of the prizes. Congratulations to Christofer, Agustin, Daniel, et al. for your contributions. A tip of the hat to the adult contributors too: Flavio, Gabriel, Alan, Andres, and Alejandro.
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Devin Ulibarri, Edgar Quispe, and Euan Ong for their contributions to this
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release.
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By my rough estimate, approximately 10% of all Sugar activities have been written by kids who grew up on Sugar. It would interesting to understand the phenomenon. But we must be doing something right.
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I did learn that Christofer has been in an on-going dialogue with Rosamel Ramirez, a teacher in Duranzo about his activity development. Their latest collaboration is [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4572 JAMuliples]. Good stuff.
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4. Some of you may be following the discussion about "New Co." on the iaep list [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-May/015272.html] and [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-May/015288.html]. To summarize, we are exploring alternative structures for Sugar Labs, which may well involve the creation of a new organization -- to augment our FOSS development efforts housed at the SFC -- to support the auxiliary operations involved with supporting the code in the field.
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I solicited feedback on the specific goals for a New Co. Aleksey reminded us that [[What_is_Sugar|our stated mission]] as a community is much broader than just software development: we want our software to be used and we want to have a positive influence of other people writing learning software. We came together as a community because we share certain principles about learning and we want to help people to "embody these principals 'in the field'."
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In trying to answer my specific question, Aleksey Lim said: the "new organization should provide practices and procedures how to setup local deployment program in most useful way." and the "new organization should provide a way to forward funding... to particular program[s] and provide everything to make this funding open/clear for donators and easy handled by local deployment people." Finally, he posited that perhaps the "new organization will be a guarantee for institutions where local deployment happens (schools, etc.) to make them assured that even after finishing the program, there will be a way to get some help."
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Martin Langhoff raised some important points as well: "The _top priority_ should be to get stuff done with your own means...", that "the good name of SL is a precious asset based on work from a global effort", but we should "let each group do their own thing. It's their name, their reputation on the line."
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We'll be continuing the discussion at next week's Sugar Labs oversight board (SLOB) meeting. Please join us.
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5. On a personal note, my heart goes out to Marco Presenti Gritti, who posted on his [http://theoria.me/#cancer blog] this week that he has cancer. Marco was part of the team that created Sugar and was at my side when we created Sugar Labs. Marco: know that there are many people thinking of you.
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Visit our [http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet] for more updates about Sugar and Sugar deployments.
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3. Congratulations to Lionel, Sameer, and Adam for being re-elected to the Sugar
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Labs oversight board. (And thanks to everyone who voted for my return to the
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board as well.) Our next meeting is on 3 November at 19UTC in the #sugar-meeting channel of irc.freenode.net.
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== Community News archive ==
 
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|align=right valign=top|29 Apr 2019||'''EdTechzine''' &ndash; [https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 Learn programming with an approach from music and mathematics! Model class of "Music Blocks"] (in Japanese)
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|align=right valign=top|29 Apr 2019||'''EdTechzine''' &ndash; [https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1767 What is the relationship between music, mathematics and computer science? Interview with the developer of the programming learning tool "Music Blocks"] (in Japanese)
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|align=right valign=top|11 Apr 2019||'''Linux Journal''' &ndash; [https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linuxdo-it-children Linux... Do It Children]
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|align=right valign=top|14 Dec 2018||'''PR Times JA''' &ndash; [https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001954.000002535.html 2020年必修化のためのプログラミング学習ソフト「Music Blocks」教員向け研究会 参加者募集中 ～経済産業省『「未来の教室」実証事業』] Programming learning software for 2020 compulsory "Music Blocks" Recruiting participants for faculty members ~ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Future classroom" demonstration project
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|align=right valign=top|14 Dec 2018||'''PR Times JA''' &ndash; [https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001947.000002535.html 話題のプログラミング教育を体験しよう！] Programming education with Music Blocks
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|align=right valign=top|31 Aug 2018||'''GMO''' &ndash; [https://coeteco.jp/articles/10307 Fusion of programming and art, mathematics. Gakken × "Music Blocks" プログラミングとアート、数学の融合。学研×「Music Blocks」]
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|align=right valign=top|23 May 2018||'''Vida Actual''' &ndash; [https://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/adolescente-uruguayo-google-le-pidio-deje-hackearlo.html El adolescente uruguayo al que Google le pidió que deje de hackearlo]
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|align=right valign=top|16 April 2018||'''The Verge''' &ndash; [https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now OLPC's 100 Laptop was Going to change the world &ndash; then it all went wrong]
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|align=right valign=top|8 Mar 2018||'''Oxford News''' &ndash; [http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16073375.Schoolboy_wins_trip_to_Google_HQ_after_coding_contest_victory/ Schoolboy wins trip to Google HQ after coding contest victory]
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|align=right valign=top|9 Nov 2017||'''Open Source''' &ndash; [https://opensource.com/article/17/9/linux-kids What's the current state of Linux distros for kids?]
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|align=right valign=top|17 Aug 2017||'''ABC News''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [https://youtu.be/HZtVv2nlP8Y Jamaica Girls Code] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|28 Aug 2015||'''Google Open Source''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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|30 Apr 2015||'''Diario La República''' &ndash; [http://www.republica.com.uy/investigador-sueco-visito-uruguay-para-conocer-el-proyecto-butia/514419/ Swedish researcher visited Uruguay to meet the project Butiá]
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|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2015||'''Jamaica Observer''' &ndash; [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/career/Future-coders_18811152 Future Coders]
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|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2015||'''Jamaica Information Service''' &ndash; [http://jis.gov.jm/state-minister-urges-young-women-enter-ict-sector/ State minister urges young women to enter ICT sector]
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|align=right valign=top|6 Feb 2015||'''Cromo''' &ndash; [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2015/02/el-chico-google/ El chico Google]
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|align=right valign=top|5 Feb 2015||'''Capital Noticias Canelones''' &ndash; [https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvideo.php%3Fv%3D400864146741913%26set%3Dvb.246080195553643%26type%3D2%26theater&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFGeMoL69EHGf4Kudmoxo47duJf_Q El joven de Canelones, Ignacio Rodríguez, ganó nuevamente la competencia de programación de Google.] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|3 Feb 2015||'''montevideo.com''' &ndash; [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/auc.aspx?261076 Código joven]
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|align=right valign=top|1 Dec 2014||'''Google Open Source Blog''' &ndash; [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2014/12/3-2-1-code-in-inviting-teens-to.html 3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source]
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|align=right valign=top|7 Oct 2014||'''Kauffman Report''' &ndash; [http://www.kauffman.org/blogs/policy-dialogue/2014/august/paraguay-thirsty-for-21st-century-education Paraguay Thirsty for 21st-Century Education]
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|align=right valign=top|25 Sep 2014||'''ANEP''' &ndash; [http://www.anep.edu.uy/anep/index.php/897-fecundo-intercambio-de-jovenes-de-todo-el-mundo-en-encuentro-de-programadores Fecundo intercambio de jovenes de todo el mundo en encuentro de programadores]
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|align=right valign=top|12 Jun 2014||'''Producción Nacional''' &ndash; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YbRCMRpstg Innovando con XO] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|28 Apr 2014||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/centinela/paraguay-educa-realiza-talleres-de-programacion-y-de-robotica-1238493.html Paraguay Educa realiza talleres de programación y de robótica]
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|align=right valign=top|21 Apr 2014||'''El Tiempo''' &ndash; [http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/educacion/entrevista-de-el-tiempo-a-walter-bender_13855020-4 'Cada niño podría ser un maestro del 'software': Walter Bender]
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|align=right valign=top|2 Apr 2014||'''vera.tv''' &ndash; [http://tv.vera.com.uy/video/7012 Antel vuelta a clases] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|4 Feb 2014||'''La Diaria''' &ndash; [http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/2/en-codigo/ En código]
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|align=right valign=top|24 Jan 2014||'''Espectador''' &ndash; [http://www.espectador.com/sociedad/283177/entre-los-ganadores-del-concurso-anual-de-programacion-de-google-code-in-hay-nuevamente-un-joven-uruguayo Entre los ganadores del concurso anual de programación de Google Code-in hay nuevamente un joven uruguayo]
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|align=right valign=top|23 Jan 2014||'''El Pais''' &ndash; [http://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/ensena-profesores-ahora-premia-google.html Le enseña a sus profesores y ahora lo premia Google]
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|align=right valign=top|20 Jan 2014||'''Google Open Source Blog''' &ndash; [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/ Google Code-in 2013 - drumroll please!]
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|align=right valign=top|28 Nov 2013||'''BBVA Paraguay''' &ndash; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wTBs2ektI&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferbac3c&utm_medium=twitter Turtle Art Day in Caacupé] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|17 Oct 2013||'''ANTEL Integra''' &ndash; [http://www.integra.antel.com.uy/2013/10/educacion/turtle-art-la-plataforma-del-butia/ Turtle Art: la plataforma del Butiá]
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/software-libre-es-tema-de-paneles-en-la-cumbre-627064.html Software libre es tema de paneles en la cumbre]
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/programar-ayuda-a-los-ninos-a-pensar-628059.html Programar ayuda a los niños a pensar]
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/hoy-es-el-dia-de-tortugarte-en-caacupe-627470.html Hoy es el Día de TortugArte, en Caacupé]
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|align=right valign=top|14 Oct 2013||'''ABC Color''' &ndash; [http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/locales/las-tic-en-la-educacion-son-clave-para-el-desarrollo-del-pais-aseguran-627469.html Las TIC en la educación son clave para el desarrollo del país, aseguran]
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|align=right valign=top|12 Oct 2013||'''Cromo''' &ndash; [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2013/10/mhijo-el-programador/ M’hijo el programador]
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|align=right valign=top|08 Aug 2013||'''News1''' &ndash; [http://news1.kr/articles/1273059 Interview with former MIT Media Lab director] (in Korean)
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|align=right valign=top|12 Jul 2013||'''RIT''' &ndash; [http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50113 ‘Sky Time’ video game selected for White House Champions of Change event July 23]
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|align=right valign=top|28 Apr 2013||'''BBC Mundo''' &ndash; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/04/130422_programadores_adolescentes_am.shtml Los programadores adolescentes premiados por Google]
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|align=right valign=top|07 Feb 2013||'''el Neuvo Herald''' &ndash; [http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/02/07/1402134/joven-uruguayo-brilla-como-programador.html Joven uruguayo brilla como programador y es distinguido por Google]
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|align=right valign=top|06 Feb 2013||'''el Observador''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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''' &ndash; [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]
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|align=right valign=top|08 Jul 2012||'''Estado de S. Paulo''' &ndash; [http://blogs.estadao.com.br/radar-tecnologico/2012/07/08/para-educar/ Para educar]
 
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|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2012||'''Pacific Standard''' &ndash; [http://www.psmag.com/education/one-laptop-per-child-redux-38589/ OLPC Redux]
 
|align=right valign=top|24 Apr 2012||'''Pacific Standard''' &ndash; [http://www.psmag.com/education/one-laptop-per-child-redux-38589/ OLPC Redux]
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|align=right valign=top|14&nbsp;Apr&nbsp;2010||'''National Science Foundation''' &ndash; [http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116638 XO Laptops Inspire Learning In Birmingham, Alabama] ([http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxOg-dt6rw video])
 
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|align=right valign=top|15&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2010||'''nbc13.com''' &ndash; [http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_birmingham_city_students_opt_to_spend_spring_break_in_class_xo_comput/138224/ Birmingham City students opt to spend spring break in class, XO computer camps] (video)
 
|align=right valign=top|15&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2010||'''nbc13.com''' &ndash; [http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_birmingham_city_students_opt_to_spend_spring_break_in_class_xo_comput/138224/ Birmingham City students opt to spend spring break in class, XO computer camps] (video)
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|align=right valign=top|06&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2008||'''OLPC News''' &ndash; [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&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2008||'''Wired''' &ndash; [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&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2008||'''Bill Kerr''' &ndash; [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html evaluating Sugar in the developed world]
 
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