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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>) | + | 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. A few weeks ago there was a guest op-ed piece, "Can students have | + | 1. Sugar Labs will be participating in Google Code-in again this year. Ignacio |
− | too much tech?", in the 'NY Times' arguing among other things that
| + | Rodriguez and I are the program administrators and are gathering |
− | Internet access was undermining programs like One Laptop per Child. I
| + | suggestions for bite-sized tasks in coding, documentation, research, design, |
− | found it surprising that Susan Pinker would cite One Laptop per Child
| + | and outreach. We'll also be scouring the open issues in the various |
− | as the principle example of the children using computers to chat and
| + | Sugar-related repos for tasks. Please pass your suggestions our way. Also, if |
− | play games on the Internet (which she soundly criticised), since
| + | you are interested in mentoring, please contact me. Finally, it would great if |
− | almost none of the children who received laptop computers through OLPC
| + | you could help spread the word about the contest among educators so that we can |
− | programs have ready access to the Internet (at school or at home). The
| + | reach out to as many potential participants as possible (the contest is open to |
− | exception of course being Uruguay, where every child has both a laptop
| + | 13-17 year olds). GCI is a great opportunity to recruit new talent into the |
− | and Internet access. Indeed, as a 2010 survey showed, the children in | + | 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 |
− | Uruguay play games – they are children after all – but they also use
| + | describing our participation is at [[Google Code In 2017]]. |
− | email, search for information, chat (also known as reading and
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− | writing), make music, artwork, and videos, program, and, in general,
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− | use the computer as a tool for problem solving. Contrary to the
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− | assertion that the program is “drive-by” education, a continuing
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− | effort is put into teacher training, community support, and outreach.
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− | That said, some people associated with OLPC, including my former
| + | 2. There is a new release of Music Blocks available [https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/releases/tag/v2.1 3]. Features include a |
− | colleague Mr. Negroponte, are outspoken advocates for solutions that
| + | marked improvement in performance and lots of bug fixes. Tip of the hat to |
− | mitigate the need for teachers in elementary education. The X Prize
| + | Devin Ulibarri, Edgar Quispe, and Euan Ong for their contributions to this |
− | for Education is designed around that approach and further requires
| + | release. |
− | that any proposed solutions be Android-tablet based. Not to say that
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− | it may be possible to engineer such a solution, to constrain the
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− | contest to an unproven pedagogical framework seems ill-advised. (Many
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− | tablet-based solutions have begun to distribute physical keyboards in
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− | acknowledgment that no one serious about writing or programming works
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− | exclusively with an on-screen keyboard. And while it is theoretically
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− | possible to exercise Software Freedoms on an Android tablet, in
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− | practice it is still well beyond most of us.) Meanwhile, here at Sugar
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− | Labs, we encourage open collaboration among students, teachers, and
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− | our community.
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− | 2. Martin Abente, our Sugar Release Manager, is pleased to announce
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− | the release of Sugar (sucrose) 0.104.0. This release includes new
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− | features and a multitude of bug fixes from Google Code-In and Summer
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− | of Code students, deployments and community members.
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− | We are compiling detailed release notes at [[0.104/Notes]].
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− | Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release and special thanks
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− | to Martin for shepherding the process.
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− | 3. Sugar Labs is applying to Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2015. The
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− | application to Google has been submitted and we are in the process of
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− | building the associated wiki pages [[Summer_of_Code/2015]]. We often use GSoC as a way of
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− | exploring new ideas and future directions; for example, last summer we
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− | had projects on extending Turtle Blocks into three-dimensions and
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− | porting Sugar to Python 3, among others. This year we are going to
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− | take a more focused approach, concentrating on fleshing out and making
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− | more robust the Javascript support within Sugar. Sample projects will
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− | be added to the wiki over the next few days. We can always use more
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− | project ideas (please add them to the wiki) and more mentors (if you
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− | are interested, please contact me over the next few weeks).
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− | === In the community ===
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− | 4. Tony Anderson reports that he has finally has most of the Project
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− | Bernie website [http://www.projectbernie.org] completed. This website shows what content is
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− | available on the School Server. (The School Server is a repository of | |
− | content and services for Sugar deployments.) Tony reports that there
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− | are about 200 Sugar activities available to be installed from the
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− | school server; digital textbooks from Siyavula, and courses on Python,
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− | Web technology, and the Command Line Interpreter (Terminal activity).
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− | === Tech Talk ===
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− | 5. Peter Robinson, who has been coordinating the Sugar on a Stick
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− | releases (most recently for Fedora 21 [http://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-21-5.iso],
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− | [http://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Live/i386/Fedora-Live-SoaS-i686-21-5.iso]) is looking for help
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− | coordinating testing and general community communications and
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− | facilitation. Peter is a great mentor, so it would be a nice
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− | opportunity for someone(s) to both contribute to the project and to
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− | learn more about packaging. Please contact Peter (pbrobinson AT gmail
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− | DOT com) if you are interested.
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− | === Sugar Labs ===
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− | 6. Please visit our planet [http://planet.sugarlabs.org].
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| + | 3. Congratulations to Lionel, Sameer, and Adam for being re-elected to the Sugar |
| + | Labs oversight board. (And thanks to everyone who voted for my return to the |
| + | 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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| ==Sugar in the news== | | ==Sugar in the news== |
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| + | |align=right valign=top|29 Apr 2019||'''EdTechzine''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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 – then it all went wrong] |
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| + | |align=right valign=top|8 Mar 2018||'''Oxford News''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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] |
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| + | |align=right valign=top|30 Apr 2015||'''Diario La República''' – [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''' – [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''' – [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''' – [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2015/02/el-chico-google/ El chico Google] | | |align=right valign=top|6 Feb 2015||'''Cromo''' – [http://www.cromo.com.uy/2015/02/el-chico-google/ El chico Google] |
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| |align=right valign=top|7 Oct 2014||'''Kauffman Report''' – [http://www.kauffman.org/blogs/policy-dialogue/2014/august/paraguay-thirsty-for-21st-century-education Paraguay Thirsty for 21st-Century Education] | | |align=right valign=top|7 Oct 2014||'''Kauffman Report''' – [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 Sept 2014||'''ANEP''' – [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] | + | |align=right valign=top|25 Sep 2014||'''ANEP''' – [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''' – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YbRCMRpstg Innovando con XO] (video) | | |align=right valign=top|12 Jun 2014||'''Producción Nacional''' – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YbRCMRpstg Innovando con XO] (video) |
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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] |
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| |align=right valign=top|14 Apr 2010||'''National Science Foundation''' – [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]) | | |align=right valign=top|14 Apr 2010||'''National Science Foundation''' – [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 Mar 2010||'''nbc13.com''' – [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 Mar 2010||'''nbc13.com''' – [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 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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− | [http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=press See our Press Page]
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| [[Category:General public]] | | [[Category:General public]] |
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