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===Describe your organization.===

===Describe your organization.===

[http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform, a free and open-source software project. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook and designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers a hardware and distro independent alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software. Sugar Activities running on the Sugar Learning Platform promote collaborative learning and critical thinking, and are used every school day in 25 languages by almost 1,000,000 children in more than 40 countries.

[http://sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs] is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform, a free and open-source software project. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook and designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers a hardware and distro independent alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software. Sugar Activities running on the Sugar Learning Platform promote collaborative learning and critical thinking, and are used every school day in 25 languages by almost 1,000,000 children in more than 40 countries.

Sugar Labs, a volunteer, non-profit organization, is a member project of the [http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ Software Freedom Conservancy]. The mission of Sugar Labs is to support the Sugar community of users and developers and establish regional, autonomous “Sugar Labs” around the world to tailor Sugar to local languages and curricula. Sugar Labs volunteers are passionate about providing education to children.

Sugar Labs, a volunteer, non-profit organization, is a member project of the [http://sfconservancy.org/ Software Freedom Conservancy]. The mission of Sugar Labs is to support the Sugar community of users and developers and establish regional, autonomous “Sugar Labs” around the world to tailor Sugar to local languages and curricula. Sugar Labs volunteers are passionate about providing education to children.

===Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?===

===Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?===

===What is the URL for your ideas page?===

===What is the URL for your ideas page?===

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/DevelopmentTeam/ProjectIdeas (Note: this is probably temporary; I'll see if we can get something better by the 13th. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC))

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development Team/ProjectIdeas (Note: this is probably temporary; I'll see if we can get something better by the 13th. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC))

===What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?===

===What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?===

===What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?===

===What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?===

The best we can do is infect the students with enthusiasm for our project's goals. We will launch a Sugar pilot near each accepted project so that students can see immediate results and feedback from children and teachers using their work, thus investing them further in longer-term sustainability and getting their local communities involved as well.

The best we can do is infect the students with enthusiasm for our project's goals. We will launch a Sugar pilot near each accepted project so that students can see immediate results and feedback from children and teachers using their work, thus investing them further in longer-term sustainability and getting their local communities involved as well.