[IAEP] Service-Learning Curriculum around Sugar Testing

[Edward Cherlin]

I'm not clear on what software we could have ready in time, beyond the
last release. G1G1 starts in three weeks.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Marco Pesenti Gritti
<mpgritti at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm going to do a bit of preaching to the choir but I thought it was worth
>> sharing my thoughts to see if everyone is on the same page and to see if
>> anyone has anything to add.
>>
>> Why Now?
>>
>> If we can get some activities ready in time for G1G1 then we could end up
>> with some synergy on the marketing.  Teachers could use it as a way to
>> encourage students to ask for it for Christmas, and our tester recruiting
>> program could get a bunch of publicity.
>>
>> Why is it important?
>>
>> -For Sugar
>>
>> Growth in adoption will mean more activities which means we need more
>> testing.
>> Teachers are a key factor in getting adopted in the developed world, the
>> success of Moodle shows us that, this is a way to reach teachers
>> We can explicitly put in the curriculum a suggestion for students to show
>> Sugar to one of their old elementary school teachers.
>> Some high school kids are very good programmers, this could potentially be
>> an avenue for programmer recruitment.
>> Some geeky high school kids have parents who are very good programmers, this
>> could be another avenue for programmer recruitment
>> In developing the curriculum we will hopefully find other high quality
>> curriculum that we can reuse.  This is an opportunity to find partners that
>> can help in marketing and future curriculum development.
>>
>> -For Students
>>
>> There is a tremendous amount that can be learned and an excellent
>> opportunity for authentic, situated, project based learning. Hardware and
>> Software, Education Theory, Understanding the differences in education world
>> wide
>> It is an opportunity to bridge the gender gap that currently exists in the
>> US. More girls tend to be interested in Community Service and more boys in
>> computers.
>>
>> Anything to add/subtract?
>
> I don't have much to add, but I think it's a fantastic idea. Sugar is
> not getting enough testing, because, unlike other open source
> projects, his developer and user base are different (and mostly
> disconnected). Also testing is often a good way to make your first
> steps inside a project and then contribute to the development.
>
> Marco
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