[IAEP] Google Rise Awards

[Christoph Derndorfer]

Kevin, maybe doing something around C Scott's XO Bot / XOrduino / XO Stick
projects ( http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html ) in combination with
Turtle Art / Scratch programming or collaborating with the butia folks from
Uruguay could be a way to emphasize the computational thinking aspects?

Cheers,
Christoph

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Brooks, Kevin <Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu> wrote:

> Chris and Walter,
>
> Google said it got so many applications it could not provide feedback. The
> winners had great proposals, so I just think the competition is stiff.
>  Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code; probably same problem.
>
> We might need to strengthen the "computational thinking" component our
> curriculum.  We have the kids do fun things with Sugar, but Google and NSF
> seem to be looking for sound approaches to computational thinking.  Ideas
> appreciated!
>
> Kevin
> --
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> On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web site.
>
> Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because
> similarly to you it's my impression that Sugar-related activities should
> fit in quite well with RISE's scope...
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin <Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu>wrote:
>
>> We submitted a Google Rise proposal last year, but were not funded. The
>> competition does seem like a good fit for Sugar Camps, after school
>> programs, etc., especially if working with populations underrepresented in
>> the CS world.
>>
>> http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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Christoph Derndorfer

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editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com]
contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net]

e-mail: christoph at derndorfer.eu
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