[IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 84, Issue 29

[Kevin Brooks]

Dan (and others),

Chris Lindgren and I have a chapter coming out in a new book on “strategic discourse,” so the Sugar study is wrapped inside a debate about crisis discourse within our field (English studies).  We do share some of what we learned from our  3 year-long attempt to use Sugar on a Stick in an after school program at two elementary schools.  The book is supposed to be available online next week at the Computers and Composition Digital Press website:

http://ccdigitalpress.org/

We have both ended up moving on to other projects but would be glad to share more of what we learned if our work looks useful to you.  We captured some of the process at http://fargoxo.wordpress.com

Kevin

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Today's Topics:

  1. Are there papers available on Sugar? (Dan Tenason)
  2. BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to inspire a new
     generation with digital technology (Sean DALY)
  3. Re: [Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to
     inspire a new generation with digital technology (Walter Bender)
  4. Re: [Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to
     inspire a new generation with digital technology (Gonzalo Odiard)
  5. Re: Will anything change this time? (Gonzalo Odiard)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:33:27 +0300
From: Dan Tenason <dan.tenason at mail.ru>
To: iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: [IAEP] Are there papers available on Sugar?
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As part of my research I have been looking for peer reviewed papers on Sugar. There is an extensive amount of literature on One Laptop per Child from 2007 and 2008 which trickles off to footnotes by 2015. I was unable to find any papers on Sugar or Sugar Labs. To be fair, the effects of sugar on obesity dominated any search including the term sugar.?

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:30:08 +0100
From: Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com>
To: Sugar Labs Marketing <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>, iaep
<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: [IAEP] BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to inspire a
new generation with digital technology
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit

article, with video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927

"The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that
children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,
entry-level coding device that allows children to pick it up, plug it into
a computer and start creating with it immediately."

(Standalone, except for the part where it requires a host computer... which
b ythe way could be a Raspberry Pi)

Product partners/champions include Microsoft and the Python Software
Foundation.

The BBC will supply massive audiovisual educational content.

They "anticipate working with a wider network of informal partners to
magnify the educational impact of the project."

Deployment starts this September and when the 1,000,000th is distributed,
production will be halted.

Sean.
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:34:09 -0400
From: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
To: Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com>
Cc: Sugar Labs Marketing <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>, iaep
<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide
initiative to inspire a new generation with digital technology
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Sounds like a job for Turtle Blocks :)

-walter

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit

article, with video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927

"The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that
children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,
entry-level coding device that allows children to pick it up, plug it into a
computer and start creating with it immediately."

(Standalone, except for the part where it requires a host computer... which
b ythe way could be a Raspberry Pi)

Product partners/champions include Microsoft and the Python Software
Foundation.

The BBC will supply massive audiovisual educational content.

They "anticipate working with a wider network of informal partners to
magnify the educational impact of the project."

Deployment starts this September and when the 1,000,000th is distributed,
production will be halted.

Sean.


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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:53:50 -0300
From: Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
To: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
Cc: Sugar Labs Marketing <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>, iaep
<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide
initiative to inspire a new generation with digital technology
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Hmm, don't want throw cold water on that, but reading
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
looks like they already include something called Touch Develop,
developed by .... Microsoft!
Anyway, times changed (just a little) and is open source, and is in github
https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop
https://www.touchdevelop.com/

They have a nice demo site here https://www.touchdevelop.com/app/
but I couldn't understand how to program with the interface they propose.
May be I am just too old :/
Anyway there are interesting ideas, like the multiple representation of the
code.

Gonzalo

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
wrote:

Sounds like a job for Turtle Blocks :)

-walter

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit

article, with video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927

"The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that
children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,
entry-level coding device that allows children to pick it up, plug it
into a
computer and start creating with it immediately."

(Standalone, except for the part where it requires a host computer...
which
b ythe way could be a Raspberry Pi)

Product partners/champions include Microsoft and the Python Software
Foundation.

The BBC will supply massive audiovisual educational content.

They "anticipate working with a wider network of informal partners to
magnify the educational impact of the project."

Deployment starts this September and when the 1,000,000th is distributed,
production will be halted.

Sean.


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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:49:43 -0300
From: Gonzalo Odiard <godiard at sugarlabs.org>
To: Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
Cc: Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>, Laura Vargas
<laura at somosazucar.org>, IAEP SugarLabs <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Will anything change this time?
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Caryl and Sebastian,
Looks like a plan.
We can confirm that in the next SLOBs meeting.
About members at sugarlabs.org, I don't know who manage that,
maybe Bernie?

Gonzalo

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
wrote:

Forgot to mention, we also need to get access to members at sugarlabs.org,
since I suspect new membership applications have gone stale for a long time
now. (see [1])

[1]
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members#Applying_for_membership

El 10/03/15 a las 15:05, Sebastian Silva escibi?:

Hi Caryl,
Thanks for co-volunteering with me!

As I see it, what needs to be done is:
   1- Tally up a list of current Sugar Members's emails (starting from
here <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/List>)
   2- Setup a survey to ask if they want to stay active, voting members
(I propose to use the LimeSurvey software. Infrastructure team can set it
up and it's easy to use.)
   3- Get familiar with Selectricity, our current voting mechanism. Get
access to the voting machine.
   4- Improve the voting experience. For instance, *en espa?ol *instructions
are a must in this community.
   5- Determine in consensus *when* an election will take place.

If we can be formally appointed, I'm certain you will be able to
contribute to every step of the process.

Regards,
Sebastian

El 10/03/15 a las 14:18, Caryl Bigenho escibi?:

Hi All

For heaven's sake! No wonder we are always stalled. If it will help, I'll
do the election. It can't be that much work. I have no conflicts of
interest. What would I need to do?

Caryl

From: laura at somosazucar.org
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:54:09 -0500
To: sebastian at fuentelibre.org
CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Will anything change this time?

Adam,

To your "conflict of interest" concern and with all the love to my
husband, I can only respond that I believe I have enough skills and
merit by myself.

Best wishes,
Laura V



2015-03-10 13:31 GMT-05:00 Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
<sebastian at fuentelibre.org>:
Well,
It's 2015 and we are all hackers here.

Your question is only a technical question, and the whole process has
always
been/forever will be open for scrutiny.

Regards,
Sebastian

El 10/03/15 a las 13:25, Adam Holt escibi?:

If Sebastian becomes the Elections Committee which is fine with me,
how do
we avoid a more-than-Clintonesque conflict-of-interest with his wife
running
for office, and himself running the election?

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Sebastian Silva
<sebastian at fuentelibre.org> <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
wrote:

Yes,
Exactly this is my proposal, from my prior email:

I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct 2014.
I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the board,
as
per the governance model.

Therefore, the board would have to appoint me formally.

Regards,
Sebastian

El 10/03/15 a las 13:01, Gonzalo Odiard escibi?:

Would be good if someone volunteer to integrate the elections
committee
to replace Luke.

Gonzalo

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Walter Bender
<walter.bender at gmail.com> <walter.bender at gmail.com>
wrote:

Sebastian,

The election was discussed in public SLOB meetings. We made public
decisions with opportunity for public input. If you want to ask the
board to revisit its decisions, that is fine. Please try to be
concrete in your proposal.

regards.

-walter

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Sebastian Silva
<sebastian at fuentelibre.org> <sebastian at fuentelibre.org> wrote:
Actually, the governance model says nothing about election at the
end
of
every year, nor about shortages of candidates. It does say:

Sugar Labs shall be governed by an Oversight Board, consisting of
seven
(7)
members elected by the Sugar community--the Sugar Membership. The
positions
on the Oversight Board will be on a two-year staggered basis. The
members of
the Oversight Board may be removed from the position at any time
by a
majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or
removal
of a
member of the Oversight Board, the Community Members shall elect a
replacement Community Member to serve on the Oversight Board.

In my humble opinion, the decision about when to do elections
should
not
reside with the board, but with the elections committee.
Aparently lfaraone is MIA.

At any rate this course of events should've been
discussed/announced to
the
Sugar Labs members.

It could've been expected, that the board members with expired
period
would
simply no longer be board members and that the 2 candidates would
be
promoted to board members (as pretty much happened last year,
except no
shortage).

I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct
2014.
I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the
board, as
per
the governance model.

I did not become a candidate because I was expecting do the
gruntwork
to run
the election.

I will abide by what the majority of Sugar Labs members wish and
the
accepted oversight board.
If we are to run elections any time we need to also follow
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members :

Currency assurance policy[edit]

In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is
reflective of
the
current status of the project and its participants, once a year
members
will
be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs
Member. If
this
request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it
has
been
a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six
months
have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an
invitation to
reapply.


I am in technical capacity and have the good will to begin working
with
these objectives as soon as I get the board's appointment.

I would like to hear more opinion from the community about the
election
process.

Regards,
Sebastian

El 10/03/15 a las 11:47, Samuel Greenfeld escibi?:

If the current governing documents don't allow mid-term
replacements
due to
someone resigning or shortages, that might be something worth
amending
them
to include.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Walter Bender
<walter.bender at gmail.com> <walter.bender at gmail.com>
wrote:

We run elections at the end of each year. If we have fewer
candidates
than slots to fill, we don't run the election. We'll run another
election at the end of 2015.

Regards.

-walter

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Laura Vargas
<laura at somosazucar.org> <laura at somosazucar.org>
wrote:
I'm really sorry I didn't understood well your intructions at
that
time...

Now, my name is on the list ;D


According to your logic, we should run elections when we have
enough
candidates.


How many additional candidates do we need?



2015-03-10 11:23 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard
<godiard at sugarlabs.org> <godiard at sugarlabs.org>:


On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Laura Vargas
<laura at somosazucar.org> <laura at somosazucar.org>
wrote:

Hi Gonzalo,


Regarding the Sugar Labs Board, if no elections are going to
me be
made, how do you justify not to rotate the board members with
long
time active volunteers? specially those who have shown
interest,
like
I have


Hi Laura,
Why you didn't follow the procedure to make your candidature?
You only needed add your name to

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates

That was requested many times, and there are only two
candidates to
fill 4
seats.

Gonzalo


Thanks and I really hope (for the sake of the kids) we can
run a
democratic community soon!


2015-03-10 10:06 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard
<godiard at sugarlabs.org> <godiard at sugarlabs.org>:
Hi Sebastian,

In this specific case, we will keep the replies from the
deployments
confidential
and release a general inform with conclusions without
naming the
deployment
involved.
There are a reason for that, and anybody involved in
negotiation
with
countries will understand.
Every time than a country say will buy N number of hardware
with
X
software,
all the big companies start to pressure.
Transparency have a big value, but we can't be naive.

and we are organizing a face to face meeting with all the
members
fro
SLOBs,



How will this help to address Dan's (valid) concern?

to discuss strategies.

We need do a deep discussion we can't do by irc or email.
I don't know if this is the solution, but we are trying
something
different.



We are discussing more ideas, like survey the community and
teachers,
like
was proposed in this list.

And?


I don't understand the question.

Gonzalo

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