[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

[Walter Bender]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:

>
> In thread "A Better Idea..." on 5 June 2016 at 16:41, Sean DALY <
> sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps trying to thrash out texts is not the best approach - maybe we
>> should start with why we the volunteers are convinced about Sugar, and
>> think about distilling our Vision from that.
>>
>
> I like this suggestion!
>
> I request that everyone subscribed to this list reply to this thread with
> a short message about why they are convinced about Sugar.
>
> I'll go first :)
>
> I am convinced about Sugar because I believe learning through
> self-discovery is a powerful way for young people to become good people,
> good citizens, and to find some particular talents to develop to the
> maximum; and I believe Sugar is software that encourages such learning.
>
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See [1 and 2].

But to gist:

At Sugar Labs we make a collection of Free/Libre Software tools that
learners use to *explore*, *discover*, *create*, and *reflect*. We
distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them,
taking ownership and responsibility for their learning.

To me, one important goal at Sugar Labs is to have our user community
engage in the development process. Towards this end, we have provided
scaffolding to support our users in their exploration of the tools
themselves and how the tools are built. This has not been just an
intellectual exercise. We design for end-user contributions, and we have
seen learners taking ownership and the responsibility that comes with
ownership. Sugar users, even when they don’t made contributions to the
code, are active learners, who are immersed in a culture where they are
encouraged to create as well as consume.


[1]
http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/docs/Learning-to-Change-the-World-Chapter-4.pdf
[2]
http://sites.ed.gov/oese/2016/04/open-discussion-on-the-role-of-education-technologies-in-early-childhood-stem-education/

-- 
Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
http://www.sugarlabs.org
<http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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