[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

[Laura Vargas]

I contribute to Sugar because there are thousands of children around me who
use Sugar every day and they deserve appropriate and relevant software that
helps them reshape their reality to a more just, verdant and collaborative
world.

We are just not there yet.

I believe Sugar Labs provides basic infrastructure for developers but lacks
a vision to articulate field needs and potentialities with talented people
in a sustainable manner.


Thanks to Sean and Dave! Great exercise!!

2016-06-06 7:28 GMT+08:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:

>
> 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
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> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
>
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