[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

[tkkang at nurturingasia.com]

Good to hear what others have to say .. here is my own reflection:

I worked with Sugar till today as I have personally tested it with children from the gifted to the developmentally delay; and made many video-recordings of children using it over the years under many different circumstances. It works - Sugar simplicity and flexibility makes it my best choice as a clinical or educational tools, to help children be empowered in their learning.

T.K Kang
 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walter Bender [mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 07:28 AM
>To: 'Dave Crossland'
>Cc: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>Subject: Re: [IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?
>
>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>
>