[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

[José Miguel García]

Hola!

Es necesario pensar Sugar como un espacio de aprendizaje más que como
software. Sugar se desarrolla de acuerdo a las características propias de
los niños, ya que estos no son adultos en miniatura. Esto se contrapone con
la tendencia mundial de diseñar máquinas iguales a las del mundo adultos en
tamaños reducidos, infantilizando los escritorios a los que ellos están
acostumbrados y utilizando aplicaciones que son valiosos para el adulto,
sin tener en cuenta los proceso de aprendizaje de los niños. Esto incentiva
al docente a rediseñar sus prácticas. Sugar es el mejor ambiente para
potenciar los cambios en las prácticas institucionales que los educadores
buscamos, dando un espacio creativo, de autoaprendizaje y de producción
para los niños .




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Lic. José Miguel García
Montevideo - Uruguay

2016-06-06 4:33 GMT-03:00 <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.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
> >> IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
> >>
> >
> >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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