[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

[Sam Parkinson]

Here is my reflection too:

I contribute to Sugar because the current EduTech used in ACT schools 
is so boring.  Sugar shows that we can make awesome software for 
schools, rather than the meh software like managebac or google 
classrrom.  We can best integrate collaboration, journalling, 
reflection and creation - tailoring the whole experience to education.

Thanks,
Sam

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:33 PM, tkkang at nurturingasia.com wrote:
> 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>
>> 
> 
> 
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