Kevin, maybe doing something around C Scott's XO Bot / XOrduino / XO Stick projects (
<a href="http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html">http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html</a> ) in combination with Turtle Art / Scratch programming or collaborating with the butia folks from Uruguay could be a way to emphasize the computational thinking aspects?<div>
<br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Christoph<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Brooks, Kevin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kevin.Brooks@ndsu.edu" target="_blank">Kevin.Brooks@ndsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Chris and Walter, <div><br></div><div>Google said it got so many applications it could not provide feedback. The winners had great proposals, so I just think the competition is stiff. Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code; probably same problem. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We might need to strengthen the "computational thinking" component our curriculum. We have the kids do fun things with Sugar, but Google and NSF seem to be looking for sound approaches to computational thinking. Ideas appreciated! </div>
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<br><div><div>On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Kevin,<div><br></div><div>thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web site.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because similarly to you it's my impression that Sugar-related activities should fit in quite well with RISE's scope...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Christoph<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kevin.Brooks@ndsu.edu" target="_blank">Kevin.Brooks@ndsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">We submitted a Google Rise proposal last year, but were not funded. The competition does seem like a good fit for Sugar Camps, after school programs, etc., especially if working with populations underrepresented in the CS world. <div>
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