[Sugar-devel] Sugar's future: soliciting feedback

[Daniel Narvaez]

I think any research that gives us more data about what deployments think,
want and do is extremely valuable.

That said, IMO figuring out Sugar future requires less talk and more
action. It's not about deciding it, it's about building it.


On 18 November 2013 17:16, Anish Mangal <anish at activitycentral.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In this past month, there has been lots of discussion on sugar-devel to
> figure out the future of sugar in our evolving ecosystem. A feature of
> those conversations has been the acceptance of changed or less-conspicuous
> realities and a search for a new path to accommodate for them.
> Co-incidentally, sugar-0.100 was just released not too long ago, and
> discussions around 0.102 are taking place, while at the same time a few
> interesting experiments on the side are being carried on. Enormous shifts
> in the directions olpc is taking is forcing many to rethink their
> association with both sugar and olpc at a very core level. Clarity in
> thought and action is the need of the hour.
>
> One of the challenges with most education-technology initiatives is the
> lack of representation from people who aren't necessarily "technologists"
> *and* the lack of communication between various groups in the project. To
> quote a somewhat controversial figure:
>
> "The best tools are built when there is respectful two way conversation
> between people who build tools, and the people who use them." -Sal Khan
>
> It is really encouraging to see folks on this channel acknowledging the
> importance of the same, and to support that cause, I propose to conduct
> some research through a survey. The idea is to reach a very wide group of
> people within the ecosystem, and ask them hard questions about sugar, and
> their association with the project. Then filter that into useful feedback
> along various dimensions to hopefully support the "sugar future/direction"
> discussion. I will keep both the survey process and results public (though
> not so during the time it is taking place to avoid anchoring).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> - - - -
>
> About me:
> My association with the Sugar project started in early 2010. I started out
> as a volunteer developer, but soon spent time in deployments in Paraguay,
> and Uruguay. I have also collaborated with olpc-Au in the past and have
> been responsible for a few releases of the dextrose sugar distribution. I
> spent the last year at Univ of Michigan completing grad study in Design,
> Edu. Psychology, Entrepreneurship (and a few other things). I have been
> involved with the School Server Community Edition (schoolserver.org)
> since early this year, and want to get back to contributing to sugar. I am
> an employee of ActivityCentral.
>
> Cheers,
> Anish
>
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Daniel Narvaez
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