[OLPC-GSoC] [sugar] Summer of Code update : applications so far, and thanks

[Bobby Powers]

Thanks Homunq (Jameson?) especially for the GSOC category maintenance.

I think I am in the same boat as you - I've gotten some feedback already but
would like to be included on the list for some more especially since I've
rewritten most of it in the past few days to focus more on development of an
activity.  In a nutshell I want to bring System Dynamics (SD) to the XO and
classrooms.  SD is an ideal way to implement a lot of constructionist ideas,
it gives kids an environment where they can can address real world problems
and face the challenge of learning what they need to know to accomplish the
task.  This all happens in an approach grounded in systems theory.  The full
app is here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenSim

if anyone has any more comments (either positive, negative or on the
specifics) I'd love to hear them, even as the deadline is looming.

Thanks!
yours,
Bobby


2008/4/7 Jameson Chema Quinn <jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu>:

>
>
> >
> > Finally, to stimulate discussion, below are a few applications that
> > deserve more feedback and mentor attention.
> >
>
> 2 points:
> 1. A lot of these are not on the wiki, or were not in the [[Category:GSoC
> proposals]]. I've rectified that for the ones I could find, but I'd really
> like to read some that I couldn't find. I understand that some people may
> not have found all the different places for communication - the GSoC
> website, this list, the wiki, IRC, the other mailing lists, trac.... it is a
> lot to keep track of. So it would be great if mentors could use the GSoC
> website to suggest to students that putting an application on the wiki will
> get more feedback.
>
> 2. My app <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bityi/GSoC> has gotten more feedback
> than most, so I understand why I'm not on this list, but I still feel left
> out. My idea is to modify Develop let you program in a Python based on your
> own language, but keep it as English-based python on disk - it takes maybe a
> few more words to describe than most applications because nothing like it
> really exists anywhere else. And yet most of the feedback I've gotten has to
> do more with technical or logistical points, not the basic question of
> whether this new idea is worth doing. For those of you whose first language
> is not English - do you think it would help people learn to program if the
> keywords and basic modules were readable in your own language? (Don't just
> think about your own case, think about your average potential programmer -
> would it help?) If you have an answer, add it to the talk page<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Bityi/GSoC>- of course I'd love any yesses, but if I get a couple of no's there's still
> (barely) time for me to submit another Develop-related application.
>
>
> >
> > = Good applications that need review by a mentor with topic-specific
> > expertise =
> >
> > * An XO Eclipse environment - Phan quoc huy
>
>
> I really want to see this, it sounds very interesting.
>
>
> > * Handwriting recognition - Juliana Lipková (Thomas Breuel, call your
> > office)
> > * "your voice on XO" - Alex Escalona, on community-wide building of new
> > Festival voices for TTS
> >
> >
> > = Projects attracting more than one good application =
> > (e.g., where there are detailed comparisons to be made)
> >
> > * Typing tutor - at least three good proposals
> > * Flashcards - at least two good proposals
> > * [[Elements]] extension - at least two good proposals
> > * Artificial neural network simulations - at least one good proposal
> > * A light email client - a few proposals that need clarification
> > * Blogging platforms -   "      "      "
> > * Finance activities  -  [[Finance One]], &c
> >
> >
> > = Other applications of note =
> >
> > == Core system components ==
> > * The publish/share button - Robson Mendonça, Eric Burns
> > * Server interface design - Michał Ściubidło and others
> > * LustreFS for XO (Distributed mesh filesystem) - Evelina Stepanova
> > * Memory/disk tuning (schoolserver) - Waseem Shaukat
> >
> >  == Fundamental activities ==
> > * [[Listen and Spell]] - Assim Deodia
> > * Homework manager - Jason Tran
> > * [[VideoEdit]] - Roberto Fagá
> > * [[Coding Tutor]] - Rahul Bagaria
>
>
> This is where I'd put my proposal, "Bityi - on-screen code i18n in XO
> Develop activity" <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Bityi/GSoC>. In other
> words, the activity is Develop
>
> >
> >
> > == Learning games ==
> > * Incredible machine - Alex Levenson, with a prototype
> > * [[PlayGo]] extensions - Brandon Wilson
> > * Water Game - Lin Zhou, for learning water sanitation and safety
> > * Garden Game - Javier Trejo, for learning genetics; developing in both
> > en and es.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,  SJ
> >
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