Thanks Homunq (Jameson?) especially for the GSOC category maintenance.<br><br>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:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenSim">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenSim</a><br><br>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.<br>
<br>Thanks!<br>yours, <br>Bobby <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/4/7 Jameson Chema Quinn <<a href="mailto:jquinn@cs.oberlin.edu">jquinn@cs.oberlin.edu</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br>Finally, to stimulate discussion, below are a few applications that deserve more feedback and mentor attention. <br>
</blockquote><div><br>2 points:<br>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.<br>
<br>2. <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bityi/GSoC" target="_blank">My app</a> 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<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Bityi/GSoC" target="_blank"> talk page</a> - 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.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>= Good applications that need review by a mentor with topic-specific expertise =<br>
<br>* An XO Eclipse environment - Phan quoc huy</blockquote><div><br>I really want to see this, it sounds very interesting. <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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* Handwriting recognition - Juliana Lipková (Thomas Breuel, call your office)<br>
* "your voice on XO" - Alex Escalona, on community-wide building of new Festival voices for TTS<br><br><br>= Projects attracting more than one good application =<br>(e.g., where there are detailed comparisons to be made)<br>
<br>* Typing tutor - at least three good proposals<br>* Flashcards - at least two good proposals<br>* [[Elements]] extension - at least two good proposals<br>* Artificial neural network simulations - at least one good proposal<br>
* A light email client - a few proposals that need clarification<br>* Blogging platforms - " " "<br>* Finance activities - [[Finance One]], &c <br>
<br><br>= Other applications of note =<br><br>== Core system components ==<br>* The publish/share button - Robson Mendonça, Eric Burns<br>* Server interface design - Micha³ ¦ciubid³o and others<br>* LustreFS for XO (Distributed mesh filesystem) - Evelina Stepanova<br>
* Memory/disk tuning (schoolserver) - Waseem Shaukat<br><br> == Fundamental activities ==<br>* [[Listen and Spell]] - Assim Deodia<br>* Homework manager - Jason Tran<br>* [[VideoEdit]] - Roberto Fagá<br>* [[Coding Tutor]] - Rahul Bagaria</blockquote>
<div><br>This is where I'd put my proposal, <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Bityi/GSoC" target="_blank">"Bityi - on-screen code i18n in XO Develop activity"</a>. In other words, the activity is Develop </div>
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<br>== Learning games ==<br>* Incredible machine - Alex Levenson, with a prototype<br>* [[PlayGo]] extensions - Brandon Wilson<br>* Water Game - Lin Zhou, for learning water sanitation and safety<br>* Garden Game - Javier Trejo, for learning genetics; developing in both en and es. <br>
<br><br>Cheers, SJ<br>
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