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Thanks! -bill! ----- Forwarded message from Carol Smith ----- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:10:51 -0700 From: Carol Smith Subject: Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI To: Google Summer of Code Mentors List Hi everyone, Starting today we are accepting applications from organizations who have participated in a previous Google Summer of Code (you!) to get involved with our contest for 13-18 year olds, Google Code-in [0]. If you haven*t read up about Google Code-in, you can check out our announcement [1] to this list from a couple weeks ago or read our blog post [2] about the contest. If your org has decided it would like to apply to participate in the contest, you can fill out the application [3] on Melange now. The deadline for applications is 29 October at 23:00 UTC. Also, if you want to look over the rules for the contest before applying to participate they can be found on the organization application [3] at the bottom. They will also be posted on the Google Code-in website [0] in the next couple days in other languages. We hope your org will consider participating. [0] - http://code.google.com/gci [1] - http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-mentors-list/msg/0985eedf9e464775 [2] - http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/10/google-code-in-schools-out-codes-in.html [3] - http://socghop.appspot.com/gci/org_app/take/gci_program/google/gci2010/orgapp Cheers, Carol ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -bill! Sent from my computer From davidstuartbruce at gmail.com Mon Oct 18 16:08:41 2010 From: davidstuartbruce at gmail.com (David Bruce) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:08:41 -0500 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: Hi Bill, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > Shall we participate? ?Who out here would be available to administrate > Tux4Kids' participation (first step being: apply before the Oct. 29th deadline!) This doesn't sound nearly as time-intensive as GSoC, so I guess I would have time to administer it. I certainly can fill out the application. The main early-on thing is to get together a task list, which is supposed to be organized into the following categories: 1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code 2. Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents 3. Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing 4. Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality 5. Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions 6. Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more 7. Translation: Tasks related to localization 8. User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction The part I'm not quite clear on is how we will get the students' work into our projects. I suspect we would have them send us patches or other file attachments, rather than get them to do commits into a repository. If the task list is set up like GSoC, we can use the Code-In web site as a sort of wiki where members of our team can post to-dos. I suggest that anyone who might want to help please say so on this list, just to get an idea of our participation. Best, David Bruce From bml4633 at rit.edu Mon Oct 18 17:01:21 2010 From: bml4633 at rit.edu (Brendan Luchen) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:01:21 -0400 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: Yep, I'm game. > 1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code > 2. Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents > 3. Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing There will definitely be tasks here. t4k_common.h is still sparsely commented in some areas, and IIRC TuxType is still in limbo.. > 5. Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions Might be a good way to put to rest the recurring question, "what files go where on which system?" > 6. Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more I'm confused. Would this be code-in students training other code-in students, or what? -Brendan From bml4633 at rit.edu Wed Oct 27 19:27:53 2010 From: bml4633 at rit.edu (Brendan Luchen) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:27:53 -0400 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: All, Looks like the deadline for orgs is tomorrow. Sounds like the consensus is, let's do it, but I don't believe we've applied (although I haven't been able to confirm by seeing a list of applications). Do we have something resembling a task list? I could take care of the application paperwork if needed... -Brendan On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brendan Luchen wrote: > Yep, I'm game. > > > 1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code > > 2. Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents > > 3. Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing > > There will definitely be tasks here. t4k_common.h is still sparsely > commented in some areas, and IIRC TuxType is still in limbo.. > > > 5. Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending > solutions > > Might be a good way to put to rest the recurring question, "what files > go where on which system?" > > > 6. Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more > > I'm confused. Would this be code-in students training other code-in > students, or what? > > -Brendan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidstuartbruce at gmail.com Thu Oct 28 01:46:58 2010 From: davidstuartbruce at gmail.com (David Bruce) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:46:58 -0500 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: Hi Brendan et al, On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Brendan Luchen wrote: > All, > > Looks like the deadline for orgs is tomorrow. Sounds like the consensus is, > let's do it, but I don't believe we've applied (although I haven't been able > to confirm by seeing a list of applications). No, I haven't done an application. > Do we have something resembling a task list? Not really. At the mentor summit, there was a discussion of this. We just need to post a list of an initial group of tasks. We can add more tasks throughout the project. They can be of widely differing difficulty, but from a time perspective they should be something an experienced dev could complete in a full day. It is expected that the students will take longer than a day per task. Some initial thoughts on non-programming tasks: - provide a new language translation for a Tux4Kids app - convert the factoroids *.png images to svg images - convert tuxtype's images to svg (might be more than one task) - find more suitably-licensed game music files for either app - create word lists, phrase lists, typing drills, or other "content" for tuxtype. - create documentation for tux4kids-admin. Code stuff - unfortunately, a lot of difficult and invasive changes are going on right now. However, "factoroids" is fairly self-contained, and I think could be improved: - replace tuxmath-style LED monitor with "prime number guns", with new artwork for a "2-gun", "3-gun", "5-gun", and so forth up through maybe 11 or 13. - have the gun shoot a numeral-labeled projectile instead of the laser. - arrange the waves in order of prime factors - first wave powers of 2; second wave multiples of twos and threes; third wave twos, threes, and fives; etc. - there is also a need to create a graphic screen in tuxmath's LAN game to select a server if more than one tuxmathserver instance is found on the network (I've procrastinated on that for a year). > I could take care of the application paperwork if needed... That would be extremely helpful. I've come back into the thick of things after the mentor summit, although I may have some time tomorrow morning. David From fongog at gmail.com Thu Oct 28 03:54:49 2010 From: fongog at gmail.com (Jesus Mager) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:54:49 -0500 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: > However, "factoroids" is fairly self-contained, and I think could be improved: > - replace tuxmath-style LED monitor with "prime number guns", with new > artwork for a "2-gun", "3-gun", "5-gun", and so forth up through maybe > 11 or 13. > - have the gun shoot a numeral-labeled projectile instead of the laser. > - arrange the waves in order of prime factors - first wave powers of > 2; second wave multiples of twos and threes; third wave twos, threes, > and fives; etc. Yep, it sounds great!!! I can help to tutor one of the kids. I thing factoroids need also better graphics, may be improve when the player hits some special rocks, etc... I'm also sure that the factoroids code is very simple for a newcomer. Maybe some more comments in the code can help. But what about tuxhistory? We need a nice GUI in SDL, some thing like a menu, selecting options, maps, etc... It is may be also a GFX/litle code task. (I strongly prefer more work on tuxhistory to make some progress. :p ) -- Jesus Mager [www.h1n1-al.blogspot.com] From cheezmeister at gmail.com Thu Oct 28 04:02:54 2010 From: cheezmeister at gmail.com (Brendan Luchen) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:02:54 -0400 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net>

Message-ID: Jesus, > > But what about tuxhistory? We need a nice GUI in SDL, some thing like > a menu, selecting options, maps, etc... It is may be also a GFX/litle > code task. (I strongly prefer more work on tuxhistory to make some > progress. :p ) > For a new project like TH, finding tasks small enough for the code-in might be tricky, but if you can think of a few, I'll be sure to include them! -Brendan From bml4633 at rit.edu Thu Oct 28 06:13:53 2010 From: bml4633 at rit.edu (Brendan Luchen) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:13:53 -0400 Subject: [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxmath-devel] [fwd] Invitation: Apply to be a Mentoring Organization for GCI [Google Code-In; like GSOC, but for teenagers] In-Reply-To: References: <20101018153814.GA11045@sonic.net> Message-ID: Hi all, > That would be extremely helpful. ?I've come back into the thick of > things after the mentor summit, although I may have some time tomorrow > morning. The app is submitted: http://socghop.appspot.com/gci/org_app/take/gci_program/google/gci2010/orgapp?id=4231201 http://socghop.appspot.com/document/edit/user/cheez/tux4kids_gci_2010 Definitely look over it to make sure I haven't done anything stupid, as is typical ;) I'll be AFK most of tomorrow but I'll make a point to check my mail and tie up any loose ends. -Brendan > David >