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FOSS Desktops for Kids

About this Project

This project is part of the 2020 GNOME Community Engagement Challenge and meant for use by the FLOSS Desktops for Kids team, Challenge organizers, and Challenge judges.

The 2020 GNOME Community Engagement Challenge is a three-part challenge created in partnership with Endless. The Challenge encourages individuals or teams to create stimulating ideas that will connect the next generation of coders to the FOSS community and keep them involved for years to come. Learn more about the Challenge.

FLOSS Desktops for Kids

Kids can’t code without computers. FLOSS Desktops for Kids helps under-served students access technology by building their own open source powered computers. The program provides hands-on learning in technology, coding, and engineering through collaborative projects utilizing refurbished computers and open source tools and development platforms (e.g. GIMP, GoDot.org, IDLE, Scratch, Sugar, and many others). Once completed, students take their computers home… “for keeps.”

Organized through “M.A.K.E’s”, FLOSS Desktops provides instructors with:

  • Materials: an inventory of supplies, tools, and technologies for each session.
  • Activities: teaching and learning exercises, worksheets, and projects.
  • Knowledge: specific learning objectives
  • Evaluations: outcomes in line with ITSE standards.

How to Use this Project

Members of the FLOSS Desktops for Kids team should use this GitLab project to enter their Phase 2 submissions. For this phase, we ask you to submit a proof of concept for your project. Your proof of concept can be a working prototype, project examples, and/or documentation demonstrating your concept.

  • All code-based projects should store their code and assets in the repository of this project.
  • All non-code projects should upload all relevant materials as PDF or jpeg files to the project repository.

All Phase 2 submissions must be added to this folder by Nov 2, 2020, at or before 23:59 UTC.

Please contact cechallenge@gnome.org prior to the deadline if you have any questions or issues.