Hi Excellent initiative. Now could we have a github account to store the idea of small tasks?
Stef On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Jigyasa Grover <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Pharo-ers ! > > On behalf of the community, I would like to thank each one of you for their > significant contribution in the recently concluded *Google Summer of Code > 2017* with *Pharo Consortium*. We aspire to take-off on a long flight after > this successful stint. In this spirit, I proposed at ESUG 2017 that we take > part in the upcoming *Google Code-In 2017*. > > GCI is a contest to introduce pre-university students (ages 13-17) to open > source software development. Because Google Code-in is often the first > experience many students have with open source, the contest is designed to > make it easy for students to jump right in with /bite-sized tasks/ (3 to 5 > days) having categorised as: Code, Documentation/Training, > Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, or User Interface. > > Students search for a task from the list created by us that interests them > and claim it. They have at least three days to complete it. The student > works on the task, getting guidance from mentors, if needed. Once the > student is ready, they submit their work for review through the contest > website. Mentors from the organisation evaluate the work, provide feedback, > and if it's complete, accept it so that student can claim a new task. > Otherwise, specific feedback is provided, and the student goes back to > improving it. > > Participants who complete at least 1 task get a digital certificate. > Participants who complete 3 or more tasks receive a t-shirt too. At the end > of the contest, each organisation chooses five finalists to receive limited > edition Google Code-in hoodies. Two finalists from each organisation get to > be the grand prize winners and go on a trip to Google Headquarters in > California ! > > The contest runs for about 6-8 weeks in December & January generally. With > organisation applications beginning in October/November, we need to be well > prepared for this season’s application with a hope to get selected. > > As an open source evangelist and a Pharo developer, I would like to invite > all the experienced members to be a part of the "GCI with Pharo Consortium" > Team and mentor students. To get added to the “private repository” (we need > to keep prospective students away from the task list before the program > begins 😉 ) where you can put in your tasks/suggestions kindly EMail me or > any of the previously added mentor. > > Looking forward to an appreciable representation from the Pharo community. > > Best regards > Jigyasa Grover > Pharo Consortium Org Admin, Google Summer of Code 2017 > [email protected] > > Link to know more about GCI: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/ > <https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/ > > Link to sample tasks: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/example-tasks > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/example-tasks> > Link to FAQs: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/faq > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/faq > > Link to contest rules: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/contest-rules > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/contest-rules> > Link to GCI presentation for outreach: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/downloads/Google-Code-in-2016-slides.pdf > <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/downloads/Google-Code-in-2016-slides.pdf> > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >
