From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: <9fans@9fans.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:51:51 -0500 From: EBo In-Reply-To: <5c905a2ef7cc201811ae1301dfc56843@coraid.com> References: <87b9b103c90c4b98f0a3cc8e36f69fef@swcp.com> <5c905a2ef7cc201811ae1301dfc56843@coraid.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.4-trunk Subject: Re: [9fans] =?utf-8?q?Google_code-in=3F?= Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7889ab8c-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > i don't think that's accurate. the tasks need to > be small enough and easy enough for a 12-17 year old > student to resonably get one done in a week. it would be > much easier to just do these tasks oneself than to even > write up the task, let alone walk a student through the > problem-solving process. > > so i see this as even more magnanimous than gsoc. > google is essentially putting money directly into education. > > we're not participating this year for lack of time. but if there are > any > students who would like to participate, please contact me off list. The only students I know of at the moment who have the skills are interested in robotics and code in C, but I have not been in contact with them for a year or two. I'll talk to their parents about next year. EBo --