Sugar Labs: Learning software for children. www.sugarlabs.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3me7azfuwjc25Sugar Labs received an award for "Best Music & Coding Education Technology Company 2025". Great job everyone! Check it out: https://lux-life.digital/winners/sugar-labs-inc/ #Edtech #Software4Kids #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #OLPC06 Feb 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7azfuwjc25https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3mbdgfyntl427New Music Blocks release dropped just in time for the New Year. Read more here: https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/releases/tag/v3.7.0 #MusicBlocks #MusicPlusCode01 Jan 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbdgfyntl427https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3mbckjaiqnk27In 2025, Sugar Labs made significant progress in various projects. We participated in Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Program (DMP) and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC). https://www.every.org/sugar-labs31 Dec 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbckjaiqnk27https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3ma4ux7b2t22tWe just released our latest issue of The Sweet Spot, our newsletter for Sugar Labs news and events. Share and subscribe: https://buttondown.com/sugarlabs/archive/the-sweet-spot-issue-004/ #SugarLabs #OpenSource #Education #SweetSpot #FreeSoftware16 Dec 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4ux7b2t22thttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3ma267qv2vk2xOne of our rising contributors recently shared his work at this year's GNOME Asia Summit. Please join us in congratulating Krish Pandya ( @mostlyk@mastodon.social ) on his successful presentation, showing the power of open-source collaboration and innovation! #GTK4 #Development #SugarDesktop15 Dec 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma267qv2vk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lynjs2ahds2gSugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri will be joining the Free Software Foundation for a panel presentation on October 4. Learn more about the event and register via https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-foundation-panel #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #FSF #OpenSource #EdTech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareInEducation12 Sep 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynjs2ahds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lynijct35k2pWe're wrapping up this summer's projects for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Project (DMP), and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC). Our students will be presenting their projects live, and you can watch via the following link: https://youtube.com/live/qhQdiGJDHrg?feature=share Join at 13:00 EDT (17:00 UTC).12 Sep 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynijct35k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lq6la32l5c2jIn celebration of starting our second year of mentoring for DMP (Code for GovTech (C4GT)), Shubham Singh and Devin Ulibarri created this: youtu.be/b9uZ8ZKWO-A 🎇 🎇 🎇 https://youtu.be/b9uZ8ZKWO-A27 May 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6la32l5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lptxfkurf222Today, Sugar Labs is hosting a Generative AI development showcase, where we're demoing audio-ti-midi musical transcription, a lesson plan generator, a playful "persona" app, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyf_awMK4w23 May 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptxfkurf222https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lnt437xbvs2uEvery financial contribution helps us create innovative new software for learning. Make a donation and help us reach the next fundraiser milestone: www.every.org/sugar-labs #SugarLabs #EdTech #NonProfit #Development #Learning #Teaching #OLPC #Programming #Fun #MusicBlocks #TurtleBlocks #Sugarizer27 Apr 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt437xbvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lnnpqyhacs2sWe are live now!! https://youtube.com/live/v76Mw9wqO6E?feature=share25 Apr 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnpqyhacs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lnnfyjdjlk2sToday's the day! Sugar Labs launches its new website. Built from the ground up by a group of skilled and passionate programmers, the new site uses modern practices to tell the story of Sugar Labs today. #WebDev #Development #React #Typescript #Programming #Software #SugarLabs #Launch #Learning25 Apr 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnfyjdjlk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lmvj5wkiws2x"By adding features like 'view source' and 'fork source' as an integral part of our UX, we empower learners to program and shape the software they use." Read the full interview on LPI! #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #FLOSS #FLO #Software #Development [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvj5wkiws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lmcziq5kfk22Who likes Pokemon? Our Music Blocks visual programming students certainly do! Check out this project, uploaded to the Planet by one of our young students. Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/rqtWEWD1xUw #MusicBlocks #TurtleBlocks #TurtleArt #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #Pokemon https://youtu.be/rqtWEWD1xUw08 Apr 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcziq5kfk22https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lmct52yh4c22With just about 2.5 hours left until the Google Summer of Code deadline of 18:00 UTC, would anyone like to guess what our total number of submissions will be? Think of it like a "guess the number of jelly beans in the jar game". Comment your guess (only one guess). Let's have fun! 🫙 👇08 Apr 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmct52yh4c22https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3llyoc3wpj222We received a new article, written by Om Santosh Suneri, sharing about his first open source contribution and what he learned in the process. #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Programming #Constructionism #Learning #Development #MusicBlocks https://medium.com/@omsuneri/my-first-open-source-contribution-sugar-labs-400f2f912e3104 Apr 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyoc3wpj222https://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3llr74yet322fNewly published interview of our executive director Devin Ulibarri by @lpi.org. Check it out and learn more! #MusicBlocks #Sugarizer #Development #STEM #STEAM #Education #Software #FreeSoftware #SugarLabs #OLPC #GenAI #Learning #Constructionism #OpenSource #ForKids #VisualProgramming #Fun [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr74yet322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3llogbvf7oc2mFresh off the presses: Check out the most recent edition of *The Sweet Spot*, Sugar Labs's quarterly newsletter. Learn more about new releases, developer journeys, and more! * https://www.sugarlabs.org/community/2025/03/31/sweet-spot-003/ * https://buttondown.com/sugarlabs/archive/the-sweet-spot-issue-003/ #Development #Sugarizer #MusicBlocks #SugarStories31 Mar 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llogbvf7oc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lkvpcqiu4c2eCheck out this video we found: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VievUua9qyw #OLPC #SugarLabs #SugarDesktop #TamTam #Learning #STEM #STEAM #Music #Education21 Mar 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvpcqiu4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lksymuqvyc2eThe Linux Professional Institute (@lpi.org) just published an interview by Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri. Check it out: https://www.lpi.org/blog/2025/03/12/devin-ulibarri-how-sugar-labs-empowers-education-via-floss/ #SugarLabs #OLPC #MusicBlocks #Sugarizer #GoogleSummerOfCode #Education #Software #STEM #Constructionism [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksymuqvyc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lksvj7pgy22eDid you know that Music Blocks has a feature to generated visual code from text-based ABC notation?20 Mar 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksvj7pgy22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lk4fyfw2as2cSugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri participated this morning in the hackathon workshop for the Reimagine Africa Conference, hosted in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.11 Mar 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4fyfw2as2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3ljnvv75ysk2fA discussion in our Matrix chat today: Q: What is Constructionism? #Constructionism #Microworld #Papert #Constructivism #Learning #Teaching #ProjectBased #Education05 Mar 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnvv75ysk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3ljbfhbuf4c2gIt's official! Sugar Labs is a mentoring org for Google Summer of Code 2025. #GSoC #GSoC2025 #Programming #Coding #Summer2025 #Education #SugarLabs #Constructionism #MusicBlocks #Sugarizer #AI #Learning #Teaching #Fun #EdTech #SugarLearningPlatform28 Feb 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbfhbuf4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lj6cjujsyk2bNewly joined Sugar Labs contributor Harshit Verma wrote recently about his experience. "Contribution to Sugar Labs has been an incredible rewarding experience. It has not only helped me grow as a developer but also given me confidence to work on real world projects."27 Feb 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6cjujsyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sugarlabs.bsky.social/post/3lj474y2ic22cWe've moved our fundraising to the platform every.org, which is a nonprofit fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, like us, raise funds. Please check out our new campaign page here: https://www.every.org/sugar-labs/f/help-sugar-labs-continue26 Feb 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:adn6jxlrbpvis6e63tw5kjtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj474y2ic22c