We just released our latest issue of The Sweet Spot, our newsletter for Sugar Labs news and events.

Participate in our Fall board elections, help shape our future by completing our contributor survey. Also read about how we added dark mode to our (new!) homepage and a summary of exploring gen-AI in education through live conversations.

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I used Music Blocks today to figure out a complicated rhythm (3/4 divided into eight equal divisions and then back into 3/4).

Here's a video of me doing it: https://youtu.be/Tiw-tV-YCXM

#MusicBlocks #Rhythm #Math #Programming #SugarLabs #Music #PolyRhythm

In celebration of starting our second year of mentoring for DMP (Code for GovTech (C4GT)), Shubham Singh and @pikurasa created this: https://youtu.be/b9uZ8ZKWO-A 🎇 🎇 🎇

Everything you see in the video is code in Music Blocks, run in real time. The animation frames were designed and created in Figma by Shubham. Enjoy!

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Today, 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. Make sure to attend it today at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyf_awMK4w

#SugarLabs #Learning #Teaching #Constructionism #Music #GenAI #Development #EdTech #Innovation

We're excited to be hosting "The role of AI in education" with special guest Ken Kahn, PhD.

Join us today at 1:00pm EDT (17:00 UTC) online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn1jeQgKTOA

We'll be exploring the following topics and more:
* Role of gen-AI in education;
* Ethical implications of gen-AI in education; and
* Open (free/libre) source vs. closed/proprietary

We hope to see you there. If you have a question for us or Ken, please drop it in a comment, either here or on YouTube.

#Education #GenAI #SugarLabs