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=== Sugar Labs and its mission ===
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''[[Trademark|Sugar Labs Inc.<sup>®</sup>]] is a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit organization dedicated to
# Promoting and supporting the "learn-by-doing" educational philosophy of Constructionism.
# Producing educational software embodying Constructionist principles.
# Empowering educators and educational institutions to incorporate constructionist learning tools into their curriculam.
# Promoting lifelong learning through mentorship, and participation in the design and development of educational software.
Its EIN is 84-3289298.
Sugar Labs Inc. is supported by through the generous [[Sugar Labs/Getting Involved|volunteer efforts made by contributors]], [[Sugar Labs/Thank You|sponsorships]], and [https://www.sugarlabs.org/donate/ charitable donations].''
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<p style="font-size: 1.3em; background: #edfdd7; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #cde7a8">'''Sugar reinvents how computers can be used for education.''' It promotes sharing and collaborative learning and gives children the opportunity to use their laptops on their own terms. Children — and their teachers — have the freedom to reshape, reinvent, and reapply their software, and content. Sugar is based on GNU/Linux, a free and open-source operating system. </p>
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[[Image:home_sharing.png|left]]
;First time visit?:
:Welcome to Sugar Labs! We're excited to have you join our community! Please take a look around our wiki, our [https://www.sugarlabs.org/ Website] and our [http://github.com/sugarlabs GitHub Page] to learn more about our mission, projects, and community.


=== Sugar facilitates sharing and collaboration ===
;New to Sugar?:
:Learn more about Sugar Labs and our mission to provide educational software to children around the world. Discover how our software is designed to promote collaborative learning, critical thinking, and creativity.


Children can write documents or make music together with ease.
;Software Developer?:
:Check out our developer documentation on Github, https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs. Join our community of developers and contribute to the Sugar Labs project! We welcome developers of all levels to help us improve and expand our software.


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;Google Summer of Code?:
:Go through our guide for GSoC,  https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC . We're excited to have you participate in this program! Learn about our project ideas, application process, and mentorship opportunities.


[[Image: home_activities.png|left]]
;Want to help?:
:Welcome to the Sugar Labs community! We are contributors of all types - teachers, writers, coders, designers, testers, and more - who work together from around the world on Sugar. Visit the '''[[Sugar Labs/Getting Involved | Getting Involved]]''' page, and find out how you can join in the fun of learning. We have some [[Vacancies]] and are always looking for maintainers and testers. There are also non-technical roles and tasks where help is wanted. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, please see our [[Help_Wanted]] page for more information


=== There are no files, folders or applications ===
=== Experience Sugar in Various Ways: ===
: '''Web-based and Multi-Platform:'''
::* Try Music Blocks: https://musicblocks.sugarlabs.org/
::* Try Turtle Blocks: https://turtle.sugarlabs.org/
::* Try Sugarizer: https://sugarizer.org/
::* Try Activities: https://try.sugarizer.org/
: '''Sugar Development Environment:'''
::* Sugar on a Stick: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
::* Sugar Activities on Flatpack: https://flathub.org/apps/search?q=sugar%20labs
: '''Sugar on Raspberry Pi:'''
::* Sugar on Raspberry Pi : https://www.sugarlabs.org/sugar-for-raspberry-pi/


What you do is an <em>activity</em> and that includes the application and all your data.
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You can resume any activity at any time.


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[[Sugar Labs/Contacts | Contact&#x2004;Us]] | [[Sugar Labs | About&#x2004;Us]]
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=== You can hardly lose data. ===
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Everything is saved and backed up automatically.
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{{Translations | [[Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki|english]] &#124; [[Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki/lang-es|español]] &#124; [[Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki/lang-pt_BR|português brasil]] &#124; [[Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki/lang-ps|پښتو]] &#124; [[Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki/lang-ru_RU|русский]]}}
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=== You use a journal for accessing data. ===
 
It's like a diary of stuff that you made.
 
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=== It's all Free and Open-Source Software. ===
 
There are no strings attached and updates will <em>always</em> respect users' freedom.
 
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==What are the Sugar Labs?==
Sugar is available under the free software GNU General Public License (GPL) to anyone who wants to extend it. “Sugar Labs”, a (soon to be established) non-profit foundation will serve as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extendd the platform and create Sugar-compatible applications. Sugarlabs software is found on the OLPC (one laptop per child). You can find more out about the project at laptop.org.
 
<p style="font-size: 1.2em;">[[What is Sugar? | Learn more about Sugar...]] or [[Sugar Labs | learn about Sugar Labs, the organization behind Sugar]]'''</p>
 
== Activities ==
 
Sugar applications are called [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities Activities]. This is a list of some Activites that were installed by default on OLPC G1G1 laptops.
 
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=== Journal===
Object and activity browser
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[[Image:activity-pippy.png|40px]]
=== Pippy===
Python Programming language/environment
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<td width="33%" style="text-align: center;">
[[Image:activity-web.png|40px]]
=== Browse===
Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox
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[[Image:activity-etoys.png|40px]]
=== Etoys===
Learning / programming / authoring environment
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=== Read===
Book/PDF reader
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<td width="33%" style="text-align: center;">
[[Image:activity-turtleart.png|40px]]
=== Turtle Art===
Pseudo-Logo graphical programming language
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<td width="33%" style="text-align: center;">
[[Image:activity-write.png|40px]]
=== Write===
Word processor</td>
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[[Image:activity-calculate.png|40px]]
=== Calculate===
Basic calculator
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<td width="33%" style="text-align: center;">
[[Image:activity-news.png|40px]]
=== News Reader===
News reader
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[[Image:activity-measure.png|40px]]
=== Measure===
Oscilloscope and Data Logging
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=== Paint===
Simple paint activity
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=== Distance===
Measure distance between two laptops
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=== Record===
Still, video, and audio capture
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=== Analyze===
An activity version of the Sugar analyze tool
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=== Log===
An activity version of the Sugar logging tool
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<td width="33%" style="text-align: center;">
[[Image:activity-terminal.png|40px]]
=== Terminal===
An activity version of the Sugar terminal
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[[Image:activity-tamtamjam.png|40px]]
=== TamTam===
Music composition and synthesis.
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=== And more ===
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/GCompris Dozens more are available].
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==See also==
 
[[Image:sugarlabs_logo_big.png|right|150px]]
 
* Please join our [http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project Education Mailing List]
* A Sugar [[taxonomy]]
* The Sugar [[Release]] and [[Roadmap]] discussion pages
* Other pages of interest to [[:Category:Developer|developers]]
* A [[Background|background]] discussion on [[What_is_Sugar%3F|Sugar]] and [[Sugar Labs]]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Sugar The Sugar category] on olpcwiki for more.
* Help us [[Logo-ideas|design a logo]] for Sugarlabs
 
[[Category:General public]]

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Sugar Labs and its mission

Sugar Labs Inc.® is a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit organization dedicated to

  1. Promoting and supporting the "learn-by-doing" educational philosophy of Constructionism.
  2. Producing educational software embodying Constructionist principles.
  3. Empowering educators and educational institutions to incorporate constructionist learning tools into their curriculam.
  4. Promoting lifelong learning through mentorship, and participation in the design and development of educational software.

Its EIN is 84-3289298. Sugar Labs Inc. is supported by through the generous volunteer efforts made by contributors, sponsorships, and charitable donations.

First time visit?
Welcome to Sugar Labs! We're excited to have you join our community! Please take a look around our wiki, our Website and our GitHub Page to learn more about our mission, projects, and community.
New to Sugar?
Learn more about Sugar Labs and our mission to provide educational software to children around the world. Discover how our software is designed to promote collaborative learning, critical thinking, and creativity.
Software Developer?
Check out our developer documentation on Github, https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs. Join our community of developers and contribute to the Sugar Labs project! We welcome developers of all levels to help us improve and expand our software.
Google Summer of Code?
Go through our guide for GSoC, https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC . We're excited to have you participate in this program! Learn about our project ideas, application process, and mentorship opportunities.
Want to help?
Welcome to the Sugar Labs community! We are contributors of all types - teachers, writers, coders, designers, testers, and more - who work together from around the world on Sugar. Visit the Getting Involved page, and find out how you can join in the fun of learning. We have some Vacancies and are always looking for maintainers and testers. There are also non-technical roles and tasks where help is wanted. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, please see our Help_Wanted page for more information

Experience Sugar in Various Ways:

Web-based and Multi-Platform:
Sugar Development Environment:
Sugar on Raspberry Pi:


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