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Sugar Labs and its mission

Sugar Labs Inc.^® 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 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:

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/

Contact Us | About Us

english | español | português brasil | پښتو | русский

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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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+: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.
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-== New Learners, Parents, Teachers, and Students ==
-Sugar users are Learners. If you are visiting for the first time, please see [http://www.sugarlabs.org www.sugarlabs.org] for an introduction to Sugar.
-Want to help? We're always looking for people who want to join the Sugar Labs community. We are a group of contributors of all types - teachers, writers, coders, designers, testers, and more - who work together to further the development and deployment of the Sugar Learning Platform around the world. 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.
+;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.
-== Current Learners ==
+;Software Developer?:
-If you have Sugar and are looking for new Activities, please see the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org Sugar Activity Library].
+: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.
-== New and Current Community Members ==
+;Google Summer of Code?:
-Please take a look around the wiki.  Explore the menus along the left side of the page. If you ever get lost, just click on the ''Wiki'' link at the top of every page and you will return to this page. Please also visit the [[Local Labs]].
+: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.
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+;Want to help?:
-==Community News==
+: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
-{{:News}}
+=== 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/
-For more news about Sugar Labs, please see the [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Current Events page]] and the [[Archive/Current Events|Sugar Digest archive]]. Press releases are on our [http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=press Press page]. There is also an [[News|archive of news links]], which were on this front page.
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