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Marketing Team/Elevator Pitch

2008-12-25T00:41:24Z

Ptdrumm: /* Current Elevator Pitches */

= Building the Perfect Pitch =

We need to be able to describe, in 75 persuasive words or less, to any possible listener, why Sugar matters. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. :)

The goal of the elevator pitch is to elicit the magical words: '''tell me more'''.

== Rules ==

Here are the rules:

* Got a pitch that's 75 words or less? Put it under "current elevator pitches", note the word count, and associate your wikiname with it.
* Like a pitch? Put a +1 under it with your wikiname attached. For now, PICK ONLY ONE.
* Want to reword a pitch? Great! Copy it and add your changes. DO NOT just change the pitch in place. Create a new one.
* Don't +1 multiple pitches. That's cheating. If there are two you like, munge them into one. :)

== Making good pitches ==

* The best pitches start with a hook aimed at some concern of the person listening. For liberals, save the world. For hard-headed business types, talk about creating new markets. For social conservatives, talk about home schooling. Better still is a pitch that invites the hearer to express a concern that you can follow up on. We will need a whole [[Frequently Expressed Concerns]] list.
* Examples of some favorite pitches are up at [[Talk:MarketingTeam/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Marketing]].

== Current Elevator Pitches ==
* Sugar – in any package – we need it. Children need it (10 words) [[User:Ptdrumm]]

* SUGAR LABS is about being SMART ('''S'''ensible, '''M'''easurable, '''A'''ccessible, '''R'''elevant, and '''T'''imely). (6–12 words) --doxsoup

* “Sugar a Gift to the Nation: Global learning that works for every child.”(13 words)
A gift? It’s Free! Global learning? Allows children to be an individual learner in a Global setting! Nation? Should be usable wherever you live.
As soon as they start asking Questions-The Floor is Yours-Use it Wisely! [[User:jt4sugar]]

* Sugar is a computing environment for school kids. Kids learn by doing, and Sugar is designed for doing, together: chatting, sharing web pages, building stories, teaching one another. Sugar is built by a community of volunteers, which means that anyone who cares about education can help. 500,000 kids worldwide are already using Sugar on the OLPC. Sugar is unique and will change how kids learn. (65 words) [[User:Gdk]]

* Investing locally in learning that works for every child (9 words) [[User:Walter]]

* Investing locally in collaborative learning that works for every child (10 words) [[User:Walter]]

* Investing locally in global learning that works for every child (10 words) [[User:Walter]]

* How will it affect you when we can educate every child in the world? (14 words) [[User:Mokurai]]

* How will it affect you when there is no more poverty? (11 words) [[User:Mokurai]]

* Imagine a system designed for learning, exploring, creativity, and collaboration! Sugar doesn't leave you at the desktop, it opens a window to the world through interactive activities. Be part of it and invent the future of learning. (37 words) [[User:Ritafreudenberg]]

* What did you hate most about school? (7 words) [[User:Mokurai]]

* Did you ever have an experience as a kid that opened up your world and made you feel like you could change it when you grew up? That's the kind of moment we want every kid to have - except we think that, with the right tools and opportunities, they don't need to wait to grow up to be able to change their world. (64 words) [[User:Mchua]]

* Did you have a moment as a kid that opened up your world and made you feel able to change it? (What was it?) We want every kid to have that kind of moment, so we make tools that let them build those moments for themselves. Sugar is an open-source computer-based learning platform created and used by a community of thousands of volunteers, including educators on 6 continents and over half a million children. (74 words) [[User:Mchua]]

* Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Give a child a toolbox and teach her how to invent fishing poles... (25 words) [[User:Mchua]]

* We are in the midst of one of the most profound intellectual revolutions of all times. Recent advances in technology are making it possible to give a computer to every child. The educational benefit of computers in the classroom is boundless. Sugar Labs is at the forefront of this revolution. [[User:Dfarning]]

* Have you heard of the One Laptop per Child project? Sugar is the learning platform developed for OLPC. It was developed by the MIT Media Lab and was developed especially for collaboration and creative learning and elementary aged children. We are putting it on machines everywhere, netbooks, desktops, even on bootable USB sticks, so that every child can learn use Sugar anywhere. [[User: CarolineM]]

* We're making a world where makers make themselves. (8 words) [[User:Mchua]]

== Brainstorm results ==

At Sugar Camp, we went through a brainstorming exercise in which we wrote down a long list of traits that make Sugar unique. We then voted on the traits that resonated most strongly with all of us. The following list was the result. We can use this as a tool to help build the elevator pitch.

* Collaboration (13)
* Community (8)
* Anyone can jump in (8)
* The ''only'' OS designed for small children (5)
* Children are not stupid (4)
* Portfolios (4)
* Allows engagement for all learning styles...(3)
* Equal opportunity and stretches the student... (3)
* Low floor, no ceiling (3)
* Fulfillment of hope (2)
* Learner & developer (2)
* Momentum (2)
* Journal (1)
* Part of OLPC (big and well organized) (1)
* MIT Media Lab... Papert, Kay, Dynabook... Engelbart (1)
* Free as in beer (1)
* Clay Christiansen (“disrupting class”) classic disruption tech. (1)
* Helps kids in developing countries /participation gap (1)
* Logo/Scratch/Squeak
* Not real :(0)
* XP on XO :(0)
* “We are the change...” (0)
* perception that it is only for developing world (0)
* Sugar is complete (0)
* Internet access/digital divide
* Ending poverty

==Wordsmithing==

Some helpful snippets of wordsmithery.

* solve more problems because more people will be freed from the chains of ignorance
* think about computing, not operating systems
* Sugar enables change
* end ignorance through expression
* cooperative discovery
* cooperation is based on trust
* more learning
* learn to challenge the status
* learn to question every... including Sugar
* the path from helplessness to empowerment is one way
* we learn by doing
* Love is a better master than duty
* You learn through doing, so if you want more learning, you want more doing
* Knowledge is a noun, learning is a verb
* "Technology is anything invented after you were born"
* built by a global community of volunteers that anyone can join
* Sugar was designed for children for learning, not office workers.
* Sugar is owned by its users
* Learning doesn't end at the door to the school
* Sugar Labs provides the community of support for Sugar users
* do, reflect, learn, share.

Find help

2008-12-20T02:26:35Z

Ptdrumm: (incl. of portuguese in the 'lang bar')

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{{Translations | [[Sugar help|english]] | [[Sugar help/lang-pt|português]] }}
Sugar Labs was created to provide a mechanism for supporting the Sugar community of volunteers. These volunteers are engaged in a variety of activities: some are writing software to improve Sugar; some are porting Sugar to new platforms; some are developing new activities that run in Sugar; some are helping to debug Sugar and help with quality assurance; some are writing documentation for Sugar developers and for those who use Sugar in the field; some are developing new scenarios for learning with Sugar; some are using Sugar and reporting upon their experiences to the community; and some are providing help and support.

Since we started Sugar Labs, we have been receiving a number of requests for help: porting Sugar to new distributions; tuning Sugar on a specific hardware platform; developing specific Sugar activity; helping with support in specific deployments, etc. Please use this page both to make requests and respond to request for help.

===Sugar user manual===
A Sugar user manual can be found [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar here] ([{{FlossmanualPDF}} PDF]).

===Submit a bug===
Please report problems [[Submit_Bugs/Problems|here]].

===Request new features===
Please request new features [[Request_New_Features|here]].

===Distributions===
====Request: LiveCD in Spanish====
:Purport: I see as one of the selling points of Sugar that a non-expert user can use computers "off the bat". It has been reported to me that currently the LiveCD requires some tweaking at startup to adjust it to a given locale, which I feel is to ask too much precisely from users that are not skilled. <br> Goal: a LiveCD version that is localized in Spanish from startup, with no tweaking required, to be distributable among the Spanish-speaking public.
:Contact: yamaplos at bolinux.org

===Sugar hardware ports===

===Sugar activity requests===

===Sugar deployments===

See the [[DeploymentTeam|Deployment team]] pages in the wiki for help regarding deployments.

===See also===

Additional help can be found on pages with a [[:Category:Help]] tag.

[[Category:General public]]
[[Category:Developer]]
[[Category:Help]]

Find help/lang-pt

2008-12-20T02:24:21Z

Ptdrumm: (initial translation)

{{Translations | [[Sugar help|english]] | [[Sugar help/lang-pt|português]] }}

O Sugar Labs foi criado para fornecer um mecanismo de suporte à comunidade de voluntários do Sugar. Estes voluntários estão envolvidos em várias atividades: alguns estão escrevendo software para melhorar o Sugar; alguns estão portando Sugar para novas plataformas; alguns estão desenvolvendo novas atividades executáveis no Sugar; alguns estão ajudando a depurar o Sugar e ajudando com garantia de qualidade; alguns estão escrevendo a documentação para desenvolvedores do Sugar e para aqueles que utilizam Sugar no campo; alguns estão desenvolvendo novos cenários de aprendizagem com Sugar; alguns estão usando Sugar e relatando suas experiências com a comunidade; e alguns estão prestando ajuda e suporte.

Desde que começamos o Sugar Labs, temos recebido um bom número de pedidos de ajuda: portar o Sugar para novas distribuições; ajustar o Sugar em uma determinada plataforma de hardware; desenvolver uma atividade específica no Sugar; ajudar com apoio em implantações específicas etc. Por favor, usa esta página tanto para solicitar quanto para responder a uma solicitação de ajuda.

===Manual de usuário do Sugar===
Um manual de usuário do Sugar (em inglês) pode ser encontrado em [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar aqui] ([{{FlossmanualPDF}} PDF]).

===Submeta um bug===
Por favor relate problemas [[Submit_Bugs/Problems|aqui]].

===Solicite novos recursos===
Por favor solicite novos recursos [[Request_New_Features|aqui]].

===Distribuições===

===Porting de hardware para o Sugar===

===Solicitações para atividades no Sugar===

===Implantações do Sugar===

Veja as páginas (em inglês) da [[DeploymentTeam|Equipe de Implantação]] no wiki para ajuda relacionada a implantações.

===Veja também===

Ajuda adicional pode ser encontrada nas páginas com um tag [[:Category:Help]].

[[Category:General public]]
[[Category:Developer]]
[[Category:Help]]

Getting Started/lang-es

2008-12-04T02:56:19Z

Ptdrumm: incl. of portuguese in 'lang bar'

{{Translations
| [[Getting Started|english]] | [[Getting Started/lang-es|español]] | [[Getting Started/lang-pt|português]] }}

{{anchor|About Sugar}}
== Acerca de Sugar ==
Sugar es un entorno gráfico diferente al utilizado normalmente en Microsoft Windows, sistemas operativos de Apple ó Sistemas operativos Linux. Se concibe como una herramienta que permite a los niños aprender interactivamente. La primera cosa que un niño ve, no es un disco duro o la papelera de reciclaje - son los otros niños en el "vecindario". Los programas y aplicaciones son llamadas Actividades, muchas de las cuales permiten la colaboración entre los usuarios que están conectados con otros a través de WiFi o a través de [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Los desarrolladores de Sugar son animados a crear actividades con elementos colaborativos que son automáticamente permitidos.

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Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a tool to allow kids to learn interactively. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other kids in the “neighborhood.” Programs and Applications are called Activities, many of which allow for collaboration between users who are connected to each other by Wifi or through a [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Sugar developers are encouraged to write activities with collaborative elements that are automatically enabled.
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Sugar es desarrollado en [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] y se ejecuta sobre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 y el ambiente [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 7].

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Sugar is developed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] and runs on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 and the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 7] base environment.
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{{anchor|Getting started}}
== Iniciarse ==
Puede explorar la [[DocumentationTeam/Glossary|interface]] de Sugar en la XO-1 [http://laptop.org/en/laptop/start/homeview.shtml Getting Started guide].

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You can explore the Sugar [[DocumentationTeam/Glossary|interface]] in the XO-1 [http://laptop.org/en/laptop/start/homeview.shtml Getting Started guide].
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{{anchor|Connecting to the Internet}}
===Conectándose a Internet ===
En el portátil XO hay tres formas de conectarse a internet:
*Wireless access point (WiFi hotspot);
*La red mesh del “School Server”:
*la red mesh, que permite colaboración con otras XO que ejecutan Sugar.

{{ Translated text |
Connecting to the Internet is something that somewhat falls between the cracks of Sugar and the computer it's running on.

On the XO laptop, there are three ways to connect to the Internet:
*Wireless access point (WiFi hotspot);
*“School Server” mesh network; or
*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs running Sugar.
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Desde un portátil convencional puede lograrse conectándose a través de un access point.(El soporte de la red Mesh comienza a ser disponible para más máquinas.) Dependiendo a cual [[Community#Jabber_Networks|Servidor Jabber]] se está conectado verá diferentes grupos de "vecinos" en la vista de Vecindario.

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From a conventional laptop running Sugar, connecting through an access point works. (Mesh support is becoming available on more machines.) Depending upon which [[Community#Jabber_Networks|Jabber server]] you are connected to, you'll see different collections of "neighbors" in the Neighborhood View.
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Lea la [[DocumentationTeam/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Página de conexión a internet]] para instrucciones más detalladas.

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Read the [[DocumentationTeam/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] for detailed instructions.
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[[Category:General public]]
[[Category:Documentation]]

Getting Started

2008-12-04T02:53:11Z

Ptdrumm: incl. of portuguese in the 'lang bar'

<noinclude>{{ GoogleTrans-en | es =show | bg =show | zh-CN =show | zh-TW =show | hr =show | cs =show | da =show | nl =show | fi =show | fr =show | de =show | el =show | hi =show | it =show | ja =show | ko =show | no =show | pl =show | pt =show | ro =show | ru =show | sv =show }}</noinclude>
{{Translations
| [[Getting Started|english]] | [[Getting Started/lang-es|español]] | [[Getting Started/lang-pt|português]] }}
== About Sugar ==

Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a tool to allow kids to learn interactively. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other kids in the “neighborhood.” Programs and Applications are called Activities, many of which allow for collaboration between users who are connected to each other by Wifi or through a [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Sugar developers are encouraged to write activities with collaborative elements that are automatically enabled.

Sugar is developed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] and runs on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 and the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 9] base environment.

For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[:Sugar Application Stack]].

==Getting Sugar==

Please see the [[Supported systems]] page for a list of the different ways you can get Sugar running on your computer.

==Getting started==

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A user manual for Sugar is available:
<span class="plainlinks">([http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar HTML]); ([{{FlossmanualPDF}} PDF]).</span>

===Connecting to the Internet===

Connecting to the Internet is something that somewhat falls between the cracks of Sugar and the computer it's running on.

On the XO laptop, there are three ways to connect to the Internet:
*Wireless access point (WiFi hotspot);
*“School Server” mesh network; or
*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs running Sugar.

From a conventional laptop running Sugar, connecting through an access point works. (Mesh support is becoming available on more machines.) Depending upon which [[Community#Jabber_Networks|Jabber server]] you are connected to, you'll see different collections of "neighbors" in the Neighborhood View.

Read the [[DocumentationTeam/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] for detailed instructions.

===Release notes===

Release notes for 0.82 are available [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|here]]

[[Category:General public]]
[[Category:Documentation]]

Getting Started/lang-pt

2008-11-23T00:50:46Z

Ptdrumm: initial translation

{{Translations
| [[Getting Started|english]] | [[Getting Started/lang-es|español]] | [[Getting Started/lang-pt|português]] }}

{{anchor|About Sugar}}
== Sobre Sugar ==
Sugar é um ambiente gráfico diferente daquele normalmente utilizado no Microsoft Windows ou em outros sistemas operacionais, como Apple OSX ou Linux. Ele é concebido para ser uma ferramenta que permite que as crianças aprendam interativamente. A primeira coisa que uma criança vê não é um disco rígido ou uma lixeira - são as outras crianças na "vizinhança". Os programas e aplicações são chamadas de Atividades, muitas delas permitindo a colaboração entre os usuários que estão conectados com outros através de WiFi ou através de [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Os desenvolvedores do Sugar são estimulados a criar atividades com elementos colaborativos que são automaticamente permitidas.

Sugar está sendo desenvolvido em [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python], e é executada sobre o [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 e o ambiente [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 7].

Para uma visão geral dos componentes que fazem parte do sistema Sugar, veja [[:Sugar Application Stack]].

==Obtendo Sugar==

Veja a página [[Supported systems]] para uma lista de diferentes formas de ter Sugar rodando em seu computador.

==Iniciando==

<span class="plainlinks"> [http://flossmanuals.net/Sugar http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/1/15/Flossmanuals.gif]</span>
<div class="visualClear"></div>
Um manual de usuário para Sugar está disponível:
<span class="plainlinks">([http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar HTML]); ([{{FlossmanualPDF}} PDF]).</span>

===Conectando à Internet===

No laptop XO existem três maneiras de se conectar à Internet:
*ponto de acesso Wireless (hotspot WiFi);
*A rede mesh do “Servidor da Escola"; ou
*Uma “simples” rede mesh, que lhe permite colaborar diretamente com outros XOs rodando Sugar.

A partir de um laptop convencional rodando Sugar, conectar-se através de um ponto de acesso funciona. (O suporte à rede mesh vem sendo disponibilizado em mais máquinas). Dependendo do [[Community#Jabber_Networks| servidor Jabber]] ao qual você está conectado, você verá diferentes coleções de "vizinhos" na Vizinhança.

Leia o [[DocumentationTeam/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] para instruções detalhadas.

===Notas de lançamento===

Notas de lançamento para a versão 0.82 estão disponíveis [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|aqui]] (em inglês)

[[Category:General public]]
[[Category:Documentation]]

User:Ptdrumm

2008-05-16T09:44:34Z

Ptdrumm: New page: Paulo Drummond email: ptdrumm (at) terra.com.br

Paulo Drummond

email: ptdrumm (at) terra.com.br