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== How to Present Sugar ==

== How to Present Sugar ==

It's great to get people playing around with Sugar themselves.  Be sure to cover the basics before you turn people loose, though, otherwise they will get frustrated:

It's great to get people playing around with Sugar themselves.  Be sure to cover the basics before you turn people loose, though, otherwise they will get frustrated:

# Show the Home View.

# Show the Home view.

# Show the XO icon and draw attention to its colors and how they are used throughout the interface to represent "your work".

# Show the XO icon, draw attention to its colors, and how they are used throughout the interface to represent "your work".

# Show how one gets to the Frame and its main features.

# Show how one gets to the Frame and its main features.

# Show the Neighborhood View.  Show that one can get there from the Frame or from F1.

# Show the Neighborhood view.  Show that one can get there from the Frame or from the [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png|link=Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/Zoom_Metaphor]] key (F1).

# Demonstrate connecting to an AP. Explain that more color in the circle means stronger signal (as opposed to how "full" it is).

# Demonstrate connecting to an AP. Explain that more color in the circle means stronger signal (as opposed to how "full" it is).

# Show the Group View and that "friends" will show up there.

# Show the Group view, and that "friends" will show up there.

# Show the Journal where one's work is saved.

# Show the Journal, where one's work is saved.

# Demonstrate that to do something, one goes to one's Home View and <u>single</u> clicks on any of the icons. They are the Activities. (There is no double clicking in Sugar. Double clicking can launch two instances of an Activity, which confuses the Learner and consumes precious memory.)

# Demonstrate that to do something, one goes to one's Home view and <u>single</u> clicks on any of the icons. They are the Activities. (There is no double clicking in Sugar. Double clicking can launch two instances of an Activity, which confuses the Learner and consumes precious system memory.)

# Demonstrate Chat - "This balloon is the Chat Activity" - as it only has a simple toolbar, and it can be easily used to explain activity sharing essentials.

# Demonstrate Chat - "This balloon is the Chat Activity" - as it only has a simple toolbar, and it can be easily used to explain activity sharing essentials.

# Point out sharing in the Activity toolbar: "This, the "Share with:" combo box, makes your Activity appear in the Neighborhood View. Your friends can connect to it. Enjoy a little chat with your friends and see how important the Sugar colors are to identify you."

# Point out sharing in the Activity toolbar: "This, the "Share with:" combo box, makes your Activity appear in the Neighborhood view. Your friends can connect to it. Enjoy a little chat with your friends and see how important the Sugar colors are to identify you."

# Point out Write: "This pen and paper icon is a text editor. Yes, it has the same toolbar as Chat. No, you don't have to use it like a chat."

# Point out Write: "This pen and paper icon is a text editor. Yes, it has the same toolbar as Chat. No, you don't have to use it like a chat."

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:1. Show the Home View.

:1. Show the Home view.

:2. Show the XO icon and draw attention to its colors and how they are used throughout the interface to represent "your work".

:2. Show the XO icon, draw attention to its colors, and how they are used throughout the interface to represent "your work".

:3. Show how one gets to the Frame and its main features.

:3. Show how one gets to the Frame and its main features.

:4. Show the Neighborhood View.  Show that one can get there from the Frame or from F1.

:4. Show the Neighborhood view.  Show that one can get there from the Frame or from the [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png|link=Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/Zoom_Metaphor]] key (F1).

:5. Demonstrate connecting to an AP. Explain that more color in the circle means stronger signal (as opposed to how "full" it is).

:5. Demonstrate connecting to an AP. Explain that more color in the circle means stronger signal (as opposed to how "full" it is).

:6. Show the Group View and that "friends" will show up there.

:6. Show the Group view, and that "friends" will show up there.

:7. Show the Journal where one's work is saved.

:7. Show the Journal, where one's work is saved.

:8. Demonstrate that to do something, one goes to one's Home View and <u>single</u> clicks on any of the icons. They are the Activities. (There is no double clicking in Sugar. Double clicking often launches two instances of an Activity, which confuses the Learner and consumes precious memory.)

:8. Demonstrate that to do something, one goes to one's Home view and <u>single</u> clicks on any of the icons. They are the Activities. (There is no double clicking in Sugar. Double clicking can launch two instances of an Activity, which confuses the Learner and consumes precious system memory.)

:9. Demonstrate Chat - "This balloon is the Chat Activity" - as it only has a simple toolbar, and it can be easily used to explain activity sharing essentials.

:9. Demonstrate Chat - "This balloon is the Chat Activity" - as it only has a simple toolbar, and it can be easily used to explain activity sharing essentials.

:10. Point out sharing in the Activity toolbar: "This, the "Share with:" combo box, makes your Activity appear in the Neighborhood View. Your friends can connect to it. Enjoy a little chat with your friends and see how important the Sugar colors are to identify you."

:10. Point out sharing in the Activity toolbar: "This, the "Share with:" combo box, makes your Activity appear in the Neighborhood view. Your friends can connect to it. Enjoy a little chat with your friends and see how important the Sugar colors are to identify you."

:11. Point out Write: "This pen and paper icon is a text editor. Yes, it has the same toolbar as Chat. No, you don't have to use it like a chat."}}

:11. Point out Write: "This pen and paper icon is a text editor. Yes, it has the same toolbar as Chat. No, you don't have to use it like a chat."}}

::an AP is a Wi-Fi Access Point --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 19:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

::an AP is a Wi-Fi Access Point --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 19:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

* Either get USB sticks to boot OR teach about Sugar, don't try to do both at once.

* Either get USB sticks to boot, OR teach about Sugar; don't try to do both at once.

* Demo Write and peer editing.  This is a big deal for teachers.  Do it early in the presentation, before you get (happily) distracted with anything else.

* Demo Write and peer editing.  This is a big deal for teachers.  Do it early in the presentation, before you get (happily) distracted with anything else.

* Lessons 9 - 11 from Andrea Mangiatordi, [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05301.html comments to above thread].

* Lessons 9 - 11 from Andrea Mangiatordi, [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05301.html comments to above thread].