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===Why Sugar?===
 
===Why Sugar?===
 
==== Sugar comes with hundreds of tools for discovery through exploring, expressing, and sharing ====
 
==== Sugar comes with hundreds of tools for discovery through exploring, expressing, and sharing ====
** Web browsing; reading; chatting; playing movies and music; playing games; word processing; reflecting and assessment (Journal)‏; creating graphics; creating rich media; and  programming.
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* Web browsing; reading; chatting; playing movies and music; playing games; word processing; reflecting and assessment (Journal)‏; creating graphics; creating rich media; and  programming.
 
====Sugar comes with a built-in collaboration system====
 
====Sugar comes with a built-in collaboration system====
** It features collaboration with or without Internet access.
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* It features collaboration with or without Internet access.
** Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing.
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* Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing.
 
==== Sugar comes with built-in tools for reflection ====
 
==== Sugar comes with built-in tools for reflection ====
** Features include an auto-generated journal (all your work is auto-saved and can be annotated and tagged).
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* Features include an auto-generated journal (all your work is auto-saved and can be annotated and tagged).
** Benefits of the Sugar Journal are that it serves as a portfolio assessment tool, a place of reflection, and a forum for discussion between children, their parents, and their teachers.
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* Benefits of the Sugar Journal are that it serves as a portfolio assessment tool, a place of reflection, and a forum for discussion between children, their parents, and their teachers.
 
====The Sugar learning platform is discoverable====
 
====The Sugar learning platform is discoverable====
** It features a scalable interaction model that is iconic and discoverable through hover menus:
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* It features a scalable interaction model that is iconic and discoverable through hover menus:
** Benefits include that you don't need to learn everything at once—you can progress, using simple means to reach to complex ends: no upper bound on where you can reach.
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* Benefits include that you don't need to learn everything at once—you can progress, using simple means to reach to complex ends: no upper bound on where you can reach.
 
====Sugar is designed for local appropriation====
 
====Sugar is designed for local appropriation====
** It features free and open-source software, a view-source mechanism, and built-in tools for making changes and improvements.
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* It features free and open-source software, a view-source mechanism, and built-in tools for making changes and improvements.
** Benefits include a growing global community of support;
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* Benefits include a growing global community of support;
 
====Sugar puts an emphasis on learning through doing and debugging====
 
====Sugar puts an emphasis on learning through doing and debugging====
** Benefits include a more engaged learner able to tackle authentic problems.
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* Benefits include a more engaged learner able to tackle authentic problems.
 
* Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms:
 
* Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms:
 
** Getting Sugar for Fedora, Ubuntu, or Debian.
 
** Getting Sugar for Fedora, Ubuntu, or Debian.
** Run Sugar in an emulator: QEMU or VMWare.
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** Run Sugar in an emulator: [[VirtualBox]], [[QEMU]], or [[VMware]].
VMworkstation 6.5.2 can make emmulation files in Ubuntu 8.04
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** Run Sugar from a LiveCD or Live USB: [[:Category:Live USB]]
can run files with free VMPlayer, available on line
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distribute them with DVD or 4 Gib SD or USB
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** Run Sugar from a LiveCD or Live USB.
      
===Roadblocks===
 
===Roadblocks===