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This work was initially started by the [http://somosazucar.org/ Peru Local Lab] to address the [[Deployment_Team/Peru/Puno#The_problem|needs]] identified during work on [[Deployment_Team/Peru/Puno|Puno pilot program]].
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{{Dated | [http://school-network.org School Network] is a successor}}
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<span class="linkgroup">[[Image:Question.png|65px|link=Sugar_Network/Logo|What would be a good logo for Sugar Network?]]</span> [[Sugar_Network/Logo|(We're searching for a good logo.)]]
  
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
  
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For more detailed description, see [[Sugar_Network/Declaration_of_purpose|declaration of purpose]].
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Sugar Network is a content sharing and social activity, around this content, system for Sugar Learning Environment.
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The system is intended to be a share point for various kinds of content within the Sugar community, e.g., friends, a class, parents, teachers, content authors, supporters, or, Sugar Learners in general. Sugar Network participants might be regular Internet users, students connected to a school server, or, even be in regions without any network connectivity except the [[wikipedia:Sneakernet|Sneakernet]].
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The content itself might be Sugar Activities, artifacts created by Sugar Activities, books, articles, etc. Sugar Network provides a way for content creators how to share their work, and, a way for all other people how to use shared content as easy as possible. Sugar Network's social activity features should make this process smoother by providing functionality like getting feedback, issue reports, usage statistics, etc.
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This work was initially started as an international research project within the Sugar Labs Perú in order to attend the needs identified during field work on Perú from 2007 to date.
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== Further reading ==
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* Sugar Network [[Sugar_Network/Declaration_of_purpose|declaration of purpose]].
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* [[Sugar_Network/Concept|Sugar Network Concept]] - A guide to basic Sugar Network concepts.
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* [[Sugar Network/Tutorial|Sugar Network Tutorial]] - A series of screen-shots of the most recent Sugar Network implementation.
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* Sugar Network [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network|technical implementation]].
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* Sugar Network [[Sugar_Network/Policy|Terms of use]].
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== Try it ==
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Note that current development version is not assumed to be perfect in all cases.
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There are two types of Sugar Network access:
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* Sugar Network clients.<br>Regular access for most of users. There are several clients that might have different audience:
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** [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/Web_UI|Web UI]],<br>client is mostly targeting to low age users;
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** [[Sugar_Network/Contributor_Hub|Contributor Hub]],<br>full featured access for content creators and providers as well as experienced users.
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* [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/API|Sugar Network API]].<br>Low level access for various programmable usage. See API home page for more details.
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=== From the Web ===
  
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The major goal of Sugar Network is providing sufficient functionality to share various types of content between:
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Easy way to try Sugar Network clients is Sugar Network Web sites with data synchronized with the [[Activity Library]]:
  
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* Students and teachers from off-line deployments;
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* [http://network.sugarlabs.org/ network.sugarlabs.org], for Web UI;
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* Students, teachers from off-line deployments and people who support this particular deployment but are located far from the schools and can't visit them on regular basis;
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* [http://network.sugarlabs.org/hub/ network.sugarlabs.org/hub], for Contributor Hub.
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* Students, teachers from off-line deployments (with deployment supporters' help) and the rest of broader, on-line Sugar community.
 
  
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The purpose of this sharing is:
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Write access is not yet implemented for Web access. To discover all implemented functionality, use developer server where anonymous users have administrative privileges:
  
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* Provide technical and educational support to students and teachers;
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* [http://network-devel.sugarlabs.org/ network-devel.sugarlabs.org], for Web UI;
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* Support social activity of student and teachers creating the possibility of close integration with the learning process;
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* [http://network-devel.sugarlabs.org/hub/ network-devel.sugarlabs.org/hub], for Contributor Hub.
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* Connect students and teachers with the rest of Sugar community thereby enabling, for example, more direct feedback from the field or bootstrapping of localization by local language communities (with upstreaming to Pootle).
 
  
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The goal will be accomplished by:
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=== On desktop ===
  
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* Providing a user interface on the Network participant side to read and write [[Sugar_Network/Concept#Resources|various types of content]];
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Sugar Network clients can be used from local applications. Local applications have extra features, such as launching software by one click, or, seamless Journal integration. There are several distribution options:
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* The regular activity in the Network will require connection to a server, to the global one (on-line case) or to a server located in schools (off-line case);
 
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* The limited functionality will be provided for server-less case, e.g., students are out of a school.
 
  
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The Sugar Network should be useful for both kinds of environments, off-line and on-line.
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* Install Sugar from the [[Platform_Team/Sweets_Distribution/0.94:SugarNetwork|0.94:SugarNetwork]] repository in [[Sweets Distribution]] and [[Platform_Team/Sweets_Distribution/0.94:SugarNetwork#Sugar_Network_integration|enable]] Sugar Network integration in the Sugar Shell;
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* On XO laptops, use [[Deployment_Platform/XO_reference_distribution#Try_reference_implementation|one of the reference images]] (note that images might be outdated, to make them up-to-date, upgrade system packages right after flashing). Or, try deployment [http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Proyecto_Piloto_Hexoquinasa/Instalar XO images] from downstream [http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Proyecto_Piloto_Hexoquinasa Hexoquinasa] project;
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* Or, on existing Sugar installation, install [[Activities/Sugar_Network|Sugar Network activity]].
  
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== Further reading ==
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=== In deployment ===
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If you are looking for complex solutions that will be useful for deploymentin an educational environment, take a look at [[Deployment Platform]].
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== Donate ==
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[[Crowd_funding/Sugar_Network#The_product|Help those]] working on the Sugar Network deployment on a regular basis.
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== See also ==
  
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* Sugar Network's [[Sugar_Network/Declaration_of_purpose|declaration of purpose]].
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* [http://semweb4u.wordpress.com/tag/semanticxo/ Semantic XO] project and its [[Features/Semantic_Web|Features]] page.
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* [[Sugar_Network/Concept|Sugar Network Concept]] - A guide to basic Sugar Network concepts.
 
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* Sugar Network [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network|technical implementation]].
 
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* [http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Proyecto_Piloto_Hexoquinasa Proyecto Piloto Hexoquinasa] - The actual deployment scenario of the first iteration Sugar Network
 
  
 
== Getting involved ==
 
== Getting involved ==

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What would be a good logo for Sugar Network? (We're searching for a good logo.)

Summary

Sugar Network is a content sharing and social activity, around this content, system for Sugar Learning Environment.

The system is intended to be a share point for various kinds of content within the Sugar community, e.g., friends, a class, parents, teachers, content authors, supporters, or, Sugar Learners in general. Sugar Network participants might be regular Internet users, students connected to a school server, or, even be in regions without any network connectivity except the Sneakernet.

The content itself might be Sugar Activities, artifacts created by Sugar Activities, books, articles, etc. Sugar Network provides a way for content creators how to share their work, and, a way for all other people how to use shared content as easy as possible. Sugar Network's social activity features should make this process smoother by providing functionality like getting feedback, issue reports, usage statistics, etc.

This work was initially started as an international research project within the Sugar Labs Perú in order to attend the needs identified during field work on Perú from 2007 to date.

Further reading

Try it

Note that current development version is not assumed to be perfect in all cases.

There are two types of Sugar Network access:

  • Sugar Network clients.
    Regular access for most of users. There are several clients that might have different audience:
    • Web UI,
      client is mostly targeting to low age users;
    • Contributor Hub,
      full featured access for content creators and providers as well as experienced users.
  • Sugar Network API.
    Low level access for various programmable usage. See API home page for more details.

From the Web

Easy way to try Sugar Network clients is Sugar Network Web sites with data synchronized with the Activity Library:

Write access is not yet implemented for Web access. To discover all implemented functionality, use developer server where anonymous users have administrative privileges:

On desktop

Sugar Network clients can be used from local applications. Local applications have extra features, such as launching software by one click, or, seamless Journal integration. There are several distribution options:

In deployment

If you are looking for complex solutions that will be useful for deploymentin an educational environment, take a look at Deployment Platform.

Help those working on the Sugar Network deployment on a regular basis.

See also

Getting involved

  • Submit your bug report or feature request.
  • Browse our implementation discussions, and post your feedback. (You should join this discussion list in order to avoid having your messages postponed for moderation.)

Subpages

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