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== How to Present Sugar ==
== How to Present Sugar ==
=== Presentations ===
=== Presentations ===
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/d/d6/BozLUGTiny.pdf OLPC / SugarLabs overview presentation]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/d/d6/BozLUGTiny.pdf OLPC / Sugar Labs overview presentation]
=== Hands on guide ===
=== Hands on guide ===
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 how one gets to the Frame.
# 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 Neighborhood View. Show that one can get there from the Frame or from F1.
# 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 Journal where one's work is saved.
# Demonstrate that to do something, one goes to one's Home View and clicks on any of the icons. They are the Activities.
=== Hints ===
=== Hints ===
* 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, beofre you can (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.
== Colophon ==
== Colophon ==
This guide is based on Caroline Meeks' [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-June/006783.html reflections on presenting Sugar]. You can view [http://a19.video2.blip.tv/3410001542671/Dowdle-olpcroadshow438.ogv her giving the presentation].
This guide is based on Caroline Meeks' [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05286.html reflections on presenting Sugar]. You can view [http://a19.video2.blip.tv/3410001542671/Dowdle-olpcroadshow438.ogv her giving the presentation].