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===Is the platform another cost?=== | ===Is the platform another cost?=== | ||
: We refer to the Sugar Learning Platform as platform because it is a complete software environment. You will | : We refer to the Sugar Learning Platform as platform because it is a complete software environment for learning. You will need a computer to run Sugar on a Stick, and you will also want an administrator's computer for the [[olpc:School Server|School Server]], XS. The server software is free, but also in a Beta testing phase. The School Server does not need to be high powered, a $500 to $1000 hardware budget should be sufficient for a pilot program. | ||
===Is it learning games, homework help, search engines?=== | ===Is it learning games, homework help, search engines?=== | ||
It provides a consistent, child friendly environment, | : It provides a consistent, child friendly environment with games, software for music, graphics, text, and software creation, a calculator and physics modeling Activities, an Internet browser and chat programs, and a slice of Wikipedia for offline exploration. The software on the portable memory device allows students to have the same learning tools at school and at home. | ||
It does have learning games. The teacher can use it to assign help but its not in itself homework help. It is not a search engine. | It does have learning games. The teacher can use it to assign help but its not in itself homework help. It is not a search engine. | ||