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=== What is Sugar? === | === What is Sugar? === | ||
:Sugar is an educational software platform built with the Python programming language and based on the principles of cognitive and social constructivism. | :Sugar is an educational software platform built with the Python programming language and based on the principles of cognitive and social constructivism. See [[What is Sugar?]]. | ||
=== Who is doing Sugar development? === | === Who is doing Sugar development? === | ||
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=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? === | === What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? === | ||
* See [[Marketing Team/Website#Website_2|Website sandbox]]. | |||
:The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning. | :The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning. | ||
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* Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms: as part of GNU/Linux distributions; LiveUSB/CD; and in virtual machines or emulation. | * Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms: as part of GNU/Linux distributions; LiveUSB/CD; and in virtual machines or emulation. | ||
:There is a further summary of the Sugar benefits [[Deployment Team/Small_deployment_guide#Why_Sugar|here]]. | :There is a further summary of the Sugar benefits [[Deployment Team/Small_deployment_guide#Why_Sugar|here]]. | ||
=== How can I get online with the Live USB/CD, and what can I do then? === | === How can I get online with the Live USB/CD, and what can I do then? === | ||