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===Why Sugar?===

* 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.

* Sugar comes with a built-in collaboration system:

** It features collaboration with or without Internet access.

** Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing <nowiki>[Should we trademark these terms? :)]</nowiki>

* 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).

** 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:

** 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.

* 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.

** Benefits include a growing global community of support;

* 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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 ===Why Sugar?===
+* 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.
+* Sugar comes with a built-in collaboration system:
+** It features collaboration with or without Internet access.
+** Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing <nowiki>[Should we trademark these terms? :)]</nowiki>
+* 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).
+** 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:
+** 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.
+* 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.
+** Benefits include a growing global community of support;
+* 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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