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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This guide addresses the issues, step and procedures of a small deployment of sugar.
(please free to add your own ideas and experiences)
==Getting started with Sugar==
==Getting started with Sugar==
===Getting connected to the Sugar community===
===Getting connected to the Sugar community===
#Take a look at Sugar and OLPC Mailists,
#Take a look at Sugar and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mailing_lists#Mailing_lists OLPC Mailists],
#IRCs (#sugar, #sugar-meeting, #olpc-help @ freenode),
#IRCs (#sugar, #sugar-meeting, #olpc-help @ freenode),
#Meet local Communities of developers, teachers and students.this can be done at local events, local IRCs and local mailists these are some examples:
#Meet local Communities of developers, teachers and students.this can be done at local events, local IRCs and local mail lists these are some examples:
*olpc-jamaica
*olpc-jamaica
*olpc-uruguay
*olpc-uruguay
==Getting Sugar into your classroom or community==
For starters you will need some sugar [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD live CDs] or live USB, this could be of great help in doing introductions to Sugar.
For starters you will need some sugar [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD live CDs] or live USB, this could be of great help in doing introductions to Sugar.
Once you have been working with Sugar for a time you can then try it in a Laptops as a more definitive solution, the kind of systems you can look is listed on [[Supported systems]]
Once you have been working with Sugar for a time you can then try it in a Laptops as a more definitive solution, the kind of systems you can look is listed on [[Supported systems]]
Also, please see the discussion [[Talk:Supported_systems#LiveCD|here]].
*Also, please see the discussion [[Talk:Supported_systems#LiveCD|here]].
Once you have a live system and/or laptop to work on you should begin with the next step.
==Small workshops with parents and teachers==
One of the best ways to get advantage of all the powerful ideas that are the basis of sugar is through the creation of learning communities, but this communities have to start from the knowledge of how Sugar can be used in education and what are the technologies that can be used to do so.
For initiating Sugar's use, teachers, parents and students (learners) have to be introduced to all it's principles.
===20 quick learning ideas to try with Sugar===
===20 quick learning ideas to try with Sugar===
*Other activities.
*Other activities.
*Using memorize
*Using memorize
==Advantages and disadvantages of Sugar==
==Advantages and disadvantages of Sugar==
===Why Sugar?===
===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.
** 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.
** It features collaboration with or without Internet access.
** Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing.
** Benefits of Sugar include peer-to-peer learning; always-on support; and single-click sharing.
==== 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).
** 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.
** 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:
** 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.
** 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.
** 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;
** 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.
** Benefits include a more engaged learner able to tackle authentic problems.
* Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms:
* Sugar is available in a wide variety of forms:
What are the roadblocks to running Sugar in your school?
What are the roadblocks to running Sugar in your school?
*--Impossibility to run existing content?
*--Another conventional contents and tool used?.
[[Category:Deployment]]
[[Category:Deployment]]