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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 also need a server for the School Server, XS. The software is free, but also in Beta.  The School Server does not need to be high powered, a $500 to $1000 hardware budget should be sufficient for a pilot.

: 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, so that students can have the same tools at school and at home.

: 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.