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== Functioning Overview ==
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== Overview ==
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The Network consists of different types of parts:
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The Sugar Network is all about:
 
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* Client application that runs in Sugar learning environment on machines of people who take part in the Network;
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* Server that runs either in the Internet (if connectivity is not a problem for clients) or on a school server (that is being synchronized with the Internet, thus, with the rest of school servers).
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The Network supports Internet and Internet-less environments. In both cases, the participant's experience is the same. The only difference is the amount of time when all contributors will see the same picture, in case of the Internet, it will happen in live mode, for Internet-less cases, after synchronizing all school servers.
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== Players ==
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These are real people that take part in the Sugar Network. The Sugar Network is all about:
      
* [[#Players|Players]],
 
* [[#Players|Players]],
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* interact with [[#Objects|Objects]],
 
* interact with [[#Objects|Objects]],
 
* taking part in [[#Activities|Activities]].
 
* taking part in [[#Activities|Activities]].
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== Players ==
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These are real people that take part in the Sugar Network.
    
== Objects ==
 
== Objects ==
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=== Project Coordinator ===
 
=== Project Coordinator ===
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== Activity ==
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== Activities ==
    
These are kinds of activities that [[#Roles|Roles]] can take part in. The particular activity might involve several Players and several Roles.
 
These are kinds of activities that [[#Roles|Roles]] can take part in. The particular activity might involve several Players and several Roles.
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== Technical Overview ==
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The Network consists of different types of parts:
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* Client application that runs in Sugar learning environment on machines of people who take part in the Network;
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* Server that runs either in the Internet (if connectivity is not a problem for clients) or on a school server (that is being synchronized with the Internet, thus, with the rest of school servers).
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The Network supports Internet and Internet-less environments. In both cases, the participant's experience is the same. The only difference is the amount of time when all contributors will see the same picture, in case of the Internet, it will happen in live mode, for Internet-less cases, after synchronizing all school servers.
    
== Todo ==
 
== Todo ==
    
* Class type for projects to support regular class behaviour from teachers' pov.
 
* Class type for projects to support regular class behaviour from teachers' pov.