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===Why Sugar?===

===Why Sugar?===

==== Sugar comes with hundreds of tools for discovery through exploring, expressing, and sharing ====

==== 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====

====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 ====

==== 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====

====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====

====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====

====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:

** Getting Sugar for Fedora, Ubuntu, or Debian.

** Getting Sugar for Fedora, Ubuntu, or Debian.

** Run Sugar in an emulator: QEMU or VMWare.

** Run Sugar in an emulator: [[VirtualBox]], [[QEMU]], or [[VMware]].

** Run Sugar from a LiveCD or Live USB: [[:Category:Live USB]]

can run files with free VMPlayer, available on line

distribute them with DVD or 4 Gib SD or USB

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** Run Sugar from a LiveCD or Live USB.

===Roadblocks===

===Roadblocks===