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==Getting started with Sugar==
==Getting started with Sugar==
===Getting connected to the Sugar community===
===Getting connected to the Sugar community===
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===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.
If a LiveUSB image can be given to each teacher and child:
# They can use the image both at school and at home; and
# Through a shared ejabber server, they can collaborate as a class even when they are at home.
'''Tip:''' In order to reduce wear and tear on your computer's USB drive, use a USB extension cable. This moves the wear to a replaceable part and has the added advantage of making the USB connection more accessible.
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]]
===20 quick learning ideas to try with Sugar===
===20 quick learning ideas to try with Sugar===
==Small workshops with parents and teachers==
==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 htat can be udes to do so.
==Advantages and disadvantages of Sugar==
==Advantages and disadvantages of Sugar==