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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Still amazing! What is important about
      Sugar Labs is Sugar and Sugarizer.<br>
      Microsoft offers a collection of tools:<br>
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        <li>Learning Suite by Microsoft<br>
          Over 20 of Microsoft's most popular education tools and
          teacher resources - all in one place!</li>
        <li>Flashcards by Microsoft<br>
          Build memory and recognition skills with a modern twist on the
          classic learning tool.</li>
        <li>Office 365 for Education<br>
          Free email, shared documents, storage and more! Office 365
          offers all the tools you and your students need to succeed.</li>
        <li>Photosynth<br>
          Help students learn through interactive 3D experiences.</li>
        <li>Microsoft Mathematics 4.0<br>
          Visualize math concepts to promote better understanding.</li>
        <li>Kinect for Windows SDK<br>
          Transform ordinary classroom experiences into extraordinary
          immersive education.</li>
        <li>Math Worksheet Generator<br>
          Create great math worksheets in seconds!</li>
        <li>Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide<br>
          The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age.</li>
        <li>Kodu<br>
          Teach programming, problem-solving and collaboration in a
          creative 'hands-on' environment.</li>
        <li>Interactive Classroom<br>
          Use classroom polls to improve student learning.</li>
        <li>Microsoft SkyDrive<br>
          Easily manage, store and securely share thousands of classroom
          documents all in one place.</li>
        <li>Chemistry Add-in for Word<br>
          The simple, easy way to include chemistry information in your
          Word documents.</li>
        <li>Mouse Mischief<br>
          A fun way to keep your students' attention and increase
          participation in the classroom.</li>
        <li>Songsmith<br>
          Help your students 'find their spark' in the classroom with
          music.</li>
        <li>Accessibility Guide for Educators<br>
          Empower all students with accessible technology.</li>
        <li>Office Add-in for Moodle<br>
          Manage your courses with Moodle and Office documents all in
          one place.</li>
        <li>Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote<br>
          Create, calculate, solve and import mathematical equations in
          Word and OneNote.</li>
        <li>WorldWide Telescope<br>
          Explore outer space from your classroom.</li>
        <li>Project Tuva<br>
          Make physics fun with a new twist on classic lectures.</li>
        <li>Ribbon Hero 2<br>
          Learning Office is a game – really!</li>
        <li>Small Basic<br>
          The fun and easy way to learn programming.</li>
        <li>Bing: The Getting Started Guide for Educators<br>
          Quickly find what you need in a visual, organized way.</li>
        <li>Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum<br>
          Prepare your students for the digital future.</li>
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      Should we compare Sugar to this list?<br>
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      Tony<br>
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      On 04/28/2017 08:20 AM, Walter Bender wrote:<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Tony
            Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span>
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              04/28/2017 12:00 AM, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:iaep-request@lists.sugarlabs.org"
                target="_blank">iaep-request@lists.sugarlabs.o<wbr>rg</a>
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                "Sugar Labs is a community-run project whose mission is
                to support a<br>
                collection of free/libre software tools that facilitates
                learners to<br>
                discover, create, reflect, translate, share and
                appropriate such tools in<br>
                sustainable and creative manners".<br>
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              Sugar Labs is not a project, it is a organization of
              volunteers which develops, supports and distributes Sugar.<br>
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            <div>Sugar Labs is a member project of the Software Freedom
              Conservancy. </div>
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              Sugar is not a collection of software tools. It is a
              carefully designed software system to support constructive
              learning.<br>
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            <div>The version in the motion covers this, except for the
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              It is amazing to see a mission statement that does not
              mention either Sugar or Sugarizer.<br>
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            <div>Well, one could argue that those are expressions Since
              I am using 0.110, I haven't experienced save as for some
              time so I couldn't tell when you were changing the name
              through the save as dialog or through the activity
              toolbar. The feature should work the same for all
              activities including sugar-web. There should only be one
              setting (gsetting does not depend on sugar/sugar3/web).of
              the mission, not the mission itself.</div>
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            <div>-walter</div>
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              <div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br>
                <font><font>Sugar Labs</font></font></div>
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