blurb for Parent's page (first draft)

[Walter Bender]

little thing, but I think we need a head for the Journal paragraph to
parallel the others.

-walter

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here...
> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite_alt/index.php?template=page&page=parents
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>> Where is the latest version of this text? Is it up on the web anywhere?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Parents,
>>>
>>> With the Sugar Learning Platform, the age-old question "What did you
>>> do in school today?" can be retired. Sugar maintains a diary (the
>>> Journal) of everything your child does: what she makes (nouns), how
>>> she makes it (verbs), and with whom she was collaborating (proper
>>> nouns). You can sit down with your child and walk through the Journal
>>> to review her progress as well as leave comments and note for her
>>> teacher.
>>>
>>> The award-winning Sugar learning platform is a revolutionary new
>>> approach to technology and learning. With Sugar you child will engage
>>> in exploring knowledge, expressing herself through writing, drawing,
>>> video—even programming the computer. She'll also reflect upon her work
>>> and use Sugar to create a portfolio of her accomplishments.
>>>
>>> Sugar comes with the usual collection of activities: a web browser,
>>> and ebook reader, a multimedia player, a word processor, and lots of
>>> game. It also comes with a rich collection of music tools, both for
>>> playing and composing music, and programming tools that are accessible
>>> to child as young as 6-years old, but interesting enough to keep a
>>> teenager enaged. A hallmark of Sugar is its simplicity—even
>>> pre-schoolers can use the Sugar basics—while putting no upper bound on
>>> the complexity of expression to which you child can reach.
>>>
>>> Another hallmark of Sugar is collaboration. Your child can collaborate
>>> with friends, family, and classmates through a "school server"—playing
>>> games, chatting, sharing bookmarks, and helping each other with
>>> homework.
>>>
>>> You can try Sugar by downloading it onto a USB key and then using it
>>> to boot your desktop or laptop computer. (Sugar will not change
>>> anything on your computer—it uses the USB instead of your harddisk.)
>>> You can introduce Sugar to your child's school using USB sticks as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> With Sugar, your child will grow confident as a learner. Her unlimited
>>> potential will be realized.
>>>
>>> See... for more details about how to try Sugar.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>> --
>>> Walter Bender
>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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>>
>>
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>> Caroline Meeks
>> Solution Grove
>> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>
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Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
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