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[Sean DALY]

* "hundreds" of tools/Activities, or "dozens"?

* "X languages" - I still don't know how many ;-)



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What makes Sugar different?
    * Sugar facilitates sharing and collaboration: Children can write,
share books, or make music together with a single mouse-click.
    * Activities, not applications.
    * Automatic backup of Activity work; no worrying about files or
folders. Sugar's Journal makes it almost impossible to lose any data.
    * The Journal records everything you do: It is a place to reflect
upon and evaluate your work.
    * Sugar runs on most computer hardware, including slower machines.
    * Sugar is free software: It is written in the modern Python
language and easily customized.
    * Sugar is documented by its users: It is easy to use and teachers
worldwide have created a wealth of pedagogical materials for it.

What are the benefits of using Sugar?
    * Hundreds of tools for discovery through exploring, expressing,
and sharing: browsing, writing, etc.
    * Built-in collaboration system: peer-to-peer learning; always-on
support; and single-click sharing.
    * The Journal is a built-in portfolio assessment tool that serves
as a forum for discussion between children, parents, and teachers.
    * A discoverable learning platform: it uses simple means to reach
to complex ends.
    * Designed for local appropriation: it has built-in tools for
making changes and improvements and a growing global community of
support. X languages are currently available.
    * An emphasis on learning through doing and debugging: more
engaged learners are able to tackle authentic problems.
    * Available in a wide variety of forms: as part of GNU/Linux
distributions; LiveCD, LiveUSB; and in a virtual machine.

What are the Sugar advantages?
    * Superior pedagogical framework
    * Unique collaboration and journaling (evaluation) features
    * Large & successful installed base with hundreds of activities
    * Large and committed community base (both developers and teachers)
    * 24/7 community support; training and workshop materials available
    * Rapidly expanding teacher-driven development
    * Easily localizable and customizable
    * Free open source software: no licensing fees
    * A global project: no single point of dependency or failure
    * Great potential for local job creation

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