Static site feedback: Parents page copy rewrite draft

[Sean DALY]

* As a parent, I still want to ask my kids how the day went without
looking at a 'puter... so I'm not ready to retire that question ;-)

* added... you guessed it... "Activities"


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The Sugar Learning Platform
The award-winning Sugar Learning Platform is a revolutionary new
approach to technology and learning. With Sugar's Activities, your
children will engage in exploring knowledge, expressing themselves
through writing, drawing, video—even programming the computer. Working
collaboratively, they can reflect upon their work and use Sugar to
create a portfolio of their accomplishments.

The Journal
With the Sugar Learning Platform, the age-old question “What did you
do in school today?” takes on new meaning. Sugar maintains a diary
(the Journal) of what they make (nouns), how they make it (verbs), and
with whom they are collaborating (proper nouns). You can sit down with
your child and walk through the Journal to review progress and leave
comments for the teacher.

Activities

The heart of Sugar is its Activities - not applications in the
traditional sense, but ways of working and thinking together. Curious
children can view the source code of Activities and even try their
hand at programming. More traditional Activities such as a web
browser, an ebook reader, a multimedia player, and a word processor,
open a window to the Web (if connectivity is available), allow dozens
or even hundreds of books to be stored and read, rich content to be
played back, documents to be composed. Kids love games, and Sugar has
several which aid learning and build dexterity. Sugar comes with a
rich collection of music Activities, both for playing and composing
music, and programming tools that are accessible to child as young as
4-years old, but interesting enough to keep a teenager engaged. 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 your child can reach.

Collaboration
Collaboration is fundamental in Sugar. Your child can collaborate with
friends, family, and classmates—playing games, chatting, sharing
bookmarks, and helping each other with homework.

Try Sugar
You can try Sugar by downloading it to a CD or 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 hard disk.)
You can introduce Sugar to your child’s school using USB sticks as
well. With Sugar, children grow into confident, joyful learners and
realize their unlimited potentials.
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