looks great! Added comments inline <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">briefly: * 750,000 <> one-million (homepage number) so I fudged by stating a projection. But this inconsistency needs to be squared away. * added an age range... ballpark?</blockquote><div> Lets at least go down to 5 years old. These poor 3 year olds in Boston schools are using windows, they would do much better in Sugar. Perfect no, but much better. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> * harped on Activities * boosted collaborative aspect * mentioned compatibility with old/slow PCs... the bane of every teacher</blockquote><div> Added energy effiecient for greenies and donated computers, for every parent who has been told that no the school can't take your computer. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> thanks Sean ****************** about ****************** What is Sugar? The Sugar Learning Platform is a computer environment composed of Activities designed to help children from 6 to 12 years of age learn together through rich-media expression. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with the opportunity for a quality education—it is currently used by more than 750,000 children worldwide in over 40 countries, with 900,000 projected by the end of 2009. Sugar provides the means to help people lead fulfilling lives through access to a quality education that is currently missed by so many. Originally developed for the revolutionary One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar can run on small and slow PCs—often the case in</blockquote><div> now, Sugar can run on almost any PC, including small netbooks, older and donated machines, and new energy efficient computers with limited processing power. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> the classroom. Sugar is now packaged as part of most major GNU/Linux distributions and is compatible with Intel Macs using virtualization. A liveCD which does not touch the existing hard disk installation is available; a liveUSB stick which can run on most PCs is under active development. Why Sugar? Sugar sets aside the traditional "office-desktop" metaphor and, through its Activities, engages even the youngest learners in the use of computation as a powerful “thing to think with.” They quickly become proficient in using the computer as a tool to engage in authentic problem-solving. Moreover, most Sugar Activities can be shared by learners between machines—children learn as a group, not as a collection of individual users. Sugar users develop skills that help them in all aspects of life. </blockquote><div> Do we want the 21st Century Skills buzz word in the above paragraph? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> What is Sugar Labs? Sugar Labs is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to support the Sugar community of users and developers and establish regional, autonomous “Sugar Labs” around the world to tailor Sugar to local languages and curricula. Sugar Labs volunteers are passionate about providing education to children.</blockquote><div> Shoud we mention SFC in the above paragraph? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> ****************** /about ****************** _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax