User:Vtaylor/Introduction to Sugar/project notes

Sugar demos

 * Write - general features, function
 * Speak ? see what was typed
 * Read - Project Gutenburg ? kids books


 * Browse
 * Tam Tam
 * Turtle Art - basics video, basic closed sided - forward, turn x degrees > closed y/n > ? sides
 * Etoys

== Presentations, educator guides, support==


 * http://servicios.ceibal.org.uy/ - Spanish


 * guided video tour


 * Sugar presentation guide - hands-on steps, suggestions


 * slides - some good, different audience ?? pick out slides
 * Sugar intro workshop lesson plan - 3hr, some links, video - could do with kids

== Activities on an SD or USB==

On 25.08.2011, at 04:27, Mikus Grinbergs wrote:

>> When you use an activity from an USB or SD card..The activity is copied to the system. > > Not in my experience. > > I've been using Activities from an SD card for four years now, and Sugar has NEVER copied those to the system (ie, to the flash memory).

If you click a .xo bundle, Sugar *will* unpack it into ~/Activities.

If you unpack it onto an SD Card yourself, Sugar will not see it. Unless ...

> [Before I start Sugar, I've set up pointers (in /home/olpc/Activities) to where the (unpacked) activity files actually reside.]

... you manually do this step to make Sugar think it was installed in a regular way.

In any case, the activity would still write to the Journal unless it has specific support to write somewhere else.

- Bert - Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:37:30 +0100 From: Bert Freudenberg 

== Sharing==
 * sharing - start with something simple, such as Chat. One person should launch it, share it from the toolbar, and the other should try joining when the activity appears in the neighborhood view.


 * Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 From: Thomas C Gilliard  - Chat as a way to test sharing. Here is a simplified step by step to get you going.....

Start Chat in the F3 Ring of applications of sugar -click on the Chat top bar (O with a single dot ) -Set it to sharing by selecting the (O with multiple dots) that drops down under your mouse. -It will connect as it counts down -type your message in the bottom left part of the window; hit return ( Enter) _If you click on it you can rejoin it. able to join this chat by clicking on it in their F1 Network Neighborhood screen. -Messages typed on your chat will appear on anyone else's chat that has connected to it, and visa-versa.
 * At this time a chat icon should appear in your f1 Network neighborhood
 * Anyone else connected to the jabber (or ad-hoc network) will also be

Enjoy : )

(I also find Turtle Art and Write work well. In this case both users have their own (2 independent instances) line of type or turtle that shows on both shared sugars.) Note: Invites do not always work, it depends on the versions of sugar being used.


 * Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 From: forster@ozonline.com.au - this might help, if you are using a wifi access point for the networking, skip the first 2 steps http://www.box.net/shared/q0rzrfiiiggi04azxed5