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              <h2 style=" text-transform: uppercase;">Sugar Labs</h2>
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                Whether you're a young learner,
                teacher, or a budding developer, we
                believe Sugar Labs has something for
                you. Read on to learn more about our
                award-winning Sugar Learning Platform
                and how to join our diverse community
                of teachers and learners.
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                                <h2>Our mission: Authentic problem solving</h2>
                                <p>The world needs more tools and communities for learn-by-doing education</p>
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			    Learners and teachers already have plenty
                            of tools to help them with
                            <em>instruction-based learning</em>. And despite
                            the known benefits, there are very few
                            tools and communities that encourage
                            <em>project-based learning</em>. Sugar
                            Labs's unique mission is to cultivate a
                            community of teachers and learners engaged
                            in <em>learn by doing</em> and,
                            collaboratively, create tools explicitly
                            made for <em>authentic problem
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            <h2 class="text-center customMargin1">Challenging and fun: It's hard fun!</h2>
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          <p><br>Learning isn't easy, but it should be fun. The Sugar Labs communinity works hard to make tools that are both challenging and fun. Hard fun is the <b>sweet spot!</b></p>
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              <h2>Sugar Labs by the numbers</h2>
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                    <span>Mentors helping youth learn in programs like Google Code-In (GCI) and Google Summer of Code</span>
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                    <span>Projects for teaching and learning created by Sugar Labs students and teachers.</span>
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                   <span>Kids whose lives have been enriched by using the Sugar Learning Platform</span>
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                    <span>Languages our educational software has been translated into</span>
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              <p>This is what we've heard about Sugar Labs from students, teachers, parents, and growing developers.</p>
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                  <p class="leftAlign">"This summer
                    was super fun and filled with
                    learning! I enjoyed testing over
                    60+ activities with kids to get
                    first-hand feedback which had a
                    positive impact in the way they
                    approach problems. The fact that
                    these activities are used by kids
                    as a tool of learning motivates me
                    to contribute more and more. I'm
                    going to continue to contribute
                    and be a part of Sugar
                    Labs."</p>
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                    <p><span>Sourabha G., </span>GSoC 2021 student</p>
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                  <p class="leftAlign">"I would like
                    to thank my mentors Walter Bender
                    and Devin Ulibarri for their
                    constant guidance and
                    motivation. A big thanks to Sugar
                    Labs community and Google Summer
                    of Code (GSoC) for providing such
                    a wonderful opportunity for
                    learning and helping me to be an
                    active member of Open Source
                    Community."</p>
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                    <p><span>Riya Lohia, </span>GSoC 2018 student</p>
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                  <p class="leftAlign">"I think
                    Music Blocks will inspire many
                    young folks to become programmers,
                    mathematicians, composers, and
                    music theorists. It will also
                    provide important experiences to
                    other young folk who pursue other
                    fields. You are to be
                    congratulated on your
                    efforts."</p> <!-- Move Hermann to MB and give Alan Kay's quote more context somewhere else.
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                                         <p><span>Richard Hermann, PhD, </span>Prof. of Music Theory and Composition, University of New Mexico</p>
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                  <p class="leftAlign">"Fedora-Based Sugar on a Stick Is One Sweet Desktop."</p>
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        <h2 id="try">EXPERIENCE SUGAR</h2>
        <p><i>Our educational tools can be experienced in a number of ways. Try the one that's best for you.</i></p>
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          <p>Create musical code with the browser-based visual programming language Music Blocks.</p>
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          <p>Get a taste of Sugar with Sugarizer, which opens in your browser with no installation. Alternatively, you may install Sugarizer onto your mobile or desktop device via Google Play or F-Droid (Android), the App Store (iOS), and the Microsoft Store (Windows).</p>
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        <h2>Already using Sugar? We have many activities for you!</h2>
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          <p>Play with numbers</p>
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          <p>Roleplay with money</p>
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          <p>Have fun with progressive challenges</p>
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          <p>Use your computer to measure things in the physical world</p>
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          <p>Are you already using TurtleBlocks? Try it in three dimensions!</p>
          <a href="https://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4757"><button type="button" class="btn bt-raised btn-custom bt customMargin4" >Get TurtleBlocks3D</button></a>
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          <p>Compose and share your ideas</p>
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          <p>Measure and explore math</p>
          <a href="https://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4192"><button type="button" class="btn bt-raised btn-custom bt customMargin4" >Get Ruler</button></a>
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          <p>Explore numbers and information in charts</p>
          <a href="https://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4300"><button type="button" class="btn bt-raised btn-custom bt customMargin4">StarChart</button></a>
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          <p>Test your memory with this fun game</p>
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        <h3>Check out the remaining hundreds of activities!</h3>
	<p>We have hundreds of activities to explore.</p>
        <a href="https://v4.activities.sugarlabs.org/"><button type="button" class="btn bt-raised btn-custom bt">Go to Sugar Activity Library</button></a><br><br>
	<p><em>Important: Please know that in order to install and try them, you need to be running the Sugar Desktop Environment. If you don't have that already, please consider your other options</a> to explore Sugar: <a class="footerHeaderStyle" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/#try">Try Sugar!</a></em></p>
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<section id="intro">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-12 text-center">
                <h2 >INTEGRATION AND INQUIRY</h2>
                <p>See how Sugar integrates into your classroom.</p>
                <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/inquiry">
                    <button type="button" class="btn bt-raised btn-custom bt">Find out now!</button>
                </a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>-->

{% include footer.html %}