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The purpose of the Sugar platform is provide a software and content environment that enhances learning. Towards this end, Sugar is designed to facilitate learners to “explore, express, debug, and critique.” </div> <hr> </li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="question h5 fw-bold d-flex justify-content-between align-item-centre" onclick="toggleAnswer('answer-3', this)"> What are the principles that guide Sugar Labs? <span class="indicator h5 fw-bold">+</span> </div> <div id="answer-3" class="answer d-none"> Sugar Labs subscribes to principle that learning thrives within a culture of freedom of expression, hence it has a natural affinity with the free software movement. </div> <hr> </li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="question h5 fw-bold d-flex justify-content-between align-item-centre" onclick="toggleAnswer('answer-4', this)"> What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? <span class="indicator h5 fw-bold">+</span> </div> <div id="answer-4" class="answer d-none"> The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner. (2) humans by their nature are social beings. (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning. </div> <hr> </li> <li class="list-item"> <div class="question h5 fw-bold d-flex justify-content-between align-item-centre" onclick="toggleAnswer('answer-5', this)"> Who can use Sugar and how do they benefit? <span class="indicator h5 fw-bold">+</span> </div> <div id="answer-5" class="answer d-none"> Sugar is a free software project, freely available to anyone who wants to use it or improve upon it. The Sugar platform was designed for young children (K–6), but it is finding applicability in a number of different venues where the simplicity of design maps is an enabler, e.g., mobile applications, the elderly, etc. Sugar will engage even the youngest learner in the use of computation as a powerful 'thing to think with.' 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