Sugar is a learning platform that reinvents how computers are used for education. Collaboration, reflection, and discovery are integrated directly into the user interface.
The Read activity allows the XO to act as a book reader. It has a simple interface, and will view many kinds of text and image based book-like materials (PDF, Epub, PS, CBZ, etc). It will have particular strengths in handheld mode, with extremely low power consumption and simple navigation controls.
Teaches Python programming by providing access to Python code samples and a fully interactive Python interpreter.
The user can type and execute simple Python expressions. For example, it would be possible for a user to write Python statements to calculate expressions, play sounds, or make simple text animation.
Introduces group of classes in Ruby as eqivalent to some data types in other languages such as boolean and allows introspection according to type of class too. In fact, partially replaces multiple inheritance because introduces unlimited formal genericity for every class.
This is your basic "Lemonade Stand" style game for the XO Laptop, where the player manages a lemonade stand (or similar such store) and tries to make as much money as possible. The game is designed to incorporate money and fractional math skills to teach basic operations.
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