Impressions of Sugar

Today I am Blogging about my impressions of the Operating System Sugar,

When I first used sugar I thought it was Pretty amazing that a whole fully Operating, operating system on a usb flash drive.
I find it very fun, entertaining and eduactional when using Sugar, as I have now been able to create games using the application Physics, I have also learnt how to "hack" sugar in ways of changing the symbol at the start into a eye, and just today I learnt how to change the layout of the start up menu.
I have also learnt of a laptop that uses sugar as its full operating system. I have used this in class and found it very interesting to use as it has wireless connectivity, it can flip the screen so when you shut it you can use it as a book to read from and much more things this little machine can do that i find very interesting.

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Speak Activity

1st of August

Today i used the Speak Activity.
The speak activity is where a computer generated voice speaks what you type. For instance if you type 'hello' the computer will say it in a voice that you choose e.g. robot etc. I found this application very amusing.

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XO Talk and talk about East Timor

Today Rosemary and David a self funded group,

Talked about their trip to East Timor and how they helped the locals with I.T skills and other things in the computing world.

We were taught a Tetum word, Mallai - which means 'White Man' which is used for any foregners.

We were talked about how the students dont have to go to school and that some children cant afford to go to school.

Rosemary and David introduced the XO to the people. They both went to a conference to discuss the XO with other people to see weather or not to give students their own XO and to discuss weather or not to let them take them home.

We were told that even if people don't have a lot most do own a scooter for transport. Also we found out that mobile phones are common but are not used much as it is expensive.

They also talked about a place where people are trying to make it so businesses can access the internet in East Timor. We found out that most people who own or have use of computers use the operating system Linux.

While they where at Timorleste they had many interactions with many different missionaries. They spoke to missionaries from Australia and America, one missionary's family had all moved to Timorleste and his children get home schooled.

I found the talk very interesting on how people are trying to introduce technology like the XO to a third world country.