The authors will share their experience in developing the open source learning environment Sugar. Sugar was originally designed for the XO-1 laptop of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and runs now on most netbooks and PCs. Sugar Labs is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization that has taken on the task of enhancing Sugar and providing a common place for volunteers, deployments and companies passionate about improving the Sugar Lernaning Platform. After a short introduction to the main concepts of Sugar, the advantages of open source software in education will be highlighted, specifically advantages in the use of the software and during the development process.

Speakers: Tomeu Vizoso, Simon Schampijer (Sugarlabs)