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<h1>WHAT IS AN ACTIVITY?
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<p>Sugar applications are called “Activities.” Activities include an application as well as sharing and collaboration capabilities, a built-in interface to the Journal, and other features such as the clipboard.
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<p>The Journal Activity is pre-installed. Other Activities can be distributed as part of an Activity Pack. There are many, many others you can install yourself.
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<p>Activities you have specified as favourites appear as a ring of icons around the XO icon in the center of the Home View. All the Activities you have installed are shown in the List mode of Home View.
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<p>Some Activities allow Sugar users to work and learn cooperatively. For example, Write allows several users to collaboratively create a document. Read allows several users to read the same document or a teacher to share a book with an entire classroom. Memorize allows a group of users to play a game together.
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<p>Another class of Activities allow users to write software. A variety of computer languages such as Logo, SmallTalk, CSound, and Python are supported within the TurtleArt, Etoys, TamTam, and Pippy Activities.
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Author : <i>WhatIsAnActivity</i> <br/>&copy; adam  hyde 2008<br/>Modifications:<br/>Aaron  Konstam 2008<br/>Anne  Gentle 2008<br/>David  Farning 2008<br/>Janis  Grinbergs 2008<br/>Tom  Boyle 2008<br/>Walter  Bender 2008<br/><hr/><br>License : General Public License
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