mustafa wrote: > > Hi > > > well children can learn all those stuff at school but programming > must be done on a computer and as technology affects our life more > more people must learn programming, searching, word processing, > etc..... > > > please tell me about those activity IDEs and how to compile with > them on OLPC and can a simple child easily get and use them
Etoys, TurtleArt, Scratch, and Pippy are the activities i was referring to. i'm sure you can find more information on them on your own. > > and about physics if more people know how to program OLPC XOs > teachers (and maybe physics experts) can help program physics stuff Physics, like most Sugar activities, is written in python. > and we can do both things just some people can improve physics > things while others increase support for programming languages you seem to feel that increased support for programming education on the XO is extremely important. i heartily recommend that you get involved, and help create what it is you think is needed. > > > BTW I love physics and i think it should be better (it's more > important than literature and unimportant stuff like that) i confess, with comment like that i'm starting to suspect you of being a troll. paul > > > > > > > To: ahmed_nematal...@hotmail.com > > Subject: Re: C\C++ & SDL > > From: p...@laptop.org > > CC: devel@lists.laptop.org > > Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:43:56 -0400 > > > > mustafa wrote: > > > > > > a C++, python, C, Java, vala, Scala, (maybe C# too) ide with a > > > couple of tuts for each language bundled with the OLPC XO will be > > > great so kids can learn programming > > > > contrary to what some believe, the goal of the XO, and the OLPC > > project overall, is not to teach kids programming. the goal is to > > help kids learn _lots_ of things -- programming, and familiarity with > > computing, is one small part of an education that includes learning to > > read, to write, to do math, to understand geography, or astronomy, or > > biology, or..., or..., or... > > > > the XO already support 4 (to my knowledge) programming environments as > > Activities, and as others have said, more languages (C++, java, > > whatever) are readily installable, if not under sugar. i'd rather see > > Physics, for instance, become better suited as an instructional tool > > than support for more computer languages. > > > > paul > > =--------------------- > > paul fox, p...@laptop.org > =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel