I really need to get hover tool tips working... -walter
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM, <fors...@ozonline.com.au> wrote: > Edward wrote > > "I am working on a version of Turtle Art > that will use icons rather than text labels on the tiles, and I want > to test how much of it the preliterate can grasp, and what we can > teach using that capability. We can demonstrate many topics in Turtle > Art, even if the children can't yet program such demos unaided." > > Edward, to progress discussion, I have done a mock up graphic at > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Tonyforster > > I have only done some blocks. I have concentrated on turtle motion, pen and > flow control. > > I think the mathematics blocks are best left as is. > > Others, eg push and pop heap may be too difficult for pre-literate children > to bother with. Likewise the portfolio and red box tabs. > > (Maybe keyboard input is important enough to bother with but the 2 step > process it uses, one block to read kyb and another for its value, is > conceptually difficult. First the interface should be simplified.) > > Questions the exercise has raised for me: > > To what extent could pre-literate children use Turtle Art? > Are graphics on blocks really better than text? > Does keeping text labels help develop literacy? > What graphics are best? > Should the more difficult blocks be omitted or kept with text labels? > Should they be on different tabs if retained? > Where can we do user testing and get feedback? > > Tony > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
