Edward, Thanks, please send me the outline and what you think needs to be more "easily discoverable" and I will work on it.
Stephen On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is true that you can do all of these things in EToys, if you know > where to start. It is also true that the start screen of EToys could > be improved by providing a path to each of them, and to other > education modules, and Etoys could be improved with a few more > introductory modules. > > Since children and untrained teachers cannot be expected to discover > these paths, and paths in other Activities, on their own, I am in the > middle of writing a guide to Discovery on the XO. The starting point > is my Wiki page, > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick > The undiscoverable is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and > solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. > These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS > documentation. > > The Etoys section needs vast expansion. I have an outline in mind, > which I can share with anybody who would like to work on it. > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 15:59, Tim McNamara <paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz> > wrote: > > The analogy doesn't quite fit, as it's possible to do complex things in > all > > of those tools and it's easy to do simple things in EToys. Each Activity > can > > be used in this learning model, e.g. training wheels to motorbike. > > > > Tim > > > > On 25 September 2010 05:48, Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org> > wrote: > >> > >> And Scratch? ... don't remember where I read it, but it sounded logical > >> to me. > >> Use progressively difficult tools for progressively difficult tasks. > >> To confirm this statement, I add the phrase: "Visible learning, > invisible > >> technology". > >> Children would first learn TurtleArt. > >> When they outgrow it switch to Scratch. > >> When all its possibilities are exhausted, continue with eToys. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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