[IAEP] OLPC SF Community Summit - Suggested topics
Yesterday's OLPC SF meeting was very productive towards planning the October summit (http://olpcsf.org/summit). Take a look at the "Suggested Topics" page and add your own or add yourself to topics that you want to work on. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011#Suggested_Topics Registration will open next week. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Fossa Conference 2011; Where Open Source Meets Academia (Lyon, France, Oct. 26-28)
http://www.osor.eu/events/fossa-conference-2011-where-open-source-meets-academia 2010 site: http://fossa2010.inrialpes.fr/ This year Fossa conference will focus on open source at the cross roads of developement, research and industry. Though the conference program is still being finalised, the organisers say that Fossa 2011 will address: 1 Education 2 Developement, Research and Innovation 3 Openness: Open Collaboration, Open Data, Open Cloud 4 New trends in open source: HPC, Mobile citizen, Internet of things, Future research-social-development community ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Why is Scratch more popular than Etoys?
Scratch looks a bit more sleek (modern?) and is a bit easier to use. I think these bits add up. I think Scratch has easier media tools, but I may be mistaken there - maybe I just don't know how to use Etoys media tools. Cheers, Maria Droujkova 919-388-1721 Make math your own, to make your own math On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Steve Thomas wrote: > I have taught both Scratch and Etoys to kids and hands down most kids > prefer Scratch. I also prefer Scratch for certain things, but prefer Etoys > for most learning and teaching. > > What can we learn from Scratch (and TurtleArt et al) to improve Etoys? And > vice versa what can be done to improve Scratch? > . > I have ideas, which I will share later, but I am curious to hear the > thoughts of others (as mine add nothing to my current understanding and > repeating them will simply further ingrain incomplete and incorrect > assumptions and prejudices ;) > > Stephen > P.S. I fully believe kids should learn multiple languages and am not > looking for the "one ring to rule them all." Each language/environment has > its advantages and we need multiple. > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Why is Scratch more popular than Etoys?
I have been using Scratch and Etoys with students in grades 5-8 for the past 4 years or so. In this work, I have seen an interesting pattern. The younger students (5th and 6th graders) ALWAYS prefer Etoys to Scratch. (I am talking here about first exposure).They love the drawing component and then being able to make their drawings move or do something. The older students ALWAYS prefer Scratch. They get the bricks metaphor right away and so can get things done very quickly. And sometimes students using Etoys get frustrated because there are so many options and choices and opportunities for functionality. What is also interesting is the degree to which the tools are owned by the students. Whichever one they are using starts to become a powerful form of expression for them so that, if given the opportunity, they will use it to complete projects and presentations, etc. I just wanted to add this experience to the conversation. Gerald On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Maria Droujkova wrote: > Scratch looks a bit more sleek (modern?) and is a bit easier to use. I > think these bits add up. > > I think Scratch has easier media tools, but I may be mistaken there - maybe > I just don't know how to use Etoys media tools. > > Cheers, > Maria Droujkova > 919-388-1721 > > Make math your own, to make your own math > > > > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Steve Thomas wrote: > >> I have taught both Scratch and Etoys to kids and hands down most kids >> prefer Scratch. I also prefer Scratch for certain things, but prefer Etoys >> for most learning and teaching. >> >> What can we learn from Scratch (and TurtleArt et al) to improve Etoys? >> And vice versa what can be done to improve Scratch? >> . >> I have ideas, which I will share later, but I am curious to hear the >> thoughts of others (as mine add nothing to my current understanding and >> repeating them will simply further ingrain incomplete and incorrect >> assumptions and prejudices ;) >> >> Stephen >> P.S. I fully believe kids should learn multiple languages and am not >> looking for the "one ring to rule them all." Each language/environment has >> its advantages and we need multiple. >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Camp France
To Whom it May Concern, If you happen to be at Sugar Camp in France, please tell someone (anyone) that speaks French that we need more L10n work done and committed. http://translate.sugarlabs.org/fr/ Merci cjl Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
