Re: [IAEP] Doc Sprint... YOU can be a part of this!
I will be in the Philippines , but will try to participate if I can get a reliable internet connection from there. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi SG'ers and IAEP'ers, As you probably know, folks will be gathering in the Boston area April 6 (Fri)-10 (Tues) for a Doc Sprint where they will make a much needed update to the XO Users Manual. Some of you (Tony Anderson, Cherry Withers, and me to name a few) will be writing from afar. You are cordially invited to join in this effort from wherever you are located. To do this, you will need access to an XO or a really good emulator. There will be tasks you can get involved in right in the comfort of your home! One thing that will be needed is daily proof-reading and testing for ease of understanding of each day's work. Friends, family, adults and children can all get involved. The time difference between where some of you are and Boston makes this ideal. While they are all done for the day and partying the night away, we can pick up the day's work and proof and test it. We have several volunteers from olpc-SoCal who will be doing this, but there are plenty of projects for everyone! If you are interested in being a part of this, just send a note as an answer to this email. I'll send you instructions for participating in a day or two. Caryl ___ 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] butiá robot challenges in sumo.uy event
Excellent!! On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Andres Aguirre aguir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I want to share with you what we was doing the last week here in Uruguay: http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/mediawiki/index.php/Review cheers -- /\ndrés ___ 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] Wiki page is online for OLPC-SF 2011 Summit
Just passing this on.. Registration will soon follow. Hope to see you there! --- Wiki page for this year is up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011 Add your information and we'll push these out to olpcsf.org. We also have a page up on Facebook where we have 28 Attending so far. These are: Sameer Verma Dawn-Elissa Fischer Yoshiki Ohshima Alex Kleider Caran Colvin Cherry Withers Srikanth Danapal Danese Cooper Tilila El Moujahid Nina Stawski Ryan Singer Jay Ly Ben Tran Caryl Bigenho Craig Perue Mary Lou Jepsen Tanya Kleider Nancy Hayes Larry Cafiero Bruce Baikie Henry Villar Alolita Sharma Lutfus Sayeed June Kleider Salim Amin Zaheda Bhorat Musa Aziz Uni Erfurt Abdul Saleem Achakzai We also have 11 Maybe attending. These are: Utkarsh Verma Luis Murillo William Stelzer Joachim Pedersen Aaron Anderson Matt Vieyra David Van Assche Jeff Bragg Alexander Mock Aaron Anderson Jerome Gotangco (Yes, Aaron Anderson, our Director of Graduate Programs will maybe attending twice - once in official capacity and once in personal :-)) More updates coming soon. Book them tickets!!! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups olpc-social group. To post to this group, send email to olpc-soc...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to olpc-social+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-social?hl=en. ___ 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?
When I did my workshop on Etoys in the Philippines back in June, one kid did a draft of the same project in Scratch first using the pre-installed cliparts then did it in Etoys like I asked. It was a simple knock knock joke project with speech bubbles popping up when a moving bar touches a different color on the bottom of the page. For him the pre-installed cliparts made it easier for him to jump right into programming rather than spend so much time drawing things. However, some kids derived more satisfaction in using their own drawings. I personally like the latter. Incidentally, no one taught the child how to use Scratch and he didn't use it fully (never did a project in Scratch) till we got into conditional statements in Etoys. He started drawing parallels with Etoys. On our 2nd and 3rd day, he would always create his draft first on Scratch then do things in Etoys. It was a lot easier for him to find things in Scratch he says. I will check back with our teachers to see if more children are using Scratch. Our four teachers in the Philippines use Etoys in their lessons but that may be because I got them started with Etoys and they're just used to it now and don't want to change. Best, Cherry On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.com 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] Sugar Digest 2011-08-22
Very cool! On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: On 22.08.2011, at 17:50, Walter Bender wrote: == Sugar Digest == 1. The OLPC XO 1.75 machines (beta units) are starting to be distributed to developers. This machine is ARM based, which means that it will have superior battery life once all of the fine-tuning is complete. It also means that it uses some different components, e.g., audio circuitry, so there is some driver work to be done. But so far, so good. One of the nice things about the 1.75 is that the OLPC engineering team threw in a few additional sensors. Saadia Husain Baloch got the accelerometer working and I immediately wrote a Turtle Art plug-in (included with v114). Saadia wrote a fun 'etch-a-sketch' program in Turtle Art that works by shaking the machine. Not to be outdone, I added an enhancement to the Portfolio activity while I was on a short flight last week. If you hit the left side of the XO, it will advance to the next slide. If you hit the right side of the XO, it will return to the previous slide. The person sitting next to me on the plane told me, That's the strangest thing I have ever seen anyone do with a computer. The bottom line is the more sensors the better: we want to give young learners more opportunities to observe and interactive with the physical world. The accelerometer is fun to use indeed. I just made an Etoys project that lets you steer a ball by tilting the XO-1.75. Find a description and video at: http://croquetweak.blogspot.com/2011/08/squeak-etoys-on-arm-based-xo-175.html - Bert - ___ 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] Cannes Lions award for OLPC Australia
Very great to hear this! Congratulations to a much deserved recognition. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan srid...@laptop.org.auwrote: As I have blogged about[0] OLPC Australia[1] have been awarded a Bronze Lion[2] at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival[3], the equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival for advertising. I think this is fantastic recognition for a Free Software project[4], especially one that is focused on assisting children in some of the most remote parts of the world. I feel honoured to have been part of this success. We’re happy for people to get involved to help us in our mission[5]. If you'd like to participate[6], especially (for me) in the technical field[7], please get in touch with me or contact OLPC Australia[8] through our Web site. Sridhar [0] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/25/cannes-lions-award-for-olpc-australia/ [1] http://www.laptop.org.au/ [2] http://www.canneslions.com/work/media/entry.cfm?entryid=1762award=4 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Advertising_Festival [4] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/20/why-free-and-open-matters/ [5] http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/mission [6] http://www.laptop.org.au/participate [7] http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate [8] http://www.laptop.org.au/contact/general-form Sridhar Dhanapalan Technical Manager One Laptop per Child Australia M: +61 425 239 701 E: srid...@laptop.org.au A: G.P.O. Box 731 Sydney, NSW 2001 W: www.laptop.org.au ___ 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] [support-gang] Found usb Microscope under $50 for XO!
Ok, here we go. Let me start by saying that I am near Linux illiterate. What I've been able to do so far was to copy the video4linux plugin (unzipped) to the /usr/lib/squeak directory. Downloaded the change set files and unzipped but what now? Direction on the page says to run squeak and install the change set. When I try to run squeak on the command line it's asking for a specific image file which I don't know how to get. On the one hand there's an LED light in the microscope that turned on when I ran Etoys. I don't know what in tech heavens that means but it's a beacon of hope for me. :-) If anyone can spare the time, I'd appreciate the help. Thanks! --Cherry On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: That screenshot is from the Spanish-language Small-Land version of Squeak/Etoys. It was created in Argentina and used for example in the 80,000 Linux PC deployment in Extremaduras, Spain. The video4linux plugin used for the microscope looks like it might be the same as used by Etoys on the XO: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3765 - Bert - On 11.02.2011, at 05:23, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org wrote: I have one of these that I gave to my cousin! Let me see if I can just borrow it. Which version of Squeak are they using? Doesn't look like Etoys. Looks old. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, RE: Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Microscope Since Pato Acevedo confirmed that the QX3 microscope works with linux and Etoys I decided to go ahead and get one from Ebay (total with shipping was about $25). It should arrive in plenty of time for SCaLE and for all of you to help me get it working! While Mary Lou Jepson's jury-rigged lenses-to-microscope experiment sounds intriguing and inexpensive, I don't think it will meet the needs of real life students studying real life biological specimens. The only problem with the QX3 is that it is no longer made, so other choices would need to be found. This is mostly for proof of concept. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions. I'll be back in about a week, full of how to questions. Caryl -- From: carol...@solutiongrove.comcarol...@solutiongrove.com Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:43:37 -0500 Subject: Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO To: patitoacev...@hotmail.compatitoacev...@hotmail.com; cbige...@hotmail.comcbige...@hotmail.com Cool!! Is that in eToys? I do have one. :) Can we post this back to the lAEP? On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Pato Acevedo patitoacev...@hotmail.com patitoacev...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Caroline: The microscope qx3 working fine in linux. Look this image http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/uploads/3765/microscope.png http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/uploads/3765/microscope.png Pato Acevedo -- From: carol...@solutiongrove.comcarol...@solutiongrove.com Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:49:41 -0500 To: cbige...@hotmail.comcbige...@hotmail.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.orgiaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; hea...@lists.laptop.orghea...@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.orgsupport-g...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO Caryl, Intel sold the microscope to Digital Blue: http://store.digiblue.com/Digital_Blue_s/27.htm http://store.digiblue.com/Digital_Blue_s/27.htm http://store.digiblue.com/QX5_Computer_Microscope_for_PC_p/db12013.htm http://store.digiblue.com/QX5_Computer_Microscope_for_PC_p/db12013.htm But I don't think they are actually manufacturing them. I worked on a project to make an educational website that went with the microscope but I think they had quality problems with manufacturing and a business opportunity with disney and the microscope just wasn't a priority for the company. The microscope used a propriety driver and software. Even if you get one off of ebay I am doubtful you can get it work on Linux. I don't think they ever got it working on a mac. Cheers, Caroline On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? http://bit.ly/eu1iPhhttp://bit.ly/eu1iPh It is mentioned in this very old link: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2006-October/000158.html http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2006-October/000158.html It is no longer manufactured, but there are some available at ebay (as shown above). I would really like to get some kind of usb microscope that could be used with the XO to have at SCaLE 9X at the end of this month and to explore features for the water/health lessons some of us are working on for Haiti. Cherry Withers has ordered a microscope, but it is currently backordered and probably won't arrive in time for SCaLE. Has anyone else
Re: [IAEP] Found usb Microscope under $50 for XO!
I have one of these that I gave to my cousin! Let me see if I can just borrow it. Which version of Squeak are they using? Doesn't look like Etoys. Looks old. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, RE: Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Microscope Since Pato Acevedo confirmed that the QX3 microscope works with linux and Etoys I decided to go ahead and get one from Ebay (total with shipping was about $25). It should arrive in plenty of time for SCaLE and for all of you to help me get it working! While Mary Lou Jepson's jury-rigged lenses-to-microscope experiment sounds intriguing and inexpensive, I don't think it will meet the needs of real life students studying real life biological specimens. The only problem with the QX3 is that it is no longer made, so other choices would need to be found. This is mostly for proof of concept. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions. I'll be back in about a week, full of how to questions. Caryl -- From: carol...@solutiongrove.com Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:43:37 -0500 Subject: Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO To: patitoacev...@hotmail.com; cbige...@hotmail.com Cool!! Is that in eToys? I do have one. :) Can we post this back to the lAEP? On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Pato Acevedo patitoacev...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi Caroline: The microscope qx3 working fine in linux. Look this image http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/uploads/3765/microscope.png Pato Acevedo -- From: carol...@solutiongrove.com Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:49:41 -0500 To: cbige...@hotmail.com CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; hea...@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO Caryl, Intel sold the microscope to Digital Blue: http://store.digiblue.com/Digital_Blue_s/27.htm http://store.digiblue.com/QX5_Computer_Microscope_for_PC_p/db12013.htm But I don't think they are actually manufacturing them. I worked on a project to make an educational website that went with the microscope but I think they had quality problems with manufacturing and a business opportunity with disney and the microscope just wasn't a priority for the company. The microscope used a propriety driver and software. Even if you get one off of ebay I am doubtful you can get it work on Linux. I don't think they ever got it working on a mac. Cheers, Caroline On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? http://bit.ly/eu1iPh It is mentioned in this very old link: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2006-October/000158.html It is no longer manufactured, but there are some available at ebay (as shown above). I would really like to get some kind of usb microscope that could be used with the XO to have at SCaLE 9X at the end of this month and to explore features for the water/health lessons some of us are working on for Haiti. Cherry Withers has ordered a microscope, but it is currently backordered and probably won't arrive in time for SCaLE. Has anyone else used one with an XO? If so, what kind? Where is it available? Is it plug-n-play or do you need to install software? Anything else I should know? I really don't want to use one that relies on the XO computer camera to function. Thanks, Caryl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax ___ 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] Another Etoys Question
Hi Caryl, I wrote that chapter on the manual. I would really like to know if there's anything at all that's unclear about what I wrote. I would also be happy to go through it with you on Skype at your convenience. Cheers, Cherry On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.comwrote: Caryl, From the supplies bin, drag out a book. Then click on the Triangle in the upper left corner of the book (when you hover over it it will say More Controls. You will then be able to add pages by clicking on the + in the Book header and you can also duplicate pages from the menu in the header. More details are in the Etoy floss manual Chapter 5http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/Objects (search for book within the page). Stephen On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: OK, so I have watched the tutorials and even looked at 2 books I have about Squeak and still haven't found out how to make a multi-page book or slide show like we want to do for the Water Lessons. Innocent that I am, I assumed that clicking on the page symbol (looks like a page symbol used in other programs) would give me a new page. I got what I thought was a new page. Constructed it and saved. Then I discovered it created a new* project*, not a new page! Rats! Oh well, the page I lost was just the title page and it will be easy to remake it. However I would like to keep the second page I made, put the title page before it and then add several more pages after. Is there a link to instructions for doing this? I don't need to learn about loops, variables, tiles and stuff like that... already know that and can, and have, taught it. Caryl ___ 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
Re: [IAEP] Another Etoys Question
Hi Carlos, The manual is not completely done. It needs editing and we would appreciate all the feedback that we can get. If you'd like to spearhead the effort of translating it to Spanish, it will be most appreciated! The original manual was done using FLOSS Manuals. You can open an account for free and email them of your intent to start a book or manual and go from there: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ Thank you for all of your support! --Cherry On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Carlos Rabassa car...@me.com wrote: Cherry, interesting you mention the manual. What is the status of the manual? At one point I had volunteered to translate it into Spanish. Then there were other volunteers, then there was some other book and then no more talk. My offer is still on. Is there anything you think I could start translating about Etoys? Carlos Rabassa On Jan 31, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Cherry Withers wrote: Hi Caryl, I wrote that chapter on the manual. I would really like to know if there's anything at all that's unclear about what I wrote. I would also be happy to go through it with you on Skype at your convenience. Cheers, Cherry On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.comwrote: Caryl, From the supplies bin, drag out a book. Then click on the Triangle in the upper left corner of the book (when you hover over it it will say More Controls. You will then be able to add pages by clicking on the + in the Book header and you can also duplicate pages from the menu in the header. More details are in the Etoy floss manual Chapter 5http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/Objects (search for book within the page). Stephen On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: OK, so I have watched the tutorials and even looked at 2 books I have about Squeak and still haven't found out how to make a multi-page book or slide show like we want to do for the Water Lessons. Innocent that I am, I assumed that clicking on the page symbol (looks like a page symbol used in other programs) would give me a new page. I got what I thought was a new page. Constructed it and saved. Then I discovered it created a new* project*, not a new page! Rats! Oh well, the page I lost was just the title page and it will be easy to remake it. However I would like to keep the second page I made, put the title page before it and then add several more pages after. Is there a link to instructions for doing this? I don't need to learn about loops, variables, tiles and stuff like that... already know that and can, and have, taught it. Caryl ___ 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 -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Another Etoys Question
Ooops...so sorry...correction..I didn't write the chapter! Only the book section. Thank you Gerald, Carlos and for those who want to help! On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: Cherry, I am going to be using the manual with some teachers soon. I will make updates from those sessions. Gerald On Monday, January 31, 2011, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org wrote: Hi Carlos, The manual is not completely done. It needs editing and we would appreciate all the feedback that we can get. If you'd like to spearhead the effort of translating it to Spanish, it will be most appreciated! The original manual was done using FLOSS Manuals. You can open an account for free and email them of your intent to start a book or manual and go from there: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ Thank you for all of your support! --Cherry On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Carlos Rabassa car...@me.com wrote: Cherry, interesting you mention the manual. What is the status of the manual? At one point I had volunteered to translate it into Spanish. Then there were other volunteers, then there was some other book and then no more talk. My offer is still on. Is there anything you think I could start translating about Etoys? Carlos Rabassa On Jan 31, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Cherry Withers wrote: Hi Caryl, I wrote that chapter on the manual. I would really like to know if there's anything at all that's unclear about what I wrote. I would also be happy to go through it with you on Skype at your convenience. Cheers, Cherry On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.com wrote: Caryl, From the supplies bin, drag out a book. Then click on the Triangle in the upper left corner of the book (when you hover over it it will say More Controls. You will then be able to add pages by clicking on the + in the Book header and you can also duplicate pages from the menu in the header. More details are in the Etoy floss manual Chapter 5 http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/Objects (search for book within the page). Stephen On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: OK, so I have watched the tutorials and even looked at 2 books I have about Squeak and still haven't found out how to make a multi-page book or slide show like we want to do for the Water Lessons. Innocent that I am, I assumed that clicking on the page symbol (looks like a page symbol used in other programs) would give me a new page. I got what I thought was a new page. Constructed it and saved. Then I discovered it created a new project, not a new page! Rats! Oh well, the page I lost was just the title page and it will be easy to remake it. However I would like to keep the second page I made, put the title page before it and then add several more pages after. Is there a link to instructions for doing this? I don't need to learn about loops, variables, tiles and stuff like that... already know that and can, and have, taught it. Caryl ___ 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 -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 9X is coming! Don't miss it!
I'll be available to help you on Saturday. Do you have enough XOs to bring to this event? Should I bring my own? Will touch base with you as the date gets closer. --Cherry On Jan 30, 2011 4:42 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello all you OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education) Fans! Now is the time to put SCaLE 9X on your calendars for Saturday, February 26 for a day of fun and amazement at the Hilton LAX. This is an event for everyone in the family because the exhibit hall is much like a huge science fair with lots of interesting things to see and learn. Here is a partial listing of exhibitors: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/exhibitors On Saturday, in addition to visiting the exhibit hall, you can take advantage of a full day of speakers and a hands-on workshop, all related to OSSIE. And, on Saturday evening there will be a gathering of folks interested in OSSIE with a raffle with some really cool prizes. The schedule and final details for Saturday's events aren't available yet, but I will send them in a follow-up message as soon as they are. Currently there are plans to offer the hands-on workshop also on Friday and Sunday. That way, if you have other sessions you would rather attend on Saturday, you will still be able to participate in the workshop. SCaLE 9X registration is now open. If you are either a student or a teacher (any level pre-K through college) you can register for half-price! That is just $35 for a day of fun and learning. There is a special link for students and teachers to register: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/open-source-software-education For everyone else, the price is $70, unless you are only interested in the exhibit hall, which costs just $10. The link is: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/ I don't know yet what the cost is for children, but I will find out and let you all know. If you are an XO or Sugar user and would like to help out with the OLPC/Sugar Labs booth on Saturday or Sunday, I will need a few people to assist there, and can provide full registration passes for a limited number of people. if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity to help people play with XOs and Sugar while spreading the open source software in education message, please let me know right away! Watch for more info soon! I hope to see many of you there next month. Caryl Bigenho, OLPC and Sugar Labs Volunteer P.S. Please forward this message to anyone you know is interested in Open Source Software In Education. Thanks! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] TSA Loves XOs!
You made me laugh so hard Caryl! Did the XO get a thorough patdown as well? I bet it probably enjoyed the treatment. Maybe next time have them just pat down the XO for a free pass. :-) Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels! Cherry On Nov 25, 2010 10:36 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, I flew from DFW yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving, which is supposed to be one of the busiest days for flying. We arrived early because we had heard of plans for lot of people to opt out of the body scanners and ask for the enhanced pat-down search instead. The protest didn't show up in the security area we went through and the TSA agents were very overstaffed and very good natured and friendly. Because of my knee replacements I always set off the alarm and get the pat-down. Yesterday was no exception, but the procedures have changed. No more metal detecting wands. Instead they pat you down all over... and I do mean all over! So, there I was with my arms out like a hovering bird, getting the treatment when another, smiling TSA agent came over to ask me about OLPC and the Contributors Program! She had seen the XO-1.5 I brought (to demo at New Tech High @ Coppell) go through the scanner. She asked my husband about it as he was gathering my things. He gave her one of my cards with lots of links on the back, told her more about it and sent her over to talk to me. So, while I was getting that enhanced pat-down I was pleasantly distracted by being able to tell her about our Contributors Program. She was very interested in the possibility of doing a project at a place where she volunteers once a week in the Dallas area. I was pleasantly distracted and almost didn't notice the thoroughness of the pat-down! You never know when traveling with an XO will pay off in new and interesting ways! Happy Thanksgiving!Grannie B (aka Caryl) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Computer Science Week call for participation
Hi All, As part of CS Education week (December 5-11), there's a call to present or talk about career options in the CS field. I think it would be a wonderful experience for members of the Sugar and OLPC community to take part and present to students in K-12. Here's the pledge site: http://www.computinginthecore.org/forms/sign/pledge-step1 Main CSed Week site: http://www.csedweek.org/ I took part on the pledge and now trying to organize something for the school where I teach. Hope you can participate! --Cherry ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Etoys, is it difficult or easy?
Just want to share this email from Daniel Gastelu, translated by Carlos Rabassa. Thank you! - Just translated a message, from the spanish language forum OLPC-Uruguay. Further down in this message you may see the original. The author, Daniel Gastelú, is a High School Professor. Daniel works in a Library in Canelones, Uruguay, to offer support to other teachers in the public high schools. This message is his answer to the subject question, which we had posed in several forums. Translation starts here == 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. It is the same as with bicycles and motorcycles. They start at home, in the backyard patio, with training wheels (TurtleArt). They continue on the street, in front of their home, with the bicycle without the training wheels enjoying their independence (Scratch). Once they learned enough about riding on the street, we allow them to ride the bike to the supermarket (eToys). May I make it clear I use the three programs. I can compare them based on my own experience. The idea in my opinion should not be to discuss whether it is easy or difficult for the teacher or for the student. We should llook at the opportunities offered by the tool. Would any of the readers [of this forum] give a [motor driven] dune buggy to his daughter for her 15th birthday if she cannot handle a bicycle? In closing this brief message, I share the problem in Scratch. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/egastelu/1299763 The problem is the one others have resolved using a XO with SocialCalc or with Etoys: http://squeakland.org/launcher?http://squeakland.org/content/showcase/everyone/accounts/carlos/HowManyPizzas.005.pr http://squeakland.org/launcher?http://squeakland.org/content/showcase/everyone/accounts/carlos/HowManyPizzas.005.pr How Many Pizzas http://squeakland.org/showcase/project.jsp?id=10264 (2010-sep-07 18:35 EDT) por Carlos Rabassa based on ideas by Daniel Ajoy and Paolo Benini carlos http://squeakland.org/showcase/account?username=carlos Resolving 2-variable equation == Translation ends here Carlos Rabassa Volunteer Plan Ceibal Support Network Montevideo, Uruguay Begin forwarded message: *From: *Daniel Gastelú danielgast...@yahoo.com.ar *Date: *September 15, 2010 9:10:13 AM EDT *To: *Comunidad ceibalJAM olpc-urug...@lists.laptop.org *Subject: **Re: [Olpc-uruguay] Etoys, es fácil o es difícil?* *Reply-To: *Comunidad ceibalJAM olpc-urug...@lists.laptop.org Y scratch?... no recuerdo donde lo leí, pero me pareció lógico; herrameintas de complejidad progresiva para tareas de complejidad progresiva. Y agrego; para confirmar la frase de aprendizaje visible, tecnología invisible. Los niños/as aprenderìan primeramente Tortugarte, cuando les quede chico pasarían a Scratch, y cuando Scratch esté agotado en posibilidades pasarían a eToys? Es como las bicicletas y motos. Primero en el patiod e casa y con rueditas (Tortugarte), luego en la calle en frente a la casa con la bicicleta sin las rueditas de ayuda y con independencia.(Scratch). Una vez que aprendió bastante a moverse en la calle lo dejamos ir solo al supermercado en la bicicleta (eToys). Aclaro que uso los tres softwares y puedo compararlos por experiencia. La idea para mi caso no es si es fácil o difícil (para el educador o el alumno) , sino que es ver la oportunidad de la herramienta. ¿Alguno de los lectoresle regalaría un cuatriciclo a su hija para el cumple de 15 si ella no sabe manejar una biicleta? Cerrando este cortito mensaje, les comparto el problema como manipulable en Scratch. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/egastelu/1299763 Slds. Daniel Gastelú ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Etoys in the News: NASA + 'CK-12' Foundation on Physics FlexBook
Hi Folks, I just want to share with you an article on work done by a colleague at Squeakland. http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=120290 The chapter called Modeling and Simulating NASA's Launch Abort System has been written by Randy Caton: http://www.ck12.org/flexr/chapter/7847 Thanks to Rita for pointing this out! Best, Cherry ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ANN] DrGeo 10.08
Hi Hilaire, This is a great addition! BTW, some of Squeakland's education team members acquired XO 1.5s through OLPC's contributor's program to do user testing for Etoys 4.1. Dr. Geo is included in our test plan. The page for the test team: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/SqueaklandTesters There's a link to the test plan that is public. Please feel free to add to it. We also need some guidance on Dr. Geo use. Regards, Cherry On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: On 06.08.2010, at 08:54, Hilaire Fernandes wrote: Dear all, I am please to announce the release 10.08 of the DrGeo activity. http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/drgeo-xo-10.08-release Congratulations! For people unfamiliar with Squeak, you might want to add a note about how to quit (e.g., not to save when asked). Also, I had to manually install the bundle. After downloading, Sugar did not recognize it as an activity. I guess your wiki does not serve the right mime type. Uploading to aslo might be better (although it would be nice if Sugar was a little more forgiving). This is on the OLPC 260py build (Sugar 0.88.1). - Bert - ___ 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] Congratulations OLPC-Peru!
OLPC-Peru is one of the 2010 WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) finalists. Information about this summit and other finalists can be found here: http://www.wise-qatar.org/en/2010-finalists Congratulations! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] 27+ attendees already for Unannounced Oct 21/22 - 24 OLPC SF/Sugar/Realness Summit!
What is the Twitter handle? Herding the crowd to http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010 Save the date that I'm giving is 22-24th. What are the actual dates? Thanks! On Aug 14, 2010 12:41 PM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: Thanks all for refining/expanding the list of attendees here; this surge of participation is truly wonderful -- even before our global community event's officially announced: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010 (hit reload!) Co-hosted in San Francisco right alongside/after the Internet Archive's Books in Browsers event Thu/Fri Oct 21-22: (http://archive.org) http://reading20.posterous.com/books-in-browsers-2010 /Formal Announcement:/ Beautiful public invitation to follow later this month at http://olpcSF.org and http//Realness.org, for easy forwarding/blogging across the open education / intl development / FOSS worlds And Far Beyond. Unrecognized teachers/volunteers/silent staffers involved with OLPC-like projects worldwide are especially welcome! /Travel Scholarships / Community Fundraising: /Please contact me personally (holt @ laptop.org) if you can assist our movement's greatest volunteers -- attending from outside of North America especially -- or if you require Partial Assistance for your own plane fare. Remember the focus is Deployment Realities for techies, teachers AND twitterers spawned out of OLPC SF's high-energy community and other OLPC-like projects worldwide, so *all* are invited who have meaningful tips/tricks/reflections/learning to offer. /Guest Speakers:/ Pre-Invite to all! Please consider sharing the wealth of your implementation experiences (tech/teaching/twitter etc) replying ASAP so I/others can help you refine your topic and generate a tiny bio etc, similar to http://Realness.org /Join our Organizers Open Discussion:/ http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Grants for Open Educational Resources
Squeakland's education team would be happy to participate in this endeavor. We have created content in Etoys that are self contained with not just text/content but also integrated modeling and guidance for self assessment. Is there a particular format that this program is looking for? Thanks! Let us know how we may be of service. Regards, Cherry On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 13:19, Frederick Grose fgr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: I intend to apply for creating digital textbook replacements. Anyone else interested? How about affiliating with Sugar Labs as a Sugar Labs project? Certainly. I have several pages on the Sugar Labs Wiki about it. This is the place to start. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912 U.S. Department of Education includes OER in notice of proposed priorities for grant programs Timothy Vollmer, August 5th, 2010 Today the U.S. Department of Education took another big step in supporting open educational resources (OER). In the Federal Register, the Department released a notice of proposed priorities (NPP): The Secretary of Education proposes priorities that the Department of Education (Department) may use for any appropriate discretionary grant program in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and future years … This action will permit all offices in the Department to use, as appropriate for particular discretionary grant programs, one or more of these priorities in any discretionary grant competition. The set of proposed priorities specifically mentions OER. Essentially, if the priorities are adopted, it could mean that grant seekers who include open educational resources as a component of an application for funding from the Department of Education could receive priority. OER is included in Proposed Priority 13–Improving Productivity: Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in the use of time, staff, money, or other resources. Such projects may include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of school schedules, use of open educational resources (as defined in this notice), or other strategies that improve results and increase productivity. As mentioned, the NPP includes a definition of open educational resources: Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others. Interested parties may submit comments to the notice of proposed priorities until September 7, 2010. Information about how to submit a comment is described in the notice. -- 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 -- 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 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Notes from OLPC/Waveplace Health Discussion
Might be worthwhile to just use the hea...@lists.laptop.org as there might already be ongoing efforts that we don't want to double. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Sascha Silbe sascha-ml-ui-sugar-i...@silbe.org wrote: Excerpts from Beth Santos's message of Tue Jun 22 22:27:08 + 2010: Anyone not on the hea...@waveplace.org listserv who would like to take part in the topic identifying and project executing, send me an email and I will add you. Is there a reason you're not using the existing hea...@lists.laptop.orgmailing list that anybody can subscribe to themselves and also read past discussions using the public web archive? Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ ___ 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] First steps with Sugar
Hi Werner, Before I started my deployment training in the Philippines (with XOs not SoaS), I asked the same question. I came across a small wiki write up by Caroline Meeks and Walter Bender before I saw the myriad of manuals on deployment and it served as my guide for the first minutes/hour of my training. Wish I can find the wiki-link now. - Start by having the children personalize their environment. Have them name their XO/SoaS and choose their own color. It is important for them to have that first feel of ownership. - Then introduce the different views and have that lesson relate to their physical world. What does it mean to be home? What's the favorite's list view mean and how it relates to what they like to do at home. Whenever the children in my class get lost by opening an activity unfamiliar to them or have clicked something they didn't mean to, I tell them to first get their bearings by going Home . I find relating the virtual to the actual is important especially for kids who have not seen or played with anything remotely like a computer. When a child opened too much stuff and the computer slows down to a crawl, I asked them what it's like to have a cluttered and crowded house? How fast can you move? Can you wash the dishes, do your homework, make your bed, etcall at the same time? Anyways didn't mean to rattle on. There's a great guide from Australia that introduces the different activities in their increasing complexities: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XOComesToClassV1_1.pdf You might have to change up the activities based on what's possible for the SoaS version and cues from the children. Have fun and good luck on your deployment! Regards, Cherry On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Werner Westermann werne...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, regards from Santiago. We are beginning a short Sugar pilot deployment in the K-3 level (8-9 years), using Mirabelle SoaS: http://cl.sugarlabs.org/go/Piloto_Florence_Nightingale_Macul We have focused on curricular work, exploring, selecting, prioritizing Sugar activities with the teacher. But we haven't thought of the initial encounter with Sugar. What do you suggest to do in class to get in touch on Sugar?, Any ideas, metaphors that could motivate of the environments, activities, journal, etc?, what activities to work on first?, preferring a exploratory or rather approach at first? Any help is very welcomed, best wishes, werner ___ 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] Health nuts
Oops. Here's the synopsis sent to the de...@lists.laptop.org (it was just forwarded to me). They might be developing other health-related activities: -- Dear Developers, We have just uploaded an activity that teaches children about Malaria. http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=malariacat=all The Free From Malaria game tells the story of Paul, a boy who lives in a Malaria endemic country. Paul learns how mosquitoes are responsible for spreading the Plasmodium parasite which causes Malaria. He also learns how to recognize the symptoms it causes and to seek medical help if someone thinks they have the disease. The content consists of a comic story with two games that teaches children the importance of covering up at night-time and using bed nets. The goal is to help children recognize their role in the prevention of the disease and to create a future free from Malaria. The application is developed in PyGame using the olpcgames wrapper.We would be grateful for some beta testers and reviewers. I have tested it on an XO-1 but would be grateful for tests with other versions of Sugar etc. I haven't created a git repo yet but will be happy to do so as required. Thanks World Class Project http://worldclassproject.org.uk On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.orgwrote: There's a new Malaria Activity just developed that I'm planning to use in the Philippines: http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=malariacat=all Hope this helps. ---Cherry On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Beth Santos b...@waveplace.org wrote: Hey all, Looking for someone who can get me in touch with people who might be interested in developing health-focused Etoys education software- nutrition, sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria prevention, anatomy, etc. This is an initiative I want to grow in countries in Africa and could use some content help. Whether it's international health professionals or computer programmers who want to make the actual games, let me know. Beth --- *Beth Santos* Outreach Coordinator Waveplace Foundation Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44 Fax: +1 610 797 3199 Cell: +1 603 661 1273 http://www.waveplace.org ___ 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] Games for Learning: Research and Design Innovation Day -May 24-27th
Hi Folks, I apologize if this was posted already. Complete schedule and list of speakers (including Alan Kay, Aneesh Chopra, Sandra Day O'Connor, etc): http://www.gamesforchange.org/f-program-2010#nyu New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences will host Games for Learning: Research and Design Innovation on Thursday, May 27, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. View event schedule and locationhttp://www.gamesforchange.org/f-program-2010#nyu The event is organized by the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI)http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/institutes/gamesinstitute.aspx, a joint research endeavor of Microsoft Research and a consortium of universities. G4LI studies the educational use of digital games and investigates their socio-cultural, cognitive, and emotional impact. The Cooney Center is supporting the development of this event and our Executive Director, Michael H. Levinehttp://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/about/our-people/lmichael.html, will be delivering the closing keynote. Sessions include When Can Computer Games Be Useful for Instruction?, How to Take Advantage of the Medium to Support Active Learning, and Action Video Game Playing as a Learning Tool, among other presentations. G4LI is developing design patterns for effective educational games that industry partners can draw on to assure high quality when designing their own games for learning. Its current focus is on games that teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to middle-school students. The event is part of the 7th Annual Games for Change Festivalhttp://www.gamesforchange.org/fest2010(May 24-27) located at Parsons The New School for Design. To register and for a complete schedule of all festival sessions and speakers, including White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, visit the festival site http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest2010. The Annual Games for Change Festival brings together the world's leading foundations, NGOs, game-makers, academics, and journalists to explore how best to harness the powerful medium of computer and video games to help address the most critical issues of our day, from poverty and climate change to global conflicts and human rights. Cheers, Cherry ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Peru, OLPC and Wikipedia
Excellent. Thank you for sharing this. Looking forward for more. On May 9, 2010 10:54 AM, Chris Ball c...@laptop.org wrote: http://vimeo.com/8709616 -- Chris Ball c...@laptop.org One Laptop Per Child ___ 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] Fwd: Helping kids develop mobile applications?
Someone already put Squeak on an iPhone (iPod Touch more accurately): http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/11/squeak-on-the-iphone/ Not too far fetched to get Etoys on iPhone soon enough. :-) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:07 PM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: This was posted to mobile-devel-l...@gnome.org by Stormy. I figure, while not directly gnome mobile sugar uses alot of the gnome mobile stack. Someone from San Francisco might be interested or able to do a combined sugar and gnome-mobile event. Its certainly worth considering making Sugar available for mobile phones so its worth staying in touch with gnome mobile. Wayan Vota and others argue that mobile phones are a more appropriate educational platform than laptops for developing countries. http://edutechdebate.org/mobile-phones-and-computers/ Their high market penetration is a definite plus, the small display and limited keyboard a minus. It would be good to see educational activities like Etoys and TurtleArt along with Bluetooth or Wifi collaboration and show source available to the 100 millions of phones in the developing world. Thanks Walter for mentioning David Cavallo in a recent post. I have been reading about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent_Design which asserts that educational reform in developing countries needs to be rooted in the existing skills and needs of the local culture. Clearly mobile phones fit this criterion. Tony ___ 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] urgent E toy!!!!!!!!!!!
I was helping Parichay the last few days and for the life of me could only find two flaps under the Object Catalog: button flap and connectors flap. I find out today from him that in order to add a text flap you have to press ALT , . It's like finding an Easter egg! Hoping that this text flap would be added to the object catalog. Till then, I'll add this to the manual. --Cherry On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.com wrote: Parichay, FYI, just to be clear, it seems from your email you were creating a Button Flap from the Object Catalog. This flap has different properties from the About flap you see on the Etoys home page in that it acts as a Parts Bin The Button Flap allows you to drag objects onto it, so that when you click on an object in the Button Flap it creates a Copy of that object which you can drag onto your World. It seems you wish to create a descriptive or help text flap where you can describe things in the Etoy project. The commands in my previous email explain how to obtain this. We should probably consider adding the text flap to the Object Catalog. Stephen On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.comwrote: To get a flap hit CTRLW (on Macintosh CMDW). This will bring up the World menu. Then click on flaps... which will display the flaps menu. Then click on make a new flap You can now drag text (and any other objects) onto the flap. Stephen On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Alan Kay alan.n...@yahoo.com wrote: Everything in Etoys is made from a single kind of basic object. They can all be attached (embedded) in any other object. First, make a flap, then open it by clicking on the tab, and simply drag a text object into the flap and drop it. Cheers, Alan -- *From:* Parichay Parivesh parivesh.paric...@googlemail.com *To:* iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org *Sent:* Mon, March 22, 2010 4:27:34 AM *Subject:* [IAEP] urgent E toy!!! hello Can any one giude how write text in flap connector in Etoy . Its very very urgent -- Kinds Regards Parichay Parivesh +447503433720 ___ 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
Re: [IAEP] sharing an interesting message
Such an insightful kid! We may have found our youngest developer. Kuddos to the Physics team for creating such excitement in a child. Thank you for sharing Gabriel. --Cherry On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Gabriel Eirea gei...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Sometimes at ceibaljam.org we receive comments from children, always very interesting to read. I thought I should share the following. This kid created a new group in drupal with the following message (roughly translated from http://drupal.ceibaljam.org/?q=node/698): Let's improve Phisics (sic) together hi, my name is German Vargas and I'm thinking about a very good idea... I'm an 11-years-old kid, this year I turn 12 on December 3rd. One of my favorite games in the xo is: Phisics. I love this game beacause it's about logic, I love experiments and logic games, construction games, in this game, I play in version 4, I have created many things like: cars, motorbikes, houses, dolls, people, laberynths with marbles, etc. I realized that many things are missing, more tools for this game, to build more things, objects and tools are needed like: first of all arrows that would let you move the map and COMPUTE HOW MUCH SPACE YOU WILL NEED TO BUILD WHAT YOU WANT, also woods, bike wheels, car wheels, wheels of the size you want and need, rockets, gasoline, oil, diesel, fire, water, explosives, mortar, bricks, cannons, metal balls, wood balls, stone balls, many things are missing, motors with their speed, cables, wind, fans, propellers, small motors, batteries, sockets, electricity, one controller that controls everything, etc, many things, and for this a lot of effort is needed... I need you to help me and make a group that together, we could do all this and improve Phicics every day a little, so children and teenagers can use this activity in class and build what the teacher asks them. Phicics also has to have animals that move by themselves or that you can move, people that drive by themselves, or even that you drive them so they can drive trucks and cars, bikes, etc. Please, I need your help and that we all together can improve Phicics, let's work as a team, please!!! bye!!!... Regards, Gabriel ___ 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] SoaS rlt8102e problems
Hi All, I've been trying to run SoaS on both my Windows XP and Vista netbooks and ran into the problem of not being able get a wifi access. So I went through these exercise: 1) downloaded the linux driver support for the chipset 2) untar the file in my SoaS root directory 3) but on the step where I had to run make.. no dice. I am a newbie Linux user. I'm using the blueberry version of SoaS. Is there supposed to be a developer version that I have to be using instead which has make and C compiler installed? Please advice thank you! Please don't send me into the wiki labyrinth. Thanks, Cherry ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS rlt8102e problems
Hi Tim, Thanks. But I can't do yum because it relies on a network connection which I don't have in the first place. At least that's how I thought it works. :( --Cherry On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nzwrote: On 1 March 2010 12:11, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org wrote: Hi All, I've been trying to run SoaS on both my Windows XP and Vista netbooks and ran into the problem of not being able get a wifi access. So I went through these exercise: 1) downloaded the linux driver support for the chipset 2) untar the file in my SoaS root directory 3) but on the step where I had to run make.. no dice. I am a newbie Linux user. I'm using the blueberry version of SoaS. Is there supposed to be a developer version that I have to be using instead which has make and C compiler installed? Please advice thank you! Please don't send me into the wiki labyrinth. Thanks, Cherry Cherry, I'm not a Fedora user, but this should lead you on the right way. Try going into terminal then typing *yum groupinstall Development Tools*. The quotes are important. Once you've done that, try these commands. Omit square brackets. cd /path/to/extracted/tar/file [go to right place] ./configure [tell compiler about your system] make [generate instructions for compiler] sudu su [change to root user] make install [compile software] exit [return to normal user] -Tim. ___ 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] SoaS rlt8102e problems
Fraid you'd say that. Now back home...looking for a cable. :) Thanks again Tim! On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nzwrote: On 1 March 2010 13:00, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.org wrote: Hi Tim, Thanks. But I can't do yum because it relies on a network connection which I don't have in the first place. At least that's how I thought it works. Yes, that's correct. Your best bet is to find an ethernet cable plug it into the router. A slightly more tedious route is to download the specific .rpm files, but I don't know where to look for those, unfortunately. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Drama / Theater in Sugar?
Hi Sebastian, Copying Steve Thomas on this thread. He made an excellent project using Etoys that may interest you: http://www.squeakland.org/launcher/?http://www.squeakland.org/content/showcase/everyone/accounts/mrsteve/The%20Holder%20Episode%201.019.pr You'll need to download the plug-in from: http://www.squeakland.org/download/ If you decide on Etoys for this anyone from the education team at Squeakland would be happy to help you out as well: educat...@squeakland.org Cheers, Cherry On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Tomeu Vizoso to...@tomeuvizoso.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:02, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sebastian Silva sebast...@fuentelibre.org wrote: Hello James, Thank you for your quick response. I have been navigating thru ASLO looking for something I could use or maybe base upon for building a play-reading activity, one that could be used perhaps to tell a story or sort of like a teleprompter, a help of memory, a more rich presentation than what could be achieved by displaying an e-Text... The closest thing I could find is perhaps to try and adapt and develop something on top of the excellent RenPy visual Novel Engine: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Home_Page I'm thinking also of authoring capabilities for instance for cultural rescue (of native language, stories)... What do you think? Anybody on the list have similar ideas? I could readily imagine building something in Etoys... And I bet TurtleArt ;) Regards, Tomeu Cheers! Sebastian 2010/2/26 James Simmons nices...@gmail.com Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive have plays in their collections. You might try Read Etexts and Get Internet Archive Books to see what plays are available. I think I've seen some plays in these collections that might be suitable for younger performers, and they would all be in the public domain. James Simmons ___ 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 ___ 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] [FIELDBACK] Etoys
Gerald, It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing up something and getting them to explore. Once they realize that they can affect the object by scripts they just want to do everything they can possibly do in one sitting (dragging and dropping tiles in one script window ..then I'm in fire fighting mode). Too much resulted in chaos in my class. Not doing THAT again. I now give them some time to go nuts on exploration then pull them back in to finish a project. Now I'm introducing just a max of two concepts (or tiles) in one 40min. session. Kathleen Harness has really good lesson plans for teaching one concept at a time: www.etoysillionois.org I would like to hear more best practices/ideas, etc. for teaching Etoys in the classroom. Cheers, Cherry On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: I agree. Watching the car script is fun for a while. But when they make their own first script, it is exciting each and every time. I also find that the students (I work with 10 year olds) get overwhelmed by the number of choices they have. Anyone else have that experience? Thanks. Gerald On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Cherry Withers cwith...@ekindling.orgwrote: The very first time a child sees their object move with a simple forward script is always a magical moment for me and the kids. Never fails. Exploration and excitement explodes after that. I'm new to teaching Etoys as well. Definitely caught the bug. :-) On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Simon Schampijer si...@schampijer.dewrote: Hi, I am teaching on a regular basis in the Planetarium pilot in Berlin, Germany [1]. I have been using Etoys now for several weeks and here is some first feedback. First: The kids do like it a lot! I want to encourage everyone to include it in his curriculum. For example you can teach easily the concepts of the coordinate system with Etoys. You create an object and print out the X and Y values when moving it on the screen. Or you can use a joystick to alter the position of this object and use this method to deepen the coordinate system concept. Of course we did as well the famous car example. It was slightly changed in my class: A bug has to crawl a lane using one or two sensors to stay on the lane. A lot of interesting concepts to learn here, too (positive and negative numbers for example). And to bring this all together into a portfolio you can use the book tool (found in the treasure chest) to create a story including all your objects and games, pictures etc you created. I wrote down a few items I was missing when using the book tool and while doing so, I figured they were all there, just hidden by default. - resize all of the book not just one page - maybe that could be the default option? - duplicate a page - different background color - different sound when turning the page When you hit the little button at the far left you will get more options. And when you use the menu in the middle of the book toolbar you get all of these options and a lot of more. Just in case someone runs as well into this :) A few things that I came across, too: - German: When you drop the 'joystick up down' and 'joystick left right' option onto the world it will change to English. Not when you use it in a script though. - some buttons are hard to use: for example when you want to alter the behavior of the X value of an object (increase..). Those are hard to navigate. Or dropping options into the test script does not work as smooth. That's all for now - keep up the good work, team Etoys!. Thanks, Simon PS: Of course I am happy to turn items into bugs later. Just thought I give here a little summary first. [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployments/Planetarium ___ 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
