Hi Martin, On 12 Oct 2010, at 00:51, Martin Sevior <msev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the main point of the annotation feature for Write will be > allow teachers to correct children's writing. > > They can simply highlight a region and put in their correction or > suggestion. Children can see the correction along with their original > text. In abiword we do this with a dialog and a popup textbox but > we've disabled dialogs in Write. I'd be interested in receiving > suggestions for how to do this UI for Write and if it is wanted at > all. Do you have any screen shots available showing the new Abiword annotation features in action? I couldn't see any in the online documentation. Regards, --Gary > Cheers > > Martin > > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:33 AM, <fors...@ozonline.com.au> wrote: >>> ** Ideally we should try harder to better layer complexity in the Write, >>> Calculate, et al UIs so that you need to drill down to the more complex >>> features while the common/novice features are exposed early at the top >>> level — but it seams there's only so far you can take this (Write and >>> Calculate being on the cusp of this cliff edge). >> >> Maybe this question would be better on IAEP or SUR because its about >> pedagogy more than technology? >> >> More features just for features sake is not a good idea, Sugar is an >> educational tool not an office productivity tool, not all new office >> features need to be included. I would like to hear from teachers on this >> question. They might, for example, like annotation in a paperless classroom >> as a way of marking essays. >> >> I agree, we should try harder to layer complexity, in line with the goal of >> low entry and high ceiling. >> >> I think that children handle complexity and incomplete information much >> better than adults so its not necessary to give them cut down versions of >> Activities. As long as they can ignore features that they do not need and >> still get unobstructed access to the simplified features they are happy. >> Adults however are more likely to get stressed if presented with too many >> features. >> >> I looked at Calculate again. I am happy with the features. You can still do >> 9+1=10 by ignoring the extra features. None of the menus obscure simple >> calculator operation. If you select hexadecimal then 9+1=0xa but quitting >> and resuming reverts to decimal operation so it seems experimenting is >> likely to be harmless to simple calculator use. >> >> I share some responsibility for encouraging feature creep on TurtleArt. >> Maybe complexity could be layered better but I dont thinks it needs a >> version with it disabled. The goal should be that basic blocks, repeat, >> forward, right, are the ones most obviously presented to the learner and no >> amount of random clicking should make them not discoverable. Maybe the >> pallettes can be reordered to emphasise beginner blocks. >> >> With write, the goal would be to emphasise the beginner tools and >> deemphasise the advanced features, and make recovery from random clicking >> easy. >> >> Tony >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel