News December 2007

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A child's view: even better, there was an animation programme called Etoys
by Klaus D. Witzel 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

Dad brought home a XO laptop from Nigeria, now look what happened: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7140443.stm /Klaus

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Project to Build Virtual Learning Platform Within Popular Online Worlds Wins Financial Support
by Klaus D. Witzel 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

<quote> from ACM's news service, Chronicle of Higher Education (12/10/07); Foster, Andrea L. Boston College instructor Aaron E. Walsh is leading a multimillion-dollar project backed by the Federation of American Scientists and the Kauffman Foundation to develop virtual-reality software that can be used for educational purposes. Researchers are working with an international consortium of colleges, research institutes, and companies to develop standards and best practices for the virtual-reality platform. The project, called Immersive Education, will build on Walsh's experience teaching Boston College students online in virtual spaces. Immersive Education includes plans to create mini-games and interactive lessons within virtual spaces, including Second Life, Croquet, and Project Wonderland. At a conference announcing Immersive Education, Walsh demonstrated how virtual worlds can be used to teach students about real-world places, events, and ideas. During the demonstration, the virtual avatar of a student, standing in front of a digital jackal, explained that to the ancient Egyptians the jackal helped transport the dead to the underworld. Three-dimensional models of archaeological sites and tombs in Egypt, developed by the Theban Mapping Project, provided a virtual tour of an otherwise inaccessible site. Meanwhile, Gene Koo, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, described how students at Emerson College and Boston residents are using Second Life to foster civic engagement, and how virtual worlds are being used to design real-world spaces. http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/12/925n.htm (Web Link May Require Paid Subscription) </quote>

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News Team update for Nov 2007
by Ron Teitelbaum 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hello all, This is the news team update for November 2007. We had 9 articles posted on Weekly Squeak in November. The article was the most hits was: Seaside - One Click Experience! http://news.squeak.org/2007/11/10/seaside-one-click-experience/ With 1,360 hits The Give 1 Get 1 program resulted in a large number of hits from searches on OLPC. There were hits on over 130 different articles with 13,057 hits overall (down from 17.5 K last month). There are also a number of blogs that regularly reference and comment on our articles. If you have ideas for stories please let us know mailto:news@lists.squeakfoundation.org We appreciate all suggestions and comments. I received a number of comments about editorials. Most were very positive and encouraging and were the result of some public discussion about the Weekly Squeak on IRC. If you would like to comment on the content of our articles we are very interested in your opinion. The News Team is a great place to volunteer and contribute to your Squeak Community! Thanks for Reading and Supporting the Weekly Squeak! Ron Teitelbaum Squeak News Team Leader

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