squeakland August 2004

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New content on Squeakland.org
by Kim Rose 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hi, folks - I encourge you to visit the http://www.squeakland.org website. We've just added a report on SqueakFest '04 held in Chicago on earlier this month. Thanks again to all who participated. For those of you unable to join us, we hope you'll find the news, links, and projects posted to be of value. Also, if you haven't noticed, the "Squeak News" page accessed from the button on the homepage (as opposed to the "lead story link" on the homepage) will take you to previously posted Squeak News stories as well as a "Coming Events" section. Do check this out as you may find a Squeak-related event near you! We're getting ready to add some cool new Etoy project guides in a variety of formats for your use and sharing -- just in time for "back to school". As always, we'd love to add *your* "Squeak News" so if you have a story to share please let us know. Enjoy the last part of summer, cheers, Kim

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Monte-Carlo sim; plotting lots of pts; math fns
by Randy Heiland 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

I'm not even letting you Squeakers get home from Squeakfest before I ask a question. One of the Japanese gentlemen (I apologize for not catching all of your names) demoed a circle area-finding Monte Carlo simulation. Was this done using E-toys/Squeakland, or a different/special Squeak image? Is this project posted for download somewhere? In general, I'd just like to see a project that interactively (i.e., display them after every Nth point) plots lots of points. Extending this question - how would one plot lots of *colored* points, where the script would determine the color (e.g., spectrum colormap for y-value). Also, did I understand correctly that E-toys/Squeak does not allow for basic math functions? I may be leaving the K-6 (or whatever) domain of E-toys at this point. Once again, *thank you* for a terrific conference/workshop. You really are a wonderful, fun community and I hope a few of us in Indiana will get a chance to spread the word about and contribute to Squeak. In fact, I begin my vacation tomorrow and I plan to proudly wear my Squeakfest t-shirt through the airports of America! :) (Maybe you should have put the squeakland URL on the t-shirt!) Thanks, Randy

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[Squeakland] Invitation to ESUG-Teachers Day on Friday, September the 10th in Koethen (Anhalt) / Germany
by Markus Gaelli 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

ESUG-Teachers Day Kickoff Event We are pleased to invite you to the first Teachers Day of the ESUG-European Conference of Smalltalk Technology. http://www.esug.org/conferences/twelfthsmalltalkjointevent2004/esug- teachersday/ The meeting will be held place on Friday, September the 10th 2004 in Köthen (Anhalt). Goal We want to bring together German speaking teachers and active Smalltalk developers to show the possibilities of object-oriented modelling and simulation in educational environments. Especially we want to • introduce different usage-scenarios of Smalltalk environments in classrooms, which could reach from simulations in physics and mathematics to building multimedia content and animations in the fine arts. • collect ideas for tutorials and start curriculae • plan actions to introduce Smalltalk and especially Squeak-Distribution to German speaking schools. • plan further co-operations and start, if possible, concrete classroom activities. The following topics will be presented: • Caro and Bot: A Smalltalk-Environment for Children from 11, to learn programming • Experience report about the use of Swikis and Smalltalk at the French School of Bern • Short Intro of Squeak and the German Squeak Association Squeak e.V. • Etoys: A drag'n drop Script- and simulation environment • Report of the anual School-Squeaker-Meeting in Chicago • StarSqueak / Kedama: StarLogo in Squeak, an environment to simulate emergent behavior • Smallland: Experience report about the use of free Software in Spanish Schools: Squeak is installed there on 80000 computers, 50 teachers create curriculae We are happy about more experience reports and presentations. If you want to participate or to show, what you do with Smalltalk, please register by sending a mail to gaelli(a)iam.unibe.ch with • your name and email-address • and i.a. the title of your presentation/tutorial/etc. with a short description Time and Place Friday, September 10th at 9.00 o'clock in Köthen at the Hochschule Anhalt (FH) // Fachbereich Informatik //Lohmannstraße 23 Costs This event can be visited for 50 Euro, independent from the conference, including lunch. Cheers, Markus, Marcus + Stef

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