[etoys-dev] Trouble with Etoys

karl ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Tue May 14 15:44:50 EDT 2013


The issue is covered here.
http://tracker.immuexa.com/browse/SQ-378
The undo function in Etoys are not good enough at this point, so it got
removed.


Karl


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Nancy Ledbetter
<nancy.ledbetter at nhcs.net>wrote:

> I have another question. There used to be an undo arrow on the Sugar
> Navigator Flap and it isn't there any long. If the students make a mistake
> is there an undo? Can we get the undo arrow back somehow?
>
> Thanks!
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Ledbetter
> Computer Resource Teacher
> Gregory School of Science, Mathematics and Technology
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Michael McKelvey <
> mmckelve at mste.illinois.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the fast response, Karl.  One of the teacher’s 5th graders
>> actually figured it out and they got it working! J****
>>
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>>      --Michael--****
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>> ============== Michael McKelvey ==============****
>>
>> Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education****
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>> University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana****
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>> MSTE website: http://mste.illinois.edu****
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>> {Office #: 217-244-7148} {Cell #: 217-621-5783}****
>>
>> =========== mmckelve at mste.illinois.edu ===========****
>>
>> Current diversion: Go On (http://nbc.com/go-on/)****
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>> *From:* karl ramberg [mailto:karlramberg at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2013 2:11 PM
>> *To:* Harness, Kathleen
>> *Cc:* nancy.ledbetter at nhcs.net; Michael McKelvey;
>> etoys-dev at squeakland.org; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [etoys-dev] Trouble with Etoys****
>>
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>>
>> Hi****
>>
>> It sound like a setting is changed in your Etoys.****
>>
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>> Right click on the background/desktop in Etoys, the halo for the
>> background/desktop appears.****
>>
>> Click on the menu handle for the background/desktop.****
>>
>> Select the 'playfield options'****
>>
>> See if 'auto-phrase-expansion' is checked, it should be.****
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>> The projects you can't load, are they available for download somewhere,
>> so I can check them for issues ?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Karl****
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>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Harness, Kathleen <kharness at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Nancy,
>> Hmm, I not sure what is happening so I am sending your note to the Etoys
>> developer's team. They will be able to help. It must be unsettling for you
>> and your students to have the software to act the way you describe.
>>
>> Let me speak for the EtoysIllinois team and tell you we are glad to hear
>> you like the site and the resources!Would you be interested in attending
>> one of our meetings with Google +? We meet year round, every other Thursday
>> at 1PM, the next meeting will be May 23rd.
>>
>> There also are weekly meetings of the Squeakland Education Team on
>> Thursdays a little earlier in the day. Both groups enjoy meeting others
>> using Etoys with students.
>> Let me know.
>> Regards,
>> Kathleen
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Michael McKelvey [mmckelve at mste.illinois.edu]
>> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 12:11 PM
>> To: Harness, Kathleen
>> Subject: FW: Trouble with Etoys
>>
>> Hi Kathleen,
>>
>> Does this sound like something you can help with, Kathleen?  It sounds
>> like
>> she has the latest version of Etoys.
>>
>>      --Michael--
>>
>> ============== Michael McKelvey ==============
>> Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
>> University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
>> MSTE website: http://mste.illinois.edu
>> {Office #: 217-244-7148} {Cell #: 217-621-5783}
>> =========== mmckelve at mste.illinois.edu ===========
>> Current diversion: Go On (http://nbc.com/go-on/)
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Nancy Ledbetter [mailto:nancy.ledbetter at nhcs.net]
>> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:23 AM
>> > To: Michael McKelvey
>> > Subject: Trouble with Etoys
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi, first, I want to say we love this site and the resources. I'm trying
>> to
>> > develop an Etoys program in our school. I am the Computer Resource
>> > Teacher/Technology Specialist for one of the elementary schools.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Our technology department recently downloaded Etoys v 5 and I've run
>> into
>> > some trouble. The scripts are becoming tiles, and I can't see the script
>> when I
>> > drag it from the viewer. I just see tiles representing the scripts. And
>> some of
>> > our projects done in a previous Squeak Etoys version aren't being
>> > recognized.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > http://etoysillinois.org/download
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is the version we downloaded. Is there a newer one than that or
>> have
>> > you had a similar issue? We are kind of stuck right now.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I think the biggest issue is not being able to bring the scripts back
>> out
>> from
>> > the viewer to work with them after we save.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Nancy
>>
>>
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