A couple of basic questions...

[Naala Brewer]

Hi Leo,

I've been working with teenagers and Squeak last school year and this school 
year.  Since I am a graduate student (NOT A TEACHER), I don't have to adhere 
to the curriculum rules.  I do whatever interests the kids and I throw in a 
math or science concept in the process. Here is a gallery of all the 
projects they have done this year (each project has a link to their swiki 
webpage too):

http://www.csac.chem.ku.edu/SqueakProjects/9

If you'd like to look at a full scope of tutorials, active essays, and 
exploratory projects for teenagers, here is another link:
http://www.csac.chem.ku.edu/SqueakProjects

With my best,
Naala

>From: "Leo Burd" <leoburd at media.mit.edu>
>Reply-To: squeakland at squeakland.org
>To: <squeakland at squeakland.org>
>Subject: A couple of basic questions...
>Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:36:00 -0500
>
>Hello everyone!
>
>I'm starting to use Squeak at the Computer Clubhouse
>(http://www.computerclubhouse.org/), a network of after school centers 
>where
>kids from 8-18 come to learn about technology, interact with other kids and
>develop personally meaningful projects.
>
>Would you please help me with the following questions?
>
>* How would you present Squeak to teenagers?  How would you describe the 
>tool?
>Is it a programming environment, a multi-media tool, an operating system, a
>make-your-own-game environment, or what?
>
>* Do you have examples of activities that I could develop with teenagers?
>Most of the examples that I've seen so far are either targeted to younger
>kids, or are too centered around school curriculum.  I'm also trying to 
>find
>examples that make creative use of video and photographs.  At the 
>Clubhouse,
>kids play a lot with Director and Photoshop.
>
>* Is there any way to cut, paste and move projects around?  I'd like to
>reorganize my top project.  It's got too many subprojects within it!
>
>* What is the difference between the 'pick up' and 'move' halos?
>
>* Is there any simple way of image snapshots of different components of the
>screen?  I may create some quick reference sheets for Clubhouse members.
>Pictures of Squeak components would be great...
>
>That's all for now.  Thank's a lot for your help!!
>
>Best,
>
>Leo
>
>
>


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