[Squeakland] Squeak Etoys and preschoolers
Alan Kay
alan.kay at squeakland.org
Thu Aug 4 08:59:37 PDT 2005
Hi Leonel --
We have done little in this age group with Etoys.
The UI should be changed for this age children in a number of important
ways (some of this was in the original Etoys design but didn't get
implemented).
You are probably aware of Radia Perlman's work in the 70s at MIT with a
"button box LOGO"? This was pretty interesting, and we duplicated her
equipment and did many parallel experiments. I have heard recently about
very young children and Etoys (some of them will be at SqueakFest next
week) but I don't know the details. Kim Rose might. We also have a grad
student working with us who is interested in this age group.
Cheers,
Alan
At 09:31 AM 8/3/2005, Leonel Morgado wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I'm interested on computer programming experiences with children
>aged 3, 4 and 5.
> I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age
>group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
>
> If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections of
>such cases, I would love to hear about them!
>
>Inté,
>
>Leonel Morgado
>
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