[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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