[squeakland] Etoys, is it difficult or easy?

Ricardo Moran richi.moran at gmail.com
Wed Sep 8 10:56:31 EDT 2010


Don't forget Scratch tile shapes. I always liked that.

Cheers
Richo

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Hilaire Fernandes <
hilaire.fernandes at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you analyze objectively the way tiles are presented both in Scratch
> and in Etoys,  you will find Scratch makes it on degree easier to play
> with the environment.
>
> In Scratch several affordances are presented. An important one, you
> cannot find them in Etoys:
>  - color metaphor for tile category, it eases the rebuild of script
>
> There are more but it will require deeper analysis and writing.
>
> Never underestimate user feedbacks, if users have difficulty, there is
> room for improvments following the user feedback.
>
> Hilaire
>
>
> Le 08/09/2010 15:33, Carlos Rabassa a écrit :
> > Every so often we hear someone saying Etoys is difficult.
> >
> > We talked to lots of people and asked about their Etoys experiences.
> >
> > Our conclusion is that comment frequently comes either from someone
> > who is just repeating what someone else said or from someone who never
> > really tried to learn.
> >
> >
> >
> > Many individuals around the world have succeeded creating Etoys projects.
> >
> > One proof is in the projects published in the Squeakland Showcase:
> >
> > http://squeakland.org/showcase/everyone/
> >
> > (including 26 projects from South America)
> >
> > Another proof is the number of Squeakers that keeps growing
> >
> > http://squeakland.org/squeakers/
> >
> > (including 72 enthusiasts from Uruguay).
> >
> >
> >
> > The most frequent road to success we found many used:
> >
> >
> > They used the tutorials offered in the Squeakland website:
> >
> > http://squeakland.org/tutorials/screencasts/
> >
> > Some watched these original english videos made by Tim Falconer.
> >
> > Some watched the spanish translations by Lino Bessonart and Adrián
> > Manera (Audiovisuales Etoys) offered at:
> >
> > http://rapceibal.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Many current squeakers were introduced to Etoys at personal
> > presentations by an instructor who learned with those videos.
> >
> >
> > As an excellent complement to the videos,  we heard of many current
> > squeakers who used "the Illinois site" meaning the Quick Guides
> > prepared by Kathleen Harness of EtoysIllinois.org
> > <http://EtoysIllinois.org> a site offered by  the Office for
> > Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE)
> > <http://mste.illinois.edu/> at the University of Illinois at
> > Urbana-Champaign <http://illinois.edu/>.
> >
> > Kathleen´s Quick Guides are originally in English.
> >
> > You may find them at EtoysIllinois.org <http://EtoysIllinois.org> or
> > in the Squeakland website:
> >
> > http://www.squeakland.org/tutorials/guides/
> >
> > You may also find them by clicking the question mark (help button) on
> > the top left corner of the Etoys screen.
> >
> > In the new version of Etoys,  Etoys 4.1 soon to be released,  the
> > Quick Guides will be in English and also in Spanish when clicking on
> > the question mark help button.
> >
> >
> >
> > A large number of the original english guides have been translated to
> > Spanish by Sdenka Salas Pilco of OLPC Puno, Perú,  who on September 3,
> > 2010,  responding to our question,  told us:
> >
> > "Our dear colleagues were not able to use the marvelous HELP of Etoys,
> >  because it is in English.  This is why I had to translate it to be
> > able to get it to everyone.  Oh,  how marvelous it was!!  The children
> > were able to learn directly from the little tutorials".
> >
> >
> >
> > Let´s take advantage of all this valuable material.
> >
> > Creating your first project is very easy,  a young child can draw a
> > smiling face and save it and,  that´s a project to be proud of and
> > tell our friends.
> >
> > If you want to continue into more complex projects,  the sky is the
> limit.
> >
> > I don´t think there is anyone in the world who can claim to know
> > everything about Etoys and to have created all possible projects.
> >
> > There is always a new twist to make a project more useful.
> >
> >
> > Carlos Rabassa
> > Volunteer
> > Plan Ceibal Support Network
> > Montevideo, Uruguay
> >
> >
> >
> >
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