[squeakland] An nice, simple example of Etoys use in primary school

[Harness, Kathleen]

Hilaire,
I know you have seen the K-5 Technology Passport and CS4K5 materials on Etoysillinois. Would it be helpful to know that projects on the web site that start with a name, e.g. Adonis . . .Abby . . .Zane,  are made by students in K-12 schools or summer workshops? The materials include example projects and lesson plans, but only in English. Where I align with an national standard is not really relevant for your purposes, the learning goals vary from state to state, country to country but just because it has a grade level label does not limit it to a grade level.

If learning to read and use big numbers, hundreds of thousands and millions is a goal, then making a game that scores using these large numbers gives children experience when they design their project and then again when they play their game or games made by others. is a goal of the class, there are projects that children enjoy making at any age level. See for example: http://etoysillinois.org/library?sl=1707

Another set of examples to show teachers students can apply Etoys . . .
This past spring I thought my elementary school students would enjoy learning about the artist Miro' and be inspired by his paintings. I cut apart a book with 100+ of his paintings; we sat around a table looking at them and talking. Students chose one they especially liked to keep and then made an Etoys project that used motifs from that painting in an Etoys project. Here is a link: http://etoysillinois.org/library.php?tags=Mir%C3%B3%20Inspired

Almost all of the projects have scripts, some include a flap with information about the art or the artist. When I look at their projects I can see how they have incorporated motifs, themes, ideas, colors, shapes, lines etc from their survey of his paintings. Their projects are beautiful and I think spending three or four class periods on the project was a good investment of their time and thought.

If there are comments, I would enjoy participating in a dialog with teachers.
Regards,
Kathleen
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Stephen,

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Hilaire

Le jeudi 28 juillet 2011, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com<mailto:sthomas1 at gosargon.com>> a écrit :
> Hilaire,
> In your definition of "primary schools" what ages/grades?
> Stephen
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire.fernandes at edu.ge.ch<mailto:hilaire.fernandes at edu.ge.ch>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have many examples of Etoys use cases in primary schools. However I
>> am looking for your advice for what you think the most interesting and
>> easy to understand use cases of Etoys in primary schools.  I am looking
>> for 1, 2 or 3 examples. The example should be short as well.
>>
>> I need such examples to demonstrate to deciders how good Etoys is and we
>> should spend human resources to develop its use, particularly to
>> encourage educator to produce resources with it, even ones without
>> programming skills.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your advices
>>
>> Hilaire
>>
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