etoys-dev July 2009

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Subject: Etoys on Mac PowerPC
by Hilaire Fernandes 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Dear all, I have been very busy last weeks because we moved from east to west of France. I will take back a teaching position in Math and ICT, and I am very enthousiast to use Etoys and DrGeoII with my students to explore curriculum. In my school, one of the computer lab seems to be based on Mac on PowerPC, do we still support such set up for Etoys? Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Fwd: [IAEP] The Next Wave of Activity Sharing
by Bert Freudenberg 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

Interesting discussion on the Sugar list. Since we are working on project sharing via server too, this is highly relevant, in both the legal and technical aspects. In particular I agree that for OLPC/Sugar deployments using Moodle school servers we need to default to the school server when publishing projects. Also, we should make sure our meta data (like tagging) is compatible with Sugar's so kids do not have to describe their projects twice when they run in Sugar. - Bert - Begin forwarded message: > From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff(a)gmail.com> > Date: 26. Juli 2009 06:09:18 GMT-03:00 > To: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu(a)sugarlabs.org> > Cc: iaep <iaep(a)lists.sugarlabs.org>, devel(a)lists.laptop.org, Joshua > Eddy <joshuageddy(a)gmail.com>, Bastien <bastienguerry(a)googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] The Next Wave of Activity Sharing > > http://joshstechjournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-23-2009-xo-web-sharing-sc… > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Tomeu Vizoso<tomeu(a)sugarlabs.org> > wrote: >> That's what I was trying to explain ;) Though I do see some value in > > It's a fantastic idea, but I have to concur with Tomeu -- make it work > _local_ (with the XS for example, though it doesn't have to be), and > from there push it upstream if possible, but *let users control this > explicitly*. > > My long term plan (if I ever get to it!) is to do something like this > with Moodle+Mahara. Or perhaps Moodle->Moodle. So I'd love to see this > done. > > When I write "let users control this explicitly", I mean: let kids > share this with their local (and safe) group, and let them choose to > publish more widely (to the internet) with the input from adults > (teachers, parents). > > We had almost identical discussions with the "edublog" team, they > wanted to have kids blog directly to the internet. As things > progressed they realised it was a bad idea. Do search the discussion > lists for edublog to have more background. > > In some countries, beyond being a bad idea, it is illegal. In the US > at least there are serious laws that will get teachers and schools > into lots of trouble if kids' privacy is breached. And yes, Internet > === Breach of privacy. > > cheers, > > > > m > -- > martin.langhoff(a)gmail.com > martin(a)laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP(a)lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

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welcome to etoys-dev
by teefal 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Hi folks, Squeakland's got its own Etoys development list & forum, which replaces the etoys(at)laptop.org list, used primarily for Etoys on OLPC. Anything you post in the forum will also get sent to the etoys-dev(at)squeakland.org mailing list. Likewise, anything sent to the list will appear in the forum, so you can choose your favorite style, forum or list, and not miss anything. As we transition away from the stewardship of Viewpoints Research to the new Squeakland Foundation, we very much need your help to improve Etoys. If you like developing with Squeak, or know others who do, please help us. To get started, have a look at this page on our wiki: http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Starting+with+Etoys+Development You can also look through our issue tracker to see what needs to be done, or add issues yourself: http://tracker.squeakland.org If you'd like to take a more active role and participate in our weekly Qwaq chats, please click "contact" on squeakland.org and let us know! Take care, Tim Falconer -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://squeakland.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=43#43 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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Re: forum spam
by teefal 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Hi everyone, The latest human spammer (barmotbajota) put me over the top. I've made it so a forum user must have an email address that's also subscribed to the mailing lists for a post to make it to the list. This should solve the problem for the mailing lists (not for the forums though). Apologies for today's barrage. -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://squeakland.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=9653#9653 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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interim builds on etoys-dev
by Timothy Falconer 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

I'm thinking we announce interim builds only on the etoys-dev list. Those on the squeakland(a)squeakland.org list that aren't on etoys-dev would be less likely to appreciate repeated builds. Instead, we should announce only "candidate builds" on squeakland(a)squeakland.org ... ones that pass through etoys-dev first. Any thoughts? Tim

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Need more decimal places (more than 10)
by USeITWes 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

I have an unusual request. I know etoys allows the user to view up to 10 decimal places in a number. I was wondering if there was a way to increase this number. I have a project participant who is using etoys with a Vernier pH sensor and he is using calculations that that result in extremely small numbers. I am familiar with programming in Squeak and can alter our project's image if necessary. ------------------------ Wesley Williams Project Assistant USeIT Project -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://forums.squeakland.org/viewtopic.php?p=9562#9562 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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Re: forum spam
by teefal 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

An update on the forum spam issue ... Humans are registering for the spam accounts, which makes it a tough problem. I have two options that I know of: 1) make it so only mailing list subscribers can post to the forum and have it sent to the mailing list This is a sad option, since most of our talent is in the mailing list now, and most of our new people will be on the forums. This will require mailing list people to also read the forums to catch new non-list posts. 2) upgrade to PHPBB3 and lose the mailing list / forum sync PHPBB3 has new features to combat human spammers. Mail2Forum only works with PHPBB2. They're working on PHPBB3, but until then we'd have a split between forums & mailing list (neither sees the other). 3) keep things as they are until Mail2Forum supports PHPBB3 This means the occasional spam message until then. 4) find some other solution Any thoughts would be helpful. -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://squeakland.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=9622#9622 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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Introductions
by teefal 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

Hi everyone, Please tell us where you're from, what languages you like, what platforms you work with or can test with, and how much you think you'd be able to help. To get started, read here: http://confluence.immuexa.com/display/sq/Development -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://squeakland.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=9503#9503 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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Lrad Acoustic Cannon
by Zectoneebop 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

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Re: [etoys-dev] Re: New Etoys installer for testing
by Bert Freudenberg 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

On 17.07.2009, at 10:07, Vaidotas Didžbalis wrote: > Installs fine, but mouse pointer on XP is ugly, check it please. > Vaidas I think this was meant for the list. I do not run Windows so can't check. - Bert -

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