squeakland October 2003

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install problem
by mcrain＠u98.k12.me.us 29 Oct '03

29 Oct '03

Greetings, 1) I am installing Squeak from www.squeakland.org on OS 10.2.6, from a non-administrator user. The squeak icon that appears on the desktop doesn't launch Squeak because the SqueakPlugin.image Info shows "Open with:" as blank. After changing "Open with:" to Squeak 3.0 (squeak VM 3.2.8b9), things start working. Is this a known problem? 2) I've run into a few other install errors recently on XP and OS 10.2.8. Is this list the right place to go into details, or should I be calling Michael R. or someone else? Thanks -- Max

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Re: Publishing issues
by Phil Firsenbaum 24 Oct '03

24 Oct '03

I've tried several suggestions that people have shared and, unfortunately, the problems persist. Student work is being lost because we're unable to save/publish. We're still at the preliminary stages so nothing crucial has actually been lost, however, I anticipate beginning some serious projects shortly. I need to get this issue resolved before long. Any other suggestions? Is anyone working in a networked environment and not having problems publishing projects? Phil On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 03:00 PM, squeakland-request(a)squeakland.org wrote: > Send Squeakland mailing list submissions to > squeakland(a)squeakland.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > squeakland-request(a)squeakland.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > squeakland-owner(a)squeakland.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Squeakland digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Publishing issues (Phil Firsenbaum) > 2. Re: Publishing issues (Karl Ramberg) > > From: Phil Firsenbaum <tacmanphil(a)mac.com> > Date: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:38:42 AM America/New_York > To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org > Subject: [Squeakland] Publishing issues > > > Wondering if anyone else is using Squeak in a networked environment > (Mac OS X clients and server). I'm experiencing intermitment problems > saving projects...some get saved, while others "hang" while trying to > publish/save. Eventually, i have to force quit the hanging computers, > which, of course, means those projects don't get saved. > I thought I was on to something when I tried having students take > turns saving, but that didn't work either. > Thinking about moving each "My Squeak" folder into the respective > Documents folder... > Any thoughts? > > More about what we're doing with Squeak at PS 87 with the entire 5th > grade once these issues are resolved. > > Phil > > > > From: Karl Ramberg <karl.ramberg(a)chello.se> > Date: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:50:45 AM America/New_York > To: Phil Firsenbaum <tacmanphil(a)mac.com>, "squeakland(a)squeakland.org" > <squeakland(a)squeakland.org> > Subject: Re: [Squeakland] Publishing issues > > > > > Phil Firsenbaum wrote: >> >> Wondering if anyone else is using Squeak in a networked environment >> (Mac OS X clients and server). I'm experiencing intermitment problems >> saving projects...some get saved, while others "hang" while trying to >> publish/save. Eventually, i have to force quit the hanging computers, >> which, of course, means those projects don't get saved. > > Often you can press Command-period to stop the publishing, and then > re-enter the project you tried to publish > by going to previous project. > Sometimes trying a second publishing then works. > > Karl > > > _______________________________________________ > Squeakland mailing list > Squeakland(a)squeakland.org > http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland

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Publishing issues
by Phil Firsenbaum 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Wondering if anyone else is using Squeak in a networked environment (Mac OS X clients and server). I'm experiencing intermitment problems saving projects...some get saved, while others "hang" while trying to publish/save. Eventually, i have to force quit the hanging computers, which, of course, means those projects don't get saved. I thought I was on to something when I tried having students take turns saving, but that didn't work either. Thinking about moving each "My Squeak" folder into the respective Documents folder... Any thoughts? More about what we're doing with Squeak at PS 87 with the entire 5th grade once these issues are resolved. Phil

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Squeak in Japan
by Kim Rose 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

-- Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings from me, at 2:00 AM PST, having just returned yesterday from a 10 day trip to Japan. Alan, Yoshiki, Roxanne Maloney and I just completed a very successful 10 day trip to Tokyo and Kyoto. I believe most of you know that last year, the Kyoto city schools started a three year pilot to use Squeak in several schools. They are starting with 2 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools. Currently, the strongest participants are one elementary school and one high school. We met Thoru Yamamoto, the author/illustrator of "Play with Squeak" (see this page and scroll http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/books/squeakerbooks.html) I've attached a picture of him here. His book has already sold over 6,000 copies in Japan! We are planning on translating his book into English. We also have made arrangements for "Powerful ideas in the Classroom" to be translated into Japanese so that it may be used as part of the schools program there. We visited Horikawa High School where students presented their curriculum (in a Squeak-based presentation) and a few Etoys they had created. I've attached 2 more pictures showing student sharing here. The Etoy in the picture was created by a young lady to help people learn about how Japanese live and their culture. Her butterfly is animated and controlled with a joystick. As the butterfly is flown around the house, messages are revealed to describe parts of the room, such as the "tokonoma" or niche that holds the scroll and the ikebana -- the flower arrangement. Visually, it is one of the most beautiful etoys I've seen. We'll return to Japan at the end of January for curriculum development meetings and a more technical conference called "C5" -- a Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing with not only contributors from Japan, but other parts of Asia. We hope to have some of our Asian colleagues come to the next U.S. SqueakFest in 2004. We'll put more text and picutres on the Squeakland site soon. In the meantime, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the fall. Please let us know what you are up to and share your or your students' projects! cheers, Kim

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