squeakland April 2003

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Pendulum
by voiklis＠redfigure.org 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

> -- Bert > > PS: Does this warrant the addition of #center to the geometry category? I was certainly surprised not to find it there. --J

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projects for middle school
by rcaton＠cnu.edu 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Squeak Projects for Middle School Students We at the NASA Langley Research Center and Christopher Newport University have developed two projects using Squeak for middle school students as part of our NASA CONNECT program . NASA CONNECT has three components: a video broadcast, an educator lesson guide with classroom activity, and an interactive web activity. Squeak is ideal for the interactive web activity. Our use of Squeak may be different from what you have done in that it is more guided. 1. We developed a Squeak projects called Freefall to help students understand why astronauts float in space. NASA has used the terms zero-gravity and microgravity to describe the situation, but those terms are misleading and we avoid them in the activity. The project can also be used to review motion (position, velocity, and acceleration). Kids can start by playing with the elevator or read an active book to get them started. There are suggestions for explorations and challenges in the book. You can access it at our NASA CONNECT web site (connect.larc.nasa.gov). Click on Dan's Domain/ Past Web Activities and then click on MEASUREMENT, RATIOS, AND GRAPHING: Who Added the "Micro" to Gravity? In addition to Freefall, there is also a technology challenge project called Elevator and two short tools called Plotting and Playing. 2. We developed a Squeak Project for our program on Northern Lights: DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT: Dancing in the Night Sky. Besides being beautiful to look at, there is plenty of good science in Northern Lights. After summarizing the conditions for Northern Lights on Earth from our video broadcast, we the ask the students to explore other planets with our Squeak project called Northern Lights Challenge and predict which other planets might have Northern Lights. The Squeak book contains information on the science related to the planetary properties, math problem challenges, and the technology/science connection in measuring planetary properties. You can access it at our NASA CONNECT web site (connect.larc.nasa.gov). Click on Dan's Domain / Past Web Activities and then click on DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT: Dancing in the Night Sky. Finally, I realize the value of play and have developed a series of Squeak projects on my web page where kids can have fun playing. They are projects that kids should be able to rebuild to create their own project. You can access these at www.pcs.cnu.edu/~rcaton/ and click on Fun Squeak Projects. Randy Caton -- I am on leave from Christopher Newport University from Fall 2002 to Fall 2004. I will be at NASA Langley Research Center. However, I will still use rcaton(a)cnu.edu as my email. Randall Caton NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-2199 voice: 757-864-5032 FAX: 864-8835 email: rcaton(a)cnu.edu web: www.pcs.cnu.edu/~rcaton

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Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg
by lrobinson＠balmoralhall.com 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Please remove me from the list. -----Original Message----- From: Mankovsky, Sheine [mailto:sheine.mankovsky2@tdsb.on.ca] Sent: Mon 07/04/2003 11:08 PM To: 'squeakland(a)squeakland.org' Cc: Subject: RE: Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg Yay! She's great. Please tell her that I am happy to have a visit anytime. I have three daughters who I expect will be home together this summer. Just drop us an e-mail so we know to expect company. Sheine > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Ramberg [SMTP:karl.ramberg@chello.se] > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:15 PM > Subject: Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg > > Here is Emma?s first passport picture! > Best wishes Karl << File: Unknown Document >>

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Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg
by sheine.mankovsky2＠tdsb.on.ca 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Yay! She's great. Please tell her that I am happy to have a visit anytime. I have three daughters who I expect will be home together this summer. Just drop us an e-mail so we know to expect company. Sheine > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Ramberg [SMTP:karl.ramberg@chello.se] > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:15 PM > Subject: Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg > > Here is Emma?s first passport picture! > Best wishes Karl << File: Unknown Document >>

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Emma Lovisa Kostrubala Ramberg
by karl.ramberg＠chello.se 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Here is Emma?s first passport picture! Best wishes Karl

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EToy French Translation
by philippe＠capcod.com 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Bonjour M Dreyfuss, J'ai essay? de votre version francaise de Squeak et j'en suis tr?s satisfait. Merci pour le travail effectu? qui d?passe largement le cadre de celui que j'avais commenc?, ? savoir la traduction de #addFrenchVocabulary. Mais peut-etre pouvons nous aller plus loin en supprimant les 's du genitif, car ils sont genants pour les petits francais... Avez-vous cherch? dans ce sens ? Cordialement, Philippe Nougaillon

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EToy French Translation
by pierre-andre.dreyfuss＠edu.ge.ch 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Hi, Thank you for your answer. I vas just trying to understand the difference between 's and no 's in tiles. I have found two solutions for the translation either john prop x for property x in french propri?t? x or something like in logo setx which is in french fixex john fixe x Regards. -----Message d'origine----- De: Scott Wallace A: philippe(a)capcod.com; pierre-andre.dreyfuss(a)edu.ge.ch Cc: squeakland(a)squeakland.org Date: 02.04.03 13:19 Objet: RE: EToy French Translation Messieurs, This would be a hard change to make in the etoy system for languages where the word order of the possessive is opposite to English, because the order of the tiles themselves would have to be different for it to read correctly, which would require significant structural changes rather than simple wording substitutions. We could handle localizing the possessive wording on the tiles without much difficulty in languages where the pattern: <object-name> <possessive-token> <property-name> is used for possessives, thus: English: John's x German: Johns x Japanese: John-no x but we would need reversed tile order for: French: (l') x de John Kiswahili: x ya John So there would unfortunately seem to be no easy solution for these -- sorry! But perhaps at least *removing* the "'s" suffixes for possessive tiles in languages other than English would improve matters slightly, e.g. "John x" rather than "John's x". ... not really French, but at least not English, and at least somewhat language-neutral?? ;-) Cheers, -- Scott At 12:15 PM +0000 4/1/03, philippe(a)capcod.com wrote: >Bonjour M Dreyfuss, > >J'ai essay? de votre version francaise de Squeak et j'en suis tr?s >satisfait. Merci pour le travail effectu? qui d?passe largement le cadre de >celui que j'avais commenc?, ? savoir la traduction de #addFrenchVocabulary. > >Mais peut-etre pouvons nous aller plus loin en supprimant les 's du >genitif, car ils sont genants pour les petits francais... > >Avez-vous cherch? dans ce sens ? > >Cordialement, > >Philippe Nougaillon

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Remembering Philip Kniat
by sheine.mankovsky2＠tdsb.on.ca 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Sebastian Hergott at Don Mills Middle School recently made this sad announcement to the members of our Toronto District School Board Squeak forum: ...to those who do not already know, one of our classmates, our expert Squeaker, Philip Kniat, passed away March 28, 2003. Philip was hit by a car in front of our school three days earlier. Philip was smart, insightful, really understood Squeak and worked well with others to explore it's uses. He was a member of the Pioneer group that first explored Squeak. He took leadership in presenting it to our class. Philip was also the key force in the Colour Communication project that used "random" and "colour sees" concepts to create Squeak art. The file is attached. Squeakland and the world at large have lost a great thinker, a great person and a great friend. Rest in peace Philip. Philip wasn't with us physically for very long. Each person who embarks on the Squeak adventure is changing the world, defining the future. In the short time that he was with us, Philip managed to change the world. His memory will continue to inspire all of us. Please bring Philip into your thoughts for just a moment. Sheine Mankovsky

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Could Elementary students use this?
by Origbj＠aol.com 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Jim: I am a 4th and 5th grade teacher in Los Angeles. I have been using Squeak in my classroom to enhance math and science for the last 3 years. I would be happy to share some of my lessons with you. BJ Conn

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A good book on Squeak? (Martin Scott Goldberg <wgungfu@csd.uwm.edu>)
by m.rueger＠acm.org 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Original message bounced. Forwarding it, please make sure to use the subscribed address for posting to this list. Or please join the list if you haven't done so already. ------------------------ From: Martin Scott Goldberg <wgungfu(a)csd.uwm.edu> Message-Id: <200303220042.h2M0gNd5021462(a)alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Re: A good book on Squeak? To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:42:22 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <a05100303baa142f1acb4(a)[192.168.1.100]> from "Kim Rose" at Mar 21, 2003 02:39:02 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>Hi, Jim - >> >>Now, *there's* a question! Depends on where you are "coming from". >>I'll point you to what I know is "out there" and then let you be the >>judge of whether any are "good books on Squeak". >> >>If you have a background in computer science or engineering, etc. and >>want a kind of "text book" -- based on an earlier version of Squeak >>which would be downloaded from "squeak.org" you might try Mark >>Guzdial's book on Squeak published by Prentice Hall in 2000. >> >>Squeak: Object Oriented Design with Multimedia Applications >>see this amazon url: >>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130280283/qid=1048285977/sr=2-2/ref… >>Mark used this book at a text and intro to Squeak for his >>first/second year C.S. students at Georgia Tech. I have that book, and it's actually the one that introduced me to this list. Being in CS, it was in a format I prefer material to be presented to me. So you're right on the money with that comment. >> >>Mark and I coedited: >>Squeak Open Personal computing and MutiMedia, also published by >>Prentice Hall (and referenced on that same amazon.com page0 >>This book is more a "history" of how Squeak came to pass with >>contributions from several of the open source contributors. There >>are chapters on porting Squeak, sound and music in Squeak, etc., etc. >> >>There are other books listed on the amazon page as well. >> >>If you are looking for a book which is based in the "etoy" component >>of Squeak and geared toward a younger /less technical user group and >>discusses the use of Squeak in a learning enviornment, then, I regret >>to say, "not yet". There are a few groups/people working on such >>books, but none (as far as I know) have been published yet...If all >>goes well, there will be one such "project book for >>teachers/curriculum guide" available late spring or early summer, >>authored by 4th/5th grade teacher BJ Conn, and myself. >> I would say there is one book out there geared towards a younger group, though it's borderline on the "less technical". Squeak: A Quick Trip To ObjectLand http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201731142/qid=1048293467/sr=… I've read it and while it's not my taste, it uses a storybook type format for presenting a good intro to programming with Squeak and OOP concepts. >>I hope this helps... >>Tell us more about your interest and how you'd like to use (or are >>using) Squeak. >>cheers, >>Kim Look forward to seeing your book. Marty

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