squeakland July 2003

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[Squeakland][ANN]Free Video Archive for English Schools... From British Pathe & ITN Archive
by Darius Clarke 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

FYI, The Regional Broadband Consortium (RBC), a group of 10 local organisations set up to promote the development of high resolution content in English schools, have agreed to fund "Version 3.0" of the British Pathe web site. This will enable the production of Quicktime 6.0 files of the entire 3500 hours of footage in the archive by the autumn of this year. Through the development of some very basic authentication software schools will be given free access not only to these files but also to the existing high resolution Windows Media Files and to the NOF Funded JPEG images which should be on-line next month. School children throughout England will therefore be able to build projects across a huge number of subjects using not only "clean" high resolution video from the archive, but also pictures from one of the largest selections of historical images available anywhere in the world. Due to the added functionality of Quicktime 6.0 it will also be possible for school children to create their own programmes using specified edits from the video files. The arrangement with the RBC for High Resolution video and photos will run in parallel with Pathe's NOF-Digitise contract, which facilitated the original encoding and publishing of the entire archive at lower resolutions in 2002. All the Best Peter Fydler ITN (for and on behalf of British Pathe Limited) http://www.britishpathe.com/index.cfm http://www.itnarchive.com PS. Quicktime 6.0 low resolution Preview Files will be available free of charge to all, and high resolution versions will be available for PowerPoint and Web licensing alongside the Windows Media Files. Cheers, Darius *********************************************************************************** This transmission contains information which may be legally privileged, proprietary in nature, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are hereby notified that reading, copying, or distributing this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please telephone us immediately at 818-407-1400 and mail the transmission back to us at the above address. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ***********************************************************************************

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news about french translation of squeak
by Dreyfuss Pierre-André (EDU) 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Hi, What I have done first was the french part of the template for differents languages adding french to the already existings languages and some changes directly in the code substituing french to the english strings. That way scripting system and some menus used by E-toys were translated. What I am doing now is to translate a large part of squeak like it was done in Japan by Yoshiki. (Yoshiki.Ohshima(a)acm.org ). But the Japan work is using a different character code on 24 bits instead of 8. I 'am, working for the standard image and iso code. This time the right way, that means with all translations in an unique dictionary. I have used the work done for German,(sorry I have not retrieved the message posted here about German, so I can't tell you who has done this work) starting from this german dictionary . The good news for them, is that ther template will work for german. This german translation is working in the japanase squeak.image too but with problems for accents. Best Regards

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SqueakLand, Plugin and Internationalization projects
by diegogomezdeck＠consultar.com 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Hi, As some of you already know, we've started the Spanish version of SqueakLand. We're active working in translation of all the content produced by SqueakLand and related projects before going to the next step (creation of our own content in Spanish) We are looking for a way to run the projects (using the squeak plugin) in our image (basically one 3.5 translated to Spanish and some pre-installed packages like true type fonts). By now we have a set of changesets that convert a virgin 3.5 image in the Small-Land image (see http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land/13). Now we're looking for a way to do the same with the plugin-image. Options I see: 1) Create our own installer of the plugin in Spanish including the changes we want into the image (Ned's connectors, true type font, bitstream fonts, remove of hard-coded fonts, Renewed look & feel, etc). 2) Stuck on a single plug in-image for all of us (English, German, Spanish and a lot of others just coming). In this case we have to find a way to include (or to install on demand) the internationalization part in German/Spanish/AnyLanguage. What are the politics behind the plug in image? What other options do you see? TIA, Diego Gomez Deck http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land

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Powerful Ideas Need Love Too! (now in Spanish)
by diegogomezdeck＠consultar.com 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

Hi, In the context of the work of translations we're doing in Small-Land the great paper named "Powerful Ideas Need Love Too!" (by Alan Kay) was translated to Spanish by Daniel Ajoy. See it at: http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land/76 Enjoy it! Cheers, Diego http://www.small-land.org

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Re: [Squeakland] news about french translation of squeak
by Pierre-Andre Dreyfuss 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

Hi, Thanks for your information, if you want to try my work I attach the file which is like a project. See the addFrenchVocabulary which is a mix of French and German At the ed you'll find the stuff which should be added. Since I use the triplet , you probably have to add the help instead of "blabla" You have to load the poject from a standard squeak plugin.image. I have explained French and English how to install it in a workspace TRY it get a taste of it and give me a feed back We are pulling the same rope Best Regards Pierre-André Dreyfuss > > ------- Message d'origine ------- > > De<diegogomezdeck(a)consultar.com> > DateFri, 25 Jul 2003 07:55:18 -0500 (CDT) > >Hi,We, Small-Land, are using the german version with the UmlautFixes plus aset of really-small-fixes for the Spanish translation.English, Japanese, German, French and Spanish. We're walking the right road! Cheers,Diegohttp://www.small-land.org> Am Freitag, 25.07.03 um 13:05 Uhr schrieb Dreyfuss Pierre-André (EDU):>> This german translation is working in the japanase squeak.image too>> but with>> problems for accents.>> We solved them by now. There was an "UmlautFixes" changeset posted here> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-ev/2003-July/> 000460.html> It is also contained in the "SqueakDeutsch" image at> http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeak-ev/84>> -- Bert_______________________________________________Squeakland mailing listSqueakland@squeakland.orghttp://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland > Pour gagner une Playstation 2, envoyez un SMS avec le code PS au 61321 (0,35 euro hors coût du SMS).

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RE: [Squeakland] Squeak 'non-starter' in U.K. schools?
by Darius Clarke 22 Jul '03

22 Jul '03

Alan, Thank you _very much_ for those leads. I'll check them out. > There are strengths and weaknesses with this view > of end-user computing. Some of the strengths are obvious, > but can you spot the weaknesses? I can think of some weaknesses: * Students may not be familiar with the coordinate system - but students play games on grids... a lot. * Information overload - which is why collapsing is essential. * Extra positioning information stored with every object - Unless positioning information is calculate just for the view port of what's needed at the time dynamically per a set of rules. * Lack of fine grain control - Which is why columns should not be forced to line up with the columns beyond it's scope above and below. Also one should allow as much automatic fine grain adjustments as possible by defining a set of rules on what should be seen. One should inform the system What they want to see and Why, and let the system resolve the positioning in most cases. Fine grain congrol can be added just when needed. Then save the cell-by-cell positioning as a named view that the user can navigate to again and reuse. * Fixed boarders take up too much screen space - icons & collapsed window headers take up more. * Lack of aesthetics - allow coloring and other visual clues, hide grid lines, allow graphics in cells for purposes of control (more like thumbnail representations. * Occlusion at the cell level as when a spreadsheet cell is not allowed to wrap its text - can be handled by hovering or pivoting full info into view. * It's hard to get multiple tools an the screen at the same time such as System Browsers - More freedom in setting column widths should help this. * Navigation can become Disorienting - maps and breadcrumbs would help. * Navigating by arrow keys becomes difficult w/o columns lining up- Another strength: * The car's eye won't see the ScriptEditor on top of the track, even though that is a learning experience too. ______________ Getting schools to change is a social engineering issue. Rules of psychology can be considered tools in that kind of engineering. Remember, of four major personality types (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Cautious) most of all people fall in the "I want things safe and not to change" catagory. (Using the D.i.S.C. method) We convince them by showing it's safe to change and dangerous/family-threatening to not make this change. _____________ Another new use for tables & testing: WardCunningham's Fit framework to facilitate cooperation between customers, testers and developers. http://fit.c2.com/ _____________ I had briefly visited Agentsheets before but they didn't seem intuitive to me before. I'll review their sample app again. My search skills brougt up nothing for "The Analyst" in Google. I'll try further afield. _____________ Mitch Kaphor is suddenly very interested in open source spreadsheets now. I wonder why. http://www.osafoundation.org/ - Home page has two articles. Cheers, Darius Dominance getting immediate results causing action accepting challenges making quick decisions questioning the status quo taking authority causing trouble solving problems Influence contacting people making a favorable impression verbalizing with articulateness creating a motivational environment generating enthusiasm entertaining people desiring to help others participating in a group Steadiness performing an accepted work pattern sitting or staying in one place demonstrating patience developing specialized skills concentrating on the task showing loyalty being a good listener calming excited people Cautious following directives and standards concentrating on detail working under controlled circumstances being diplomatic with people checking for accuracy criticizing performance critical thinking complying with authority *********************************************************************************** This transmission contains information which may be legally privileged, proprietary in nature, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are hereby notified that reading, copying, or distributing this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please telephone us immediately at 818-407-1400 and mail the transmission back to us at the above address. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ***********************************************************************************

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[Squeakland] SqueakLand, Plugin and Internationalization projects - 2nd try
by diegogomezdeck＠consultar.com 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Hi, Some days ago I sent an email but I got no answer at all. Let's try again. Diego -------- Original Message -------- Subject: SqueakLand, Plugin and Internationalization projects From: <diegogomezdeck(a)consultar.com> Date: Fri, July 11, 2003 4:27 am To: <squeakland(a)squeakland.org> Hi, As some of you already know, we've started the Spanish "version" of SqueakLand. We're active working in translation of all the content produced by SqueakLand and related projects before going to the next step (creation of our own content in Spanish) We are looking for a way to run the projects (using the squeak plugin) in our image (basically one 3.5 translated to Spanish and some pre-installed packages like true type fonts). By now we have a set of changesets that convert a virgin 3.5 image in the Small-Land image (see http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land/13). Now we're looking for a way to do the same with the plugin-image. Options I see: 1) Create our own installer of the plugin in Spanish including the changes we want into the image (Ned's connectors, true type font, bitstream fonts, remove of hard-coded fonts, Renewed look & feel, etc). 2) Stuck on a single plug in-image for all of us (English, German, Spanish and a lot of others just coming). In this case we have to find a way to include (or to install on demand) the internationalization part in German/Spanish/AnyLanguage. What are the politics behind the plug in image? What other options do you see? TIA, Diego Gomez Deck http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land

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decompress file
by Nancy Head 14 Jul '03

14 Jul '03

I'm trying to open yet another tutorial (http://www.consultar.com/Squeak/tutorial/whatwecallobjects.html), using the plugin version of Squeak. (I was successfully able to open it in the "full" Squeak but want to try using it within the plugin.) I have a .pr file and have gotten into World and the "open..." screen, and can select the file in the "file list," but am now stuck. The instructions I'm following say "click over the [file]name to select it and right click over it to show a menu." This worked in the full version, but not plugin. I assume it's a setting somewhere. How do I do a "decompress to file" and "load as project" from the plugin? Nancy

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Small-Land's first project
by José L. Redrejo 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

Hi all, This email is just to tell you that the spanish squeak group Small Land (www.small-land.org) has launched its first squeak project. It has been done by Diego Gómez Deck (and old chap for most of you) and tries to use an idea from a Papert book (The Children's Machine) where he explained how a child understood the diference between odd & even with a small program. You can test it at http://www.squeakland.org/project.jsp?http://swiki.agro.uba.ar/small_land/u… I also would like to use this message to make a small presentation of the things we are working on our swiki. Our present projects are: - Personalization of the squeak image - Spanish localization of squeak (in collaboration with similar german and japanese projects) - Making of a live linux cd with squeak as desktop. - Repository of s ququeak projects classified by subject and children ages. - Translation of the most famous squeak tutorials - Tutorial on teaching to use squeak as a presentation programs (powerpoint clone) Teachers of schools, high schools and universities are our target. We want to personalize and translate squeak, prepare tutorials, examples and working tools for them trying to make the jump to squeak as easy as possible, specially thinking that many (maybe most) of them aren't computer specialists. We welcome any ideas and help (we need a lot of both). Best regards -- José L. Redrejo <jredrejo(a)merida.uned.es>

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summer learning
by Andy Stenson 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

I remember seeing reference to some Squeak summer workshops/institute in earlier posts. (Columbia?) Anyone have any info sources/ideas. Andy

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