squeakland January 2006

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Squeak Etoys and preschoolers
by Leonel Morgado 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi, I'm interested on computer programming experiences with children aged 3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories. If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections of such cases, I would love to hear about them! Inté, Leonel Morgado

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'Undo' on Nav tab
by Randy Heiland 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

What does the 'Undo' button on the Navigator tab do, or un-do :) ? --Randy

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UI feedback
by Randy Heiland 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hi gang, I held another Squeak/eToys workshop a couple weekends back in my hometown's children's museum (kidscommons.org) and just wanted to provide some more user feedback (where the users were 4-6 graders). Without a doubt, the most common problem/frustration they had was inserting a new tile into (at the end of) a script. For whatever reason, performing this action was much more problematic than in other workshops I've conducted - although it often shows up to some degree in every workshop. The students felt compelled to exactly line up the new tile with the last tile in the script and would inevitably "drop it" just outside the script, causing it to auto-create a new script. I wonder, is it possible to modify the insert-tile-into-script logic/code to allow for a delta-offset along both the left-hand and bottom boundaries of a script? If so, I could see this UI frustration essentially disappearing. It would seem to be the logical thing to do since, if a user was trying to create a new script, they would keep it a safe distance from any other script when dropping it into the world. Another frustration involved the creation of a frame-based animation and the auto-centering of the "rotation center" crosshairs. An example which many are probably already familiar with is BJ's flower pot with the growing flowers. For this type of project, it would be extremely useful to provide a menu item which locks the rotation center. This would allow for a smooth animation, rather than having to manually re-center the crosshairs on each frame. (This is also somewhat related to a question I posted a few weeks back about programmatically setting the location of the rotation center, to which Scott replied that it was not possible). Fwiw, Randy

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Triggering events
by CumminsMikeR＠aol.com 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi my most excellent Squeak colleagues, I am trying out Squak for English as Second language. So far it is excellent! I am however at a loss as to how one can trigger events using time, ie something happens in two or more seconds. I would for instance like text to flash for a few seconds then disappear. The intial trigger is the correct answer. How do I do this? Regards, Mike Cummins

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Dynamic and interactive geometry for Squeak
by Hilaire Fernandes 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hello people, I am writing 'Dr. Geo II' an interactive geometry software for Squeak. I have a few demonstrations online with videos to see what it is about and how teachers can use it: * a simple construction http://documentation.ofset.org/drgeo/videos/drgeo2-center.mpeg * an introduction which give an overview of the mixture we can have between Squeak and DrGeoII for pedagogical activites (knowing Squeak, I guess you will be able to figure out the sort of interaction we can enjoy between the tools) http://people.ofset.org/hilaire/drgeo2/demo/1-triangle Enjoy, Hilaire Fernandes

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Re: [Squeakland] Squeakland Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11
by Jennifer Voorhees 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

I am doing my best to compile all these wonderful Squeak resources for easy access. This is what I have so far. If there are items missing, let me know! http://sidwell.edu/academics/lower_school/LS_Tech_Projects/squeak!.htm Jenni Voorhees Sidwell Friends School -----Original Message----- From: squeakland-request(a)squeakland.org [mailto:squeakland-request@squeakland.org] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:00 PM To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org Subject: Squeakland Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11 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. Re: Projects and Repositories (karl) 2. Re: Projects and Repositories (Kim Rose) 3. SuperSwiki (m17n?) bug (karl) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:19:09 +0100 From: karl <karl.ramberg(a)chello.se> Subject: Re: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories To: Uwe <uh(a)msc-ge.com>, "squeakland.org mailing list" <squeakland(a)squeakland.org> Message-ID: <43D7A4FD.2050306(a)chello.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed H?bner skrev: > Great list! > Some time ago I was looking myself for E-Toy projects. > My special interest is in E-Toy projects that are 'ready' > to play with (for teaching something). > > Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed. I could not find > very much. Here is my complete! bookmark list up to now: > > http://www.emergent.de/etoys.html > http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/projects/etoyposters.htm > And a bit off topic: > http://www.mttcs.org/Skripte/Ang/material/kedama > http://www.squeakalpha.org/fun_projects/kedama/kedma_welcome.htm > > However, stay tuned! I'm going to create some E-Toy projects > myself and (at least) if finished they will be announced on this > list. But they might be for much younger children. > There is Bob's super swiki that has a massive amount of project in various stages of completion and for various image versions. http://209.143.91.36/super Karl > Sincerely, > Uwe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: squeakland-bounces(a)squeakland.org > [mailto:squeakland-bounces@squeakland.org]On Behalf Of Fernando > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:34 PM > To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org > Subject: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories > Importance: High > > > Hi all: > > I am a K12 teacher and I have worked with Squeak for > two years. I think that it's an excellent tool to see > the learning process and its development with > constructivist and constructionism ideas. > > For use in the K12 classroom, it is a powerful help to > see a list of projects and Squeak's repositories. We > have a list of them. You can see it in: > > http://squeak.usc.es/USCSqueak/12 > > Does anybody know any other places? > > Thanks, Fernando. > > > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y m?viles desde 1 c?ntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Squeakland mailing list > Squeakland(a)squeakland.org > http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland > > _______________________________________________ > Squeakland mailing list > Squeakland(a)squeakland.org > http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland > > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:42:31 -0800 From: Kim Rose <kim.rose(a)squeakland.org> Subject: Re: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories To: "H?bner, Uwe" <uh(a)msc-ge.com>, "Fernando" <nandofv(a)yahoo.es>, <squeakland(a)squeakland.org> Message-ID: <p06230906bffd5a7d486b(a)[10.0.1.158]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" There are also several links to other projects from here: http://www.squeakland.org/community/links.html Randy Caton offers some excellent etoys here: http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/%7Ercaton/squeak.html as does the Don Mills Middle School: http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/donmillsmiddle/cyberarts_dmms/squeak/index.htm l -- Kim At 1:57 PM +0100 1/25/06, H?bner, Uwe wrote: >Great list! >Some time ago I was looking myself for E-Toy projects. >My special interest is in E-Toy projects that are 'ready' >to play with (for teaching something). > >Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed. I could not find >very much. Here is my complete! bookmark list up to now: > >http://www.emergent.de/etoys.html >http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/projects/etoyposters.htm >And a bit off topic: >http://www.mttcs.org/Skripte/Ang/material/kedama >http://www.squeakalpha.org/fun_projects/kedama/kedma_welcome.htm > >However, stay tuned! I'm going to create some E-Toy projects >myself and (at least) if finished they will be announced on this >list. But they might be for much younger children. > >Sincerely, >Uwe > > >-----Original Message----- >From: squeakland-bounces(a)squeakland.org >[mailto:squeakland-bounces@squeakland.org]On Behalf Of Fernando >Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:34 PM >To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org >Subject: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories >Importance: High > > >Hi all: > >I am a K12 teacher and I have worked with Squeak for >two years. I think that it's an excellent tool to see >the learning process and its development with >constructivist and constructionism ideas. > >For use in the K12 classroom, it is a powerful help to >see a list of projects and Squeak's repositories. We >have a list of them. You can see it in: > >http://squeak.usc.es/USCSqueak/12 > >Does anybody know any other places? > >Thanks, Fernando. > > > >______________________________________________ >LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. >Llamadas a fijos y m?viles desde 1 c?ntimo por minuto. >http://es.voice.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Squeakland mailing list >Squeakland(a)squeakland.org >http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland > >_______________________________________________ >Squeakland mailing list >Squeakland(a)squeakland.org >http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:52:16 +0100 From: karl <karl.ramberg(a)chello.se> Subject: [Squeakland] SuperSwiki (m17n?) bug To: "squeakland.org mailing list" <squeakland(a)squeakland.org> Message-ID: <43D7F310.3000806(a)chello.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Bobs superswiki will not list it's content to the FileList any more :-( I dug a little and found that in SuperSwikiServer>>allEntries a variable 'answer' is expected to begin with 'OK' but 'answer' begins with '243F7 OK....' Seems to me to be some m17n related problem but I could not figure out how to solve it... Karl ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Squeakland mailing list Squeakland(a)squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland End of Squeakland Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11 ******************************************

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SuperSwiki (m17n?) bug
by karl 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Bobs superswiki will not list it's content to the FileList any more :-( I dug a little and found that in SuperSwikiServer>>allEntries a variable 'answer' is expected to begin with 'OK' but 'answer' begins with '243F7 OK....' Seems to me to be some m17n related problem but I could not figure out how to solve it... Karl

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Re: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories
by Hübner, Uwe 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Great list! Some time ago I was looking myself for E-Toy projects. My special interest is in E-Toy projects that are 'ready' to play with (for teaching something). Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed. I could not find very much. Here is my complete! bookmark list up to now: http://www.emergent.de/etoys.html http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/projects/etoyposters.htm And a bit off topic: http://www.mttcs.org/Skripte/Ang/material/kedama http://www.squeakalpha.org/fun_projects/kedama/kedma_welcome.htm However, stay tuned! I'm going to create some E-Toy projects myself and (at least) if finished they will be announced on this list. But they might be for much younger children. Sincerely, Uwe -----Original Message----- From: squeakland-bounces(a)squeakland.org [mailto:squeakland-bounces@squeakland.org]On Behalf Of Fernando Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:34 PM To: squeakland(a)squeakland.org Subject: [Squeakland] Projects and Repositories Importance: High Hi all: I am a K12 teacher and I have worked with Squeak for two years. I think that it's an excellent tool to see the learning process and its development with constructivist and constructionism ideas. For use in the K12 classroom, it is a powerful help to see a list of projects and Squeak's repositories. We have a list of them. You can see it in: http://squeak.usc.es/USCSqueak/12 Does anybody know any other places? Thanks, Fernando. ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Squeakland mailing list Squeakland(a)squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland

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A small bug in ScriptEditorMorph
by karl 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

When clicking the button to add a new TestTile the ScriptEditor is unresponsive to place the TestTile because the tile newer signaled a mouseEnter to the ScriptEditor. This is a fix for that. 'From Squeakland 3.8-05 of 7 September 2005 [latest update: #528] on 24 January 2006 at 9:24:44 pm'! !ScriptEditorMorph methodsFor: 'buttons' stamp: 'kfr 1/24/2006 21:23'! addYesNoToHand "Place a test/yes/no complex in the hand of the beloved user" | ms messageNodeMorph aMorph | Preferences universalTiles ifTrue: [ms _ MessageSend receiver: true selector: #ifTrue:ifFalse: arguments: {['do nothing']. ['do nothing']}. messageNodeMorph _ ms asTilesIn: playerScripted class globalNames: true. self primaryHand attachMorph: messageNodeMorph] ifFalse: [aMorph _ CompoundTileMorph new. ActiveHand attachMorph: aMorph. aMorph setNamePropertyTo: 'TestTile' translated. aMorph position: ActiveHand position. aMorph formerPosition: ActiveHand position. self startSteppingSelector: #trackDropZones.]! !

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Re: [Squeakland] UI feedback
by Scott Wallace 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Hi, Randy, Cheers, -- Scott At 4:53 AM -0500 1/24/06, Randy Heiland wrote: >Scott, >Apologies for being ignorant in Squeak (textual) pgming, but >*exactly* what would I type into a script? E.g., I create a >rectangle 'Sketch', open its Viewer, drag out an emptyScript tile, >and toggle it to show textual code -- then what? By default, of >course, the "rotation center" crosshairs is in the center of the >rectangle. Let's say I'd like to program it to be at the lower-left >corner - how could I do that? > >--Randy (feel free to reply to the list; didn't know if we should >keep this offline) > >On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Scott Wallace wrote: > >>At 2:33 PM -0500 1/23/06, Randy Heiland wrote: >>>... (This is also somewhat related to a question I posted a few weeks >>>back about programmatically setting the location of the rotation center, to >>>which Scott replied that it was not possible). >> >>Just to clarify, my reply was that it (i.e. programmatically >>setting an object's rotation center) could not done with tiles >>alone, but that it was "easily accomplished" if the user were >>willing to resort to using a single line of *textual* script... >> >>At 3:24 PM -0800 12/6/05, Scott Wallace wrote: >>> >>However, programmatically setting an object's rotation center is >>easily accomplished via a *textual* script. Send #rotationCenter: to >>the player's costume's renderedMorph. >> >> >>Cheers, >> >> -- Scott >>_______________________________________________ >>Squeakland mailing list >>Squeakland(a)squeakland.org >>http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland

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