squeakland August 2009

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Greek letters and math equation displays
by Brad Fuller 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Looking around for this on the swiki, but couldn't find exactly how I could display greek letters easily in squeak (that is for a presentation). Also, would like to display math equations as well. thanks much. -- Brad Fuller *NOTE NEW PHONE* +1 (408) 335-0112

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a two pages guide for Etoys4
by Hilaire Fernandes 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

I have updated a two pages guide for Etoys 4 in French. http://squeak.ofset.org/guide-etoys.odg http://squeak.ofset.org/guide-etoys.pdf OpenOffice Draw source document can be used for translation. Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Anyone here from Melbourne who could talk abour Etoys?
by Rita Freudenberg 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

Hi everyone, the software freedom day 2009 is being held on Saturday, September 19th in Melbourne, Australia. Is there someone on this list who lives there or do you know someone? In their call for talks and workshops they list in their ideas "Programming for kids with Squeak/Alice/Scratch". Read more here: http://luv.asn.au/content/sfd09-call-talks-and-workshops Greetings, Rita -- Rita Freudenberg Squeakland Foundation http://www.squeakland.org

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Re: Online XO Instruction in Uruguay
by Carlos Rabassa 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

We are pleased to transmit answer for Rita Freudenberg in Germany from Lino Bessonart in Uruguay: This was the fourth edition of these chats. Our goal from the first one has been only one: Eliminate some minor cultural roadblocks on the path of teachers and parents to get to use these tools as their own. Cultural roadblocks as obvious as the apprehension to use computer technology, laptops, computer programs, internet. Also other cultural roadblocks that are less evident and more complex, such as how to acquire knowledge. These tools have been conceived to get into them playing, proving, making mistakes and on the way get to use more and more of the potential they offer. Many of us in Uruguay have to win over the custom of acquiring knowledge through someone who facilitates it to us through classes, lectures, books. The results from these first experiences are what confirms the value of these chats: - A great percentage of those who participated in Squeakfest Brasil 2009 in Porto Alegre, started this way their path, individually or in groups, towards using Etoys or TurtleArt. But once again, the objective we had for them: To get them started on their personal path. - The use of the Etoys Book as a tool to synthesize the concepts coming from the activities in the classroom became obvious after the first tests. For this reason, the current talks start with this subject. - The use of Book as a tool that the parents could also use and thus reduce the digital gap is something we are betting to. ------------------------ Carlos & Nenny Rabassa Montevideo, Uruguay Volunteers RAP, Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal, organization distributing One Computer Per Child in Uruguay -------------------- m2f -------------------- (from forum) http://squeakland.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10225#10225 -------------------- m2f --------------------

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Re: [squeakland] Four year old and her older sister win a Squeak-based programming contest in Singapore
by Harish Pillay 9v1hp 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

> Thanks, Harish for sharing with us! This is very cool! > > May we have your permission to include as part of our Squeakland blog or > news? Certainly. The more the merrier. > regards to you, > Kim Rose > > On Jul 20, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Harish Pillay 9v1hp wrote: > >> I thought I should share this success story on this list. >> >> >> http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695… >> >> I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and an >> organizer of the >> code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior >> Category since 2008 >> and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used >> Alice and this year >> we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children >> participate in this contest. >> >> The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 year >> old sister) who >> wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking >> messages. >> >> Thanks. >> >> [1] http://www.itsc.org.sg >> [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html >> -- -- Harish Pillay h.pillay(a)ieee.org gpg id: 746809E3 fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3

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Online XO Instruction in Uruguay
by Carlos Rabassa 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Do you remember the joint presentation at Squeakfest Brasil 2009, by Leticia Romero from the UFRGS auditorium in Porto Alegre and Lino Bessonart, remotely from Salto, Uruguay? I'm happy to report this effort is continuing successfully. We have just received these pictures from Paolo Benini (nanonano(a)mediagala.com ), one of the most active volunteers of the RAP Ceibal group, in these subject of remote connections. Paolo tells us: Today, we had an online session with participants at 17 different locations in Uruguay. These pictures were taken at Consejo Comunal No. 14, in Paso Molino (a neighborhood in Montevideo), As you probably recall, Lino explained to those in Porto Alegre, the purpose of this remote sessions is to allow a few instructors to reach many individuals interested in learning in remote areas of the country. Also, in cases like the one shown in these pictures, allows the participation of groups small enough to be able to meet at locations with adequate facilities which are easier to find than a huge hall for all together. Carlos Rabassa Montevideo, Uruguay

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Squeakfests were incredible (see for yourself)
by Timothy Falconer 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

As I write this, I'm flying home from Squeakfest USA. Sitting here, staring at my laptop, I'm completely unable to find appropriate words to describe the magic and friendship of the last few weeks. So many passionate talks, so many stirring examples, so many last minute details and surprises. I'm tired. That much is clear. Blame it on three conferences in four weeks and roughly fifteen thousand miles of travel in between. Were it not for my many Squeaker traveling companions, I'd have curled up to hibernate long ago. Truly the best part of the last month has been the company I've kept: Rita, Yoshiki, Marta, Kim, Scott, Alex, Bert, Ted, Bill, Randy, both Kathleens, Avigail, and Milan. Sharing the adventure with people of such talent and humor has truly been an embarrassment of riches. As for the presentations, workshops, and hallway talks, there's just too much to say. With dozens of sessions between the two Squeakfests, my mind's a blur with memories of enthusiasm and insight, along with strengthened motivation to support and expand our vibrant Etoys community. Rather than summarize my recollections, I'll instead point you to the video on the Squeakland website (http://squeakland.org/resources/audioVisual/#cat865 ). Scroll down to Squeakfest Brasil and Squeakfest USA. We managed to capture nearly all of Squeakfest USA on our live webcast feed, though we lost the first half of the presentation from South Korea. Also, the final roundtable wasn't posted at the request of one of the participants. My apologies for the audio problems on the first morning. If you start at the beginning, know that the sound does get better. Also, if the video screen is at times too hard to read, the blame rests with the web stream, which reduced quality to improve bandwidth. We will be posting better video from both events in the future, particularly of the children's workshop, so stay tuned. I'd like to give a special thanks to Rita Freudenberg, our education director, who earned the "most traveled" award for her trips from Germany to both Brazil and Los Angeles. When you total her air distance, she flew more than 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles), which means she effectively circled the globe for Squeakland in the last month. Her insight, passion, and hard work in the last eight months were instrumental in both Squeakfests. As with her husband Bert, her continuing efforts on behalf of the Etoys community are unparalleled. Also a big thanks to Marta, Bruno, Kim, and Kathryn for tending to the many details of both conferences. Your hard work really showed. Most of all, I'd like to thank everyone at Viewpoints Research Institute for their time and talent in the last year. Your guidance has greatly helped Squeakland Foundation as we take and carry the Etoys torch into the future. Take care, Timothy Videos of both Squeakfests: http://squeakland.org/resources/audioVisual/#cat865

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Squeakfest Brasil - videos
by Marta Voelcker 15 Aug '09

15 Aug '09

Dear all, You can see on the links bellow great moments from Squeakfest Brasil ! release <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3WlVOw1DzY> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3WlVOw1DzY Documentário <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDV3GEs_Vg> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDV3GEs_Vg Kind regards Marta

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Re: [squeakland] [Q] How to export a script
by Karl Ramberg 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

On 2009-08-12 01:53, Young-Jin Lee wrote: > Karl, > > I must be too novice because I don't understand your explanation. :-( > > First of all, could you explain in more detail what you meant by a > "Player". I know that I can use a "Players" tool from the toolbox of > the eToy, but I think this is not what you were talking about because > I did not see a copy/paste menu on the Players tool. Every object in Etoys is a Player :-) And you are right, there is no copy and paste items in the menus :-( I'll look into that. > > Also, I do not know how to make a global flap (therefore, I do not > know how to put a player into the global flap, either. Could you > please give more detailed information or point me to the resources > explaining what you suggested. Here is a video that describe how you can do this: *http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/How+to+move+a+Player+to+another+project Karl * > > Thanks in advance. > > Young-Jin > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Karl Ramberg <karlramberg(a)gmail.com > <mailto:karlramberg@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 2009-08-11 18:44, Young-Jin Lee wrote: > > Hi, > > I am looking for a way to export a script in one project so > that it can be used in another project. I looked for > contextual menus and googled it, but found no solution yet. > Can anyone tell me if it is possible? > > Also, I have another question about using a movie file in > etoy. In one of the demo projects that comes with etoy (a > free-fall experiment), I found a set of JPEG images imported > from a movie file. Does etoy can save selected frames from a > movie as image files? If not, what is the best way to create > image files from a movie file so that they can be used in etoy? > > Thank you so much!!! > > Scripts are a part of a Player and you bring it along when you for > example copy and paste a Player. ( ctrl+c and ctrl+v ) > > Or put the Player in a global flap and pull it out and put it into > the you want. > > These procedures are not well documented at the moment. > > > Karl > > >

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Fwd: What about shipping DrGeo in Etoys?
by Hilaire Fernandes 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Ok, may be the right place to ask was in the etoys users' list. hilaire ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire(a)ofset.org> Date: 2009/8/11 Subject: What about shipping DrGeo in Etoys? To: etoys-dev <etoys-dev(a)squeakland.org> I discussed it in the past with Bert and Yoshiki. I think it makes sense but what do you think about it? Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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