squeakland March 2011

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Foro Tecnología Informática Montevideo Marzo 2011
by Carlos Rabassa 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

ENGLISH version follows SPANISH text Pasamos un día en el auditorio de LATU. Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay Fue una magnífica inversión de nuestro tiempo. Agradecemos a los organizadores y participantes. Aprendimos mucho sobre los impresionantes progresos de Uruguay en TI, Tecnología Informática: Foro Tecnología Informática Montevideo Marzo 2011 https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1g2WMWbvevP2HKaqs0B-RcDAWvfXQ-hQYB5… Aprendimos mucho sobre preparación y organización de buenas presentaciones y buenos eventos: S045 - Presentaciones y Eventos https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1hE3TtfRRqac_kQpUS5JIqwASoKA4QOteq1… Carlos Rabassa Voluntario Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal Montevideo, Uruguay ENGLISH Version We spent a day in the auditorium of LATU. Technological Laboratory of Uruguay It was an excellent investment of our time. May we thank the organizers and participants. We learned a lot about the impressive progress of Uruguay in IT, Information Technology: Information Technology Forum Montevideo March 2011 https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1l0jrfxUZ5uCjclyVcC1xAD56q7UvzOO03i… We learned a lot about organizing and preparing good presentations and events: E045 - Presentations and Events https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1zWtMmFMKdODm_AGDLdAikVkBf5dfPLGnPN… Carlos Rabassa Volunteer Plan Ceibal Support Network Montevideo, Uruguay

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layout bug with connectors
by Markus Schlager 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hi all, I'm using Etoys 4.1.1. When I tell a connector to add a label (using the add-label-tile), I get black fonts on *black* background. Should be white or transparent. It works using the menu, though. Markus

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[Sur] Tour of Uruguay / Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay
by Carlos Rabassa 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Respondo a la reciente solicitud de ideas para proyectos relacionados con la próxima Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay: S044 - Corriendo en Bicicleta https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1OHWGAmSjGhyzGiycUCgxH57IP3PhxTM5Yy… May I answer the recent request for ideas for projects related to the forthcoming Tour of Uruguay. E044 - Bicycle: Riding fast https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=16hsf2pumJxZmbd6YyZjVhRgnVU5UDKGdFZ… Carlos Rabassa Voluntario Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal Montevideo, Uruguay _______________________________________________ Lista olpc-Sur olpc-Sur(a)lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur

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Browser Plugin fails
by Markus Schlager 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hi all, I'm using the current Etoys-To-Go-4.1.1 on ubuntu maverick with firefox 3.6.15. I ran the npetoysregister-script in order to register Etoys with firefox. The output was: ---8X---------------------------------------------- „/home/markus/.mozilla/plugins/npetoys.so“ -> „/usr/local/share/Etoys-4.1.1.app/Contents/Linux-i686/npetoys.so“ „/home/markus/.npsqueak/npetoysrun“ -> „/usr/local/share/Etoys-4.1.1.app/Contents/Linux-i686/npetoysrun“ ---X8---------------------------------------------- When I try to launch a project on squeakland's showcase, Etoys starts and shows the following ---8X---------------------------------------------- Syntax Error Object as yet unclassified c ---------------------------- c | renderedMorph Vertical bar expected ->_ costume renderedMorph. renderedMorph == aMorph ifTrue: [^ self]. baseGraphic _ costume renderedMorph valueOfProperty: #baseGraphic. rememberCostume ifTrue: [self rememberCostume: renderedMorph]. renderedMorph changed. w _ renderedMorph world. "Copy 'player state' (e.g., state which should be associated with the player but is stored in the morph itself these days) from the old rendered morph the new morph." aMorph rotationStyle: renderedMorph rotationStyle. aMorph forwardDirection: renderedMorph forwardDirection. "Note: referencePosition is *not* state but #moveTo: behavior" aMorph referencePosition: renderedMorph referencePosition. anEventHandler _ renderedMorph eventHandler. costume isFlexMorph ifTrue: [costume adjustAfter: [costume replaceSubmorph: renderedMorph by: aMorph]] ifFalse: [costume owner ifNotNil: [costume owner replaceSubmorph: costume by: aMorph]. aMorph player: self. aMorph actorState: costume actorState. (known _ costume knownName) ifNotNil: [aMorph setNameTo: known]. costume _ aMorph. w ifNotNil: [w stopStepping: renderedMorph. w startStepping: aMorph]]. baseGraphic ifNotNil: [self setBaseGraphic: baseGraphic]. aMorph eventHandler: anEventHandler. aMorph changed ---X8---------------------------------------------- There appears also an "Error: a primitive has failed". On debugging I see this: UnixFileDirectory(Object)>>error: ---8X---------------------------------------------- Object as yet unclassified these these daysNothing more expected ->) from the old rendered morph the new morph." aMorph rotationStyle: renderedMorph rotationStyle. aMorph forwardDirection: renderedMorph forwardDirection. "Note: referencePosition is *not* state but #moveTo: behavior" aMorph referencePosition: renderedMorph referencePosition. anEventHandler _ renderedMorph eventHandler. costume isFlexMorph ifTrue: [costume adjustAfter: [costume replaceSubmorph: renderedMorph by: aMorph]] ifFalse: [costume owner ifNotNil: [costume owner replaceSubmorph: costume by: aMorph]. aMorph player: self. aMorph actorState: costume actorState. (known _ costume knownName) ifNotNil: [aMorph setNameTo: known]. costume _ aMorph. w ifNotNil: [w stopStepping: renderedMorph. w startStepping: aMorph]]. baseGraphic ifNotNil: [self setBaseGraphic: baseGraphic]. aMorph eventHandler: anEventHandler. aMorph changed ---X8---------------------------------------------- What's wrong? When I download the .pr-File and load it into Etoys everything works fine. Markus

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Coke v Sprite - How can we use this to help kids get in the habit of modeling problems?
by Steve Thomas 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

So Dan Meyer posted a fun video <http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=9553> where you had a glass of Coke and a glass of Sprite and then he took an eye dropper of Sprite and put it in the Coke, then took an eye dropper from the Coke glass and put it back into the Sprite glass. Then he asked "which glass contains more of the original soda". I made two attempts to model this problem in Etoys. So I decided to try and figure a way to let kids model this problem in Etoys. My first attempt used kedama<http://www.squeakland.org/showcase/project.jsp?id=10579> to show the "soda molecules" moving around and let the kids move the soda into the eye dropper and then into the coke glass and back. Then decided on using a simpler approach<http://www.squeakland.org/showcase/project.jsp?id=10581>using a set of 10 Sprite boxes in a container and 10 Coke boxes in a container. And asked the kids to move the 2 Sprite boxes into the Coke container, then shuffle the Coke container and take the top four boxes and move them back to the Sprite container. And have them do this a few times and think about how this relates to the Coke v Sprite problem. I also created a Blog Post with some videos here<http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/2011/03/coke-v-sprite-have-kids-build-m…> . What to you think? How can we use this problem to help kids learn? Stephen

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Has anyone approached Salman Khan on behalf of the educational squeak community?
by Lawson English 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Khan Academy is getting all sorts of well-deserved attention. If we could somehow get him to produce or at least sponsor some videos on programming and/or using squeak & co., that would give it a huge boost in exposure: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=210054609008587 Lawson

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German translation Etoys Quick Start Poster
by kharness＠illinois.edu 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Hi, Rita Freudenberg recently translated the poster into German. It is available as a Word Publication and a PDF: http://etoysillinois.org/resources?subpage=QuickStartPoster Carlos Rabassa's Spanish translation is there too. Translations to other are most welcome. Regards, Kathleen

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Juegos de Captura
by Carlos Rabassa 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Traducción de mensaje publicado en http://lists.squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/2011-March/005839.html De: Kathleen Harkness, EtoysIllinois Tema: Captúrame Como Puedas Hola, La Colección de la Biblioteca de EtoysIllinois tiene una nuevo grupo de proyectos llamados: Juegos de Captura. http://etoysillinois.org/library.php?tags=Catch%20Games Los juegos son divertidos. A mis estudiantes les gusta perseguir objetos que se mueven rápido y tomar nota del marcador. Pienso que los objetos se mueven demasiado rápido pero mis alumnos creen que están bien así. Por favor siéntanse libres de publicar vínculos a nuestro sitio. http://etoysillinois.org/ Saludos, Kathleen

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Catch as Catch Can Games
by kharness＠illinois.edu 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hi, EtoysIllinois Library Collection has a new set of projects called: Catch Games. http://etoysillinois.org/library.php?tags=Catch%20Games The games are fun to play and my students enjoy chasing fast things on the screen and counting their score. I think they move too fast but my students think they are just right. If you know other lists or web sites that would welcome knowing about the EtoysIllinois Library Collection, please include a link to us. http://etoysillinois.org/ Regards, Kathleen

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GSOC ?
by David Corking 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

(1) Did Etoys decide to participate in Google Summer of Code 2011 (as part of ESUG or as the Squeakland Foundation) ? (2) Will there be an education team meeting today? David p.s. It seems that Geert Claes's Nabble archive at http://forum.world.st/SqueakLand-f113713.html was offline - he made some changes today which should fix it.

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