squeakland July 2012

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Etoys for STEM Education
by Bert Freudenberg 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Full article at http://www.enterpriseefficiency.com/author.asp?section_id=1151&doc_id=248027 "With Etoys, a K-8 student could do something like illustrate a story and then use scripts to move those illustrations. More sophisticated students could use it to demonstrate science concepts (imagine asking a kid to program an environment with real gravity) and complete virtual projects. All the while, the students are learning a sophisticated but approachable programming language and engaging their own creative minds." - Bert -

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[Squeakland News] Squeakfest Uruguay 2012 Day 3 - Workshop DrTechniko
by Rita 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Spam detection software, running on the system "europa.mgmt.inetu.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: This was a very fun workshop! Steve presented it virtually with me and Randy on site in the lab. The idea is from DrTechniko - How to train your robot. Steve had the handout translated into Spanish. Randy and me worked as "robots" for the participants. It was a great experience, even our lack of the spanish language was not to our disadvantage, since we robots understood only a very restrictive vocabulary. After being trained to walk in a square the task was for the participants to come up with a more complex script for walking to a table, grab a bottle and bring it back. That resulted in different kinds of scripts and, as expected, participants started to make up more complex commands for the robots. That was fun, but not the last of it. Steve had an Etoys project prepared where everyone now could create scripts for an Etoys robot, based on the experience with the human robots. This is a very motivating activity for the classroom! [...] Content analysis details: (5.5 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ritafreudenberg[at]googlemail.com) 1.5 HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20 BODY: HTML: images with 1600-2000 bytes of words 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 3.0 BAYES_95 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 95 to 99% [score: 0.9735] 0.1 HTML_SHORT_LINK_IMG_3 HTML is very short with a linked image 0.8 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS 0.0 T_REMOTE_IMAGE Message contains an external image The original message was not completely plain text, and may be unsafe to open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus, or confirm that your address can receive spam. If you wish to view it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor.

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[Squeakland News] Squeakfest Uruguay 2012 Day 2 - Diner with Plan Ceibal
by Rita 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

I accompanied Mariana Herrera to the Plan Ceibal offices the day before. There I met Lidia Barboza, the coordinator of research and evaluation in educational technology. She introduced me to her colleagues and explained the ideas and ongoing projects at Plan Ceiabl in the area of primary education. Then she invited me and Randy for diner the next day. We had an inspiring and deep conversation during diner, where we also met Lidias colleagues from Plan Ceibal and Carlos and Nanny Rabassa, who support and volunteer for Etoys since the Squeakfest in Brazil in 2009. I'm especially happy about Lidias view of Etoys and how it could be used for deeper learning in schools. She has an understanding for constructionist learning, knows that the way of teaching needs to change and has ides on how to accomplish that. I hope we can go on working together and make a difference for primary education in Uruguay! It was a very interesting diner, which unfortunately took longer than we had planned, so I arrived late for my own workshop. -- Von Rita am 7/24/2012 03:59:00 AM unter Squeakland News eingestellt

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[Squeakland News] Squeakfest Uruguay 2012 Day 2 - Presentation from Novo Hamburgo
by Rita Freudenberg 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

The next presentation I saw on the first full day of Squeakfest was a real special one. A whole class from Novo Hamburgo in Brazil came to Montevideo to present the projects they did with Etoys. It was Bruno Sperb, who got them started with Etoys during a workshop at their school. After that, the students and teachers started a project where older students created learning projects for younger students of their school. At Squeakfest, the students presented the projects they created. It was wonderful to see the variety of projects and ideas. The students did a great job talking about their work in front of a whole room of visitors! To come gto Squeakfest, they did a great job to find sponsors, rent a bus and drove the 12 hours down to from Novo Hamburgo. -- Von Rita am 7/23/2012 05:33:00 AM unter Squeakland News eingestellt

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Randy's workshops at Squeakfest
by Rita Freudenberg 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Hi everyone, here is a blog about Randy Caton's workshop at Squeakfest, which was very interesting. http://squeaklandnews.blogspot.de/2012/07/squeakfest-uruguay-2012-day-2-ran… Greetings, Rita Rita Freudenberg rita.freudenberg(a)ovgu.de

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moments from Squeakfest 2012
by Rita Freudenberg 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

We had two amazing Squeakfests this year, here is a short impression from the robotics talk and workshop of Miguel Garcia: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7637012140476576859#editor/target=p… I hope to find the time to write about all the other talks as well! Greetings, Rita Rita Freudenberg rita.freudenberg(a)ovgu.de

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How can I show a number with thousands seperators
by Steve Thomas 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

When I set a text's numeric value, I would like to include the thousands separator to make it easier to compare two numbers. Thanks, Stephen

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Has anyone build a set of gears in Etoys or any other freely available program?
by Steve Thomas 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

I got I asked my class to play LightBot<http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot> and then asked them: "How this is like and not like "programming" This lead into one kids responding its like "mabey small motors and gears" (wish I knew what was going on in her mind, I'll ask in the next class) So I responded: I was on the Battleship NJ (commissioned in 1943). They had a "computer" on board to calculate the angle and direction of the big guns and could hit a target miles away within a few yards!!! Pretty impressive when you have to consider they had to take into account the ships speed and direction, wind speed, waves and the recoil from the guns firing. The whole "computer" was built using gears which controlled BIG motors to move the gun. Here's a pop quiz (you will be graded on this and it will go on your PERMANENT record :) *What is the oldest computer we know about?* * * I then asked them to think about and email me an answer to: *What is a computer?* I then added the caveat, non-biological computer, as a bunch came back with the answer "the brain". I found a nice video on a Lego version of the oldest know computer here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk> . So I want to get them to try and build some adding machines (and I will see if we can find enough lego parts amonst us to do that as it would be best), but in case I can't, and just for fun. Has anyone build a set of gears in Etoys or any other freely available program? Thanks, Stephen

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[OT] Lego mechanical calculators Re: Has anyone build a set of gears in Etoys or any other freely available program?
by David Corking 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

On Friday, Steve Thomas wrote: > So I want to get them to try and build some adding machines (and I will see > if we can find enough lego parts amonst us to do that as it would be best),... Steve, You or your students might find this useful: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/legocomputers/computer.htm David

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Silent Install
by Eric Meyer 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Hello, I am looking to deploy etoys to a few school labs. Is there a command line for a silent install or what is the best method of deployment? Thanks

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