Jim,
I was actually just in London (for 2 days a week ago) and met with a woman who is working on use of computers in schools (but most recently in Scotland). She is hoping to introduce Squeak Etoys to the "Teachers TV" Commissioner in London (do you know about "Teachers TV"?) and hoping to get interest in airing the "Squeakers" DVD via "Teachers TV". If this happens I am sure we could gather more interest in the UK.
Here is one of the projects she's been a part of: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/problemsolving/index.asp and she felt Squeak could be a great amplifier for this problem solving curriclulum.
Following is part of another email I received a few months back (and in the interest of privacy do not want to share the name w/out permissioin):
".....I'm head of physics and electronics at the Hundred of Hoo School in Rocester, Kent, England."
I am sure there are more UK teachers using Squeak Etoys -- the problem is many of our users are quiet and do not participate in these mailing lists and fora, so we have an incomplete picture of our user community.
Perhaps this recent exchange will motivate others from the U.K. to "pipe up" as you say.
We'd love to see you at SqueakFest in Chicago this summer! Please join us! http://interactive.colum.edu/partners/squeakfest/ cheers Kim
At 8:33 PM +0100 4/24/06, Jim Ford wrote:
I'd be _very_ interested (and surprised) if _any_ schools in the U.K. are showing interest in Squeak! I'd be particularly interested in the comments of any U.K. teachers, or school technicians (like myself), regarding Squeak in primary or secondary education. As I've mentioned before - if it aint in the curriculum, it doesn't even get a passing consideration. In my experience, in a leading independent Secondary School, saving a Word document or Powerpoint presentation on a floppy is as technical as it gets! I wish someone on this list who's a U.K. teacher would pipe up and prove me wrong!
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