Hi, Bill -
We are planning to revamp the Squeakland.org website...it's a
matter of resources....we agree it is difficult to find what one is
seeking the way the site is currently organized.
cheers,
Kim
On 8/25/07, carla gomez monroy <carla@laptop.org> wrote:
However, for some people it can be quite intimidating to
get a blank screen when they click on "Make A New
Project."
I'm wondering why the first step is always to make a painting - and
then when you keep the painting you have an object and can then do
more powerful things at that point
A naive user might think it is just a paint program. Also some people
don't like painting or are not good at it, eg. me. Also it's hard to
paint well with a mouse.
Why not have prepackaged sprites which can be loaded immediately (as
well as the painting option)? Then the user is one step closer to the
more powerful stuff. It also sends a message that it is not just a
paint program - there has to be more to it than just loading a
sprite
LogoWriter, MicroWorlds and GameMaker all have prepackaged sprites
I have given to the teachers in printed form
* powerful ideas in the classroom
I think *all* of the book, Powerful ideas in the classroom, should be
available on the web. The car tutorial on squeakland is great but it's
not enough. There are some good pdfs on squeakland too but the site is
poorly organised and it took me ages to find them. I wrote a blog
about the frustrating but eventually successful search for etoy
resources here:
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/frustrating-but-eventually-successful.html
It would be good to have a comprehensive help manual in one place. Pop
up help is good but sometimes more detail is needed. Such a manual
would probably be used more by teachers than by students but that is
still useful.
--
Bill Kerr
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/
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