With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years ) And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Why you state eToys dead? Yes, the download kit on squeakland would be stable one. (the latest version is squeakland2005) But we have been working very hard on improvement for OLPC etoys (so many updates :-) and we will be able to use of the result on non-OLPC platform (next version of squeakland - will be called as "Squeakland OLPC")
/Korakurider
On 4/7/08, Joe Apuzzo japuzzo@gmail.com wrote:
With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years ) And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Etoys mailing list Etoys@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys
Ok, so eToys is dead as OLPC has replaced it. Since I am in USA we do not have access to OLPC in the classroom.
What is the best alternative to eToys that is similar? (needs to run on Mac and Windows)
Thank you for your assistance
Korakurider wrote:
Why you state eToys dead? Yes, the download kit on squeakland would be stable one. (the latest version is squeakland2005) But we have been working very hard on improvement for OLPC etoys (so many updates :-) and we will be able to use of the result on non-OLPC platform (next version of squeakland - will be called as "Squeakland OLPC")
/Korakurider
On 4/7/08, Joe Apuzzo japuzzo@gmail.com wrote:
With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years ) And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Etoys mailing list Etoys@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys
I would repeat: etoys is NOT DEAD and ALIVE WELL. I think you misunderstand. OLPC is just one of platform etoys run and it doesn't replace anything existing. Yes, we are developping the latest etoys mainly for OLPC platform, but the same image with appropriate VM works very well on other platforms. And in near future that will be released as package. http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2008-February/001998.html was snapshot of the work.
/Korakurider
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Joe Apuzzo japuzzo@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, so eToys is dead as OLPC has replaced it. Since I am in USA we do not have access to OLPC in the classroom.
What is the best alternative to eToys that is similar? (needs to run on Mac and Windows)
Thank you for your assistance
Korakurider wrote:
Why you state eToys dead? Yes, the download kit on squeakland would be stable one. (the latest version is squeakland2005) But we have been working very hard on improvement for OLPC etoys (so many updates :-) and we will be able to use of the result on non-OLPC platform (next version of squeakland - will be called as "Squeakland OLPC")
/Korakurider
On 4/7/08, Joe Apuzzo japuzzo@gmail.com wrote:
With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years ) And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Etoys mailing list Etoys@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys
Hello,
I wonder if books in print, nowadays, is so imopratan to keep a software alive. E-material available in internet seems to me of a great value for teachers and anyone else interested in using the software. Have you been to www.squeakcmi.org ? wonderful material created by Univ.of IL.
We, in Brazil are also sharing tutorials and some ideas to use squeak, in portuguese.
http://oficinas.pensamentodigital.org.br/html/index_programacao.html
and I am sure other countries are doing that too.
best regards,
marta
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:52:52 +0900, Korakurider korakurider@gmail.com escreveu:
Why you state eToys dead? Yes, the download kit on squeakland would be stable one. (the latest version is squeakland2005) But we have been working very hard on improvement for OLPC etoys (so many updates :-) and we will be able to use of the result on non-OLPC platform (next version of squeakland - will be called as "Squeakland OLPC")
/Korakurider
On 4/7/08, Joe Apuzzo japuzzo@gmail.com wrote:
With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years ) And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Etoys mailing list Etoys@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys
Squeakland mailing list Squeakland@squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland
On 2008 April 7, Joe Apuzzo wrote:
With eToys dead ( not updated in over 2 years )
Not true at all - eToys are in *BEST* shape of their live!
Same eToys that run on OLPC will run on Linux, Mac, Windows: Compare to the Squeakland version, this new version is cleaner, have very good online help (called Guides, on the top left). Navigation is much easier I think.
Right now, you have to download VM and Image separately:
Image from :
http://tinlizzie.org/olpc/OLPC-Etoys080211.zip (equivalent but much nicer then Squekland version, and will replace it compatibly in the near future I believe) VM from:
http://www.squeakvm.org/index.html (need to follow to your OS section)
Give it a try, if you used the squeakland eToys version I believe you will find it a noce continuation and will be surprised,
Milan
And no books in print.
What have teachers replaced eToys with? ( seeing that Squeak is a dead language )
Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
squeakland@lists.squeakfoundation.org
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