I have just gone to the page
and donwloaded Etoys-To-Go.
It is fantastic!
I saved it to a pendrive (USB flash memory).
It took 77.1 MB for the program plus 1 MB for the Etoys folder where I kept two proyects.
I am using a1 GB pendrive, one of the smallest ones, there is plenty of room available.
Etoys-To-Go runs directly from the pendrive, no need to install.
I put the pendrive in a computer.
Using Etoys-To-Go from the pendrive, I downloaded two projects I have stored at "My Squeakland" and saved them to the Etoys folder in the pendrive.
Took the pendrive to another computer.
I opened both projects without any problem.
I modified one of the projects and saved it again to the pendrive.
I put the pendrive in the first computer again, opened the modified project and ...
there it was exactly as modified in the second machine.
I see three logos next to Etoys-To-Go.
Today I used it in two machines with MacOSX but I also see the Linux and WIndows logos.
I imagine I could have used a XO at a school or one of the Windows machines at the cybercafé.
Imagine how many problems may be solved with Etoys-To-Go for children with problems to access a computer or an internet connection.
They may keep both Etoys-To-Go and their project folder in a pendrive and work wherever they can get a computer for a period of time.
They may complete one project after working for example at school, at home, at a cybercafé or with any computer borrowed from friends or relatives.
The finished project will have no signs of having been prepared in several different computers.
Carlos Rabassa Montevideo, Uruguay
On Monday 21 December 2009 03:28:06 am Carlos Rabassa wrote:
I imagine I could have used a XO at a school or one of the Windows machines at the cybercafé. ....
You may be interested in the blogs at: http://sikshana.blogspot.com/search/label/personal%20chip and http://blog.klp.org.in/2009/12/pen-drives-in-classroom.html
Most children at primary level need no more than Scratch and Etoys for building basic competencies.
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