So what is becoming obvious to me is the lack of Etoys information in one place, like "Squeak by Example" book is.
I'm sure that "Etoys by Example" does not exist. I know that it would be as much work as "Squeak by Example", but I think it's a worthy endeavor. Teachers should have all the information on Etoys in one place with plenty of examples of how to use each object. Also geared towards Teaching and Teachers not programmers as it's counterpart is. Finally I think that sticking to book form works best with grade and middle school teachers, web pages are great but traditional books will be better received in that community. The most important thing is to promote Etoys in the learning environment, and dispel the confusion ( which I have personally encountered )
So what do you think? How do we get this off the ground?
Slightly less frustrated
Joseph Apuzzo Gnu_Joe www.mhvlug.org
Joe Apuzzo wrote:
So what is becoming obvious to me is the lack of Etoys information in one place, like "Squeak by Example" book is.
See "Children Learning by Doing: Squeak Etoys on the OLPC XO" at:
http://www.vpri.org/html/writings.htm
What you want is half done.
-- Jecel
Hi, Joe,
I'm sure that "Etoys by Example" does not exist. I know that it would be as much work as "Squeak by Example", but I think it's a worthy endeavor. Teachers should have all the information on Etoys in one place with plenty of examples of how to use each object.
One of such things would be the QuickGuide help system that comes with Etoys. Open it and click on the question mark button. There are bunch of tools explained in the interactive way.
Finally I think that sticking to book form works best with grade and middle school teachers, web pages are great but traditional books will be better received in that community. The most important thing is to promote Etoys in the learning environment, and dispel the confusion ( which I have personally encountered )
So what do you think? How do we get this off the ground?
At least I think we can soon officially release the Squeakland-OLPC.
Slightly less frustrated
That's good; but please remember that you frustrated many others by starting the thread with a claim like "eToys dead".
-- Yoshiki
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