Hi,
I'm interested on computer programming experiences with children aged 3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections of such cases, I would love to hear about them!
Inté,
Leonel Morgado
Hello Leonel, There was work done last year at Columbia College's (Chicago) Early Childhood Education dept. directed by Carol Ann Stowe and Val Scarlatta -- I've copied them here. They designed an Etoy interface appropriate for this age child. They will present this work at SqueakFest at Columbia just next week -- I don't know where you are located, but you should try to come! Anyways...I hope Carol Ann and Val will respond to you directly. regards, Kim
At 5:31 PM +0100 8/3/05, Leonel Morgado wrote:
Hi,
I'm interested on computer programming experiences with childrenaged 3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections ofsuch cases, I would love to hear about them!
Inté,
Leonel Morgado
Squeakland mailing list Squeakland@squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland
Hi Leonel --
We have done little in this age group with Etoys.
The UI should be changed for this age children in a number of important ways (some of this was in the original Etoys design but didn't get implemented).
You are probably aware of Radia Perlman's work in the 70s at MIT with a "button box LOGO"? This was pretty interesting, and we duplicated her equipment and did many parallel experiments. I have heard recently about very young children and Etoys (some of them will be at SqueakFest next week) but I don't know the details. Kim Rose might. We also have a grad student working with us who is interested in this age group.
Cheers,
Alan
At 09:31 AM 8/3/2005, Leonel Morgado wrote:
Hi,
I'm interested on computer programming experiences with childrenaged 3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections ofsuch cases, I would love to hear about them!
Inté,
Leonel Morgado
Squeakland mailing list Squeakland@squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland
Hi,
Last year, I posted in this list asking for information on usage of Etoys with preschoolers or kindergartners (thanks Alan, Kim, Blake, Wade, and Carol Ann for your responses). This was part of my research on the use of programming with preschoolers, which is now available on-line at: Framework for Computer Programming in Preschool and Kindergarten http://home.utad.pt/~leonelm/papers/tese/teseleonelmorgado.zip (35 MB)
While there haven't been many reports of Etoys usage with this age group (and even less last year, when this thesis was submitted), I thought some of you might find at least part of my research conclusion interesting, for in several sections of the "Framework" chapter (chapter 7), I provide Etoys equivalents of the main ideas.
Inté,
Leonel
-----Original Message----- From: Leonel Morgado [mailto:leonel.morgado@gmail.com] Sent: quarta-feira, 3 de Agosto de 2005 17:32 To: squeakland@squeakland.org Subject: Squeak Etoys and preschoolers
Hi,
I'm interested on computer programming experiences with children aged 3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections of such cases, I would love to hear about them!
Inté,
Leonel Morgado
Dear Leonel -
Thank you *so much* for sharing this! I think it will prove to be of value to many people. It is great to see the sharing of ideas via this online community -- thank you. You should also be congratulated on your hard work which is apparent through this framework. best regards, Kim
At 8:38 PM +0100 4/25/06, Leonel Morgado wrote:
Hi,
Last year, I posted in this list asking for information on usage of Etoys with preschoolers or kindergartners (thanks Alan, Kim, Blake, Wade, and Carol Ann for your responses). This was part of my research on the use of programming with preschoolers, which is now available on-line at: Framework for Computer Programming in Preschool and Kindergarten http://home.utad.pt/~leonelm/papers/tese/teseleonelmorgado.zip (35 MB)
While there haven't been many reports of Etoys usage with this age group (and even less last year, when this thesis was submitted), I thought some of you might find at least part of my research conclusion interesting, for in several sections of the "Framework" chapter (chapter 7), I provide Etoys equivalents of the main ideas.
Inté,
Leonel
-----Original Message----- From: Leonel Morgado [mailto:leonel.morgado@gmail.com] Sent: quarta-feira, 3 de Agosto de 2005 17:32 To: squeakland@squeakland.org Subject: Squeak Etoys and preschoolers
Hi,
I'm interested on computer programming experiences with children aged3, 4 and 5. I was unable to find documented cases of Etoys use in this age group, but expect that there should be at least a few user stories.
If anyone has reports, photos, or even just recollections of suchcases, I would love to hear about them!
Inté,
Leonel Morgado
Squeakland mailing list Squeakland@squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland
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