Squeakland is proud to announce the release of Etoys 4, which you can now download from our website. Special thanks to the Squeakland software team, particularly Bert Freudenberg, Yoshiki Ohshima, and Scott Wallace for their tremendous efforts in the last month. Your hard work really shows!
http://squeakland.org/download/
In our Fall newsletter, you'll find some thoughts by Scott Wallace, along with the Etoys 4 release notes which detail the changes you'll find. Of special interest is the new Squeakland Showcase. Everyone can now share their projects directly from Etoys to our website, where the Etoys community can then benefit from the many surprising and useful Etoys examples that are available. Please explore the showcase and share your projects with us. We want to hear from you!
http://squeakland.org/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=112
Also, if you haven't signed our Squeakers list, consider adding your name. As I write this, more than 175 people from 35 countries have signed, which really shows the enthusiasm and reach of Etoys throughout the world.
http://squeakland.org/squeakers/
Take care, Timothy
-- Timothy Falconer Squeakland Foundation http://squeakland.org 610-797-3100 -- "Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do." ... piaget
There is an interesting Wiki article about teaching kids how to program on the Wired Mag site. I have added a short description of EToys to the page but I am sure some of you can do a much better job than I did. Would be nice people with EToys experience added some comments also.
Could be a very timely publicity now that 4.0 is out.
Page is here: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Teach_a_Kid_to_Program
Tansel
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