[Newbies] I've just introduced some 9th graders to Squeak

[Giovanni Corriga]

Il giorno gio, 25/01/2007 alle 10.45 -0500, Russ ha scritto:
> Hello. This is my first post to the beginners list. I've been a
> perpetual beginner since I first found out about Squeak over ten years
> ago ( can it really be that long ? at least somewhere at the beginning
> of ver. 1.x ) . Anyway, I'm not a programmer, I'm a musician and an
> explorer, and currently, a substitute teacher - teaching 9th graders
> (gifted ones at that) computer skills. Today I introduced them to
> Squeak ! It went really well. First  I talked about smalltalk, had
> them type in the " Transcript show: 'Hello World'. " program in a
> workspace, and I'm sure that bored them plenty. But I did not miss a
> beat. I next introduced them to the morphs - the bouncing atoms and
> the blobs , etc.. and they were HOOKED ! 80 Kids now know about
> Squeak. Now what ? What should I do with Squeak and my 9th graders
> that will thrill them further ? Ideas ? 

You many find many ideas on the Squeakland website
( http://www.squeakland.org ), and in the Squeakland mailing list
( http://www.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland ).

	Giovanni