Etoys by Example

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


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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

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http://squeakland.org/sqmedia/books/squeakerbooks.html
You can print the PDFS of the projects in Powerful Ideas in the
Classroom. There are some really good examples in there.

Maybe it would make sense to make that book availalbe from Lulu.com if
people wanted to have a book.

Dave


On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr <[hidden email]> wrote:


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  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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