I thought I should share this success story on this list.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695.html I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and an organizer of the code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior Category since 2008 and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used Alice and this year we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children participate in this contest. The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 year old sister) who wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking messages. Thanks. [1] http://www.itsc.org.sg [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html -- Harish Pillay [hidden email] gpg id: 746809E3 fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
Thanks, Harish for sharing with us! This is very cool!
May we have your permission to include as part of our Squeakland blog or news? regards to you, Kim Rose On Jul 20, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Harish Pillay 9v1hp wrote: > I thought I should share this success story on this list. > > http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695.html > > I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and an > organizer of the > code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior > Category since 2008 > and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used > Alice and this year > we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children > participate in this contest. > > The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 year > old sister) who > wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking > messages. > > Thanks. > > [1] http://www.itsc.org.sg > [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html > -- > Harish Pillay [hidden email] gpg id: 746809E3 > fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 > _______________________________________________ > squeakland mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland _______________________________________________ Squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
Excellent. This is why etoy is cool!
>> I thought I should share this success story on this list. >> >> http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695.html >> >> I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and >> an >> organizer of the >> code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior >> Category since 2008 >> and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used >> Alice and this year >> we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children >> participate in this contest. >> >> The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 >> year >> old sister) who >> wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking >> messages. >> >> Thanks. >> >> [1] http://www.itsc.org.sg >> [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html >> -- _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
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> Thanks, Harish for sharing with us! This is very cool!
> > May we have your permission to include as part of our Squeakland blog or > news? Certainly. The more the merrier. > regards to you, > Kim Rose > > On Jul 20, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Harish Pillay 9v1hp wrote: > >> I thought I should share this success story on this list. >> >> >> http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695.html >> >> I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and an >> organizer of the >> code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior >> Category since 2008 >> and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used >> Alice and this year >> we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children >> participate in this contest. >> >> The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 year >> old sister) who >> wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking >> messages. >> >> Thanks. >> >> [1] http://www.itsc.org.sg >> [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html >> -- Harish Pillay [hidden email] gpg id: 746809E3 fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
Harish,
On July 20 you wrote: >>> Last year we used Alice and this year >>> we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children >>> participate in this contest. Will any of the programs be available for download for other children, teachers and parents to play with or adapt? If not, are there any videos or screenshots of the code in action? Best, David (an interested parent) _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
David -
> On July 20 you wrote: >>>> Last year we used Alice and this year >>>> we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children >>>> participate in this contest. > > Will any of the programs be available for download for other children, > teachers and parents to play with or adapt? > > If not, are there any videos or screenshots of the code in action? I had asked them to make it available. I will check and revert. Thanks for the reminder! > Best, David (an interested parent) -- Harish Pillay [hidden email] gpg id: 746809E3 fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
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