Fwd: OLPC News 2007-10-27

> From: "Walter Bender" <[hidden email]>
> Date: October 27, 2007 19:53:49  GMT+02:00
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> 17. Squeak/Etoys: Marta Voelcker reports that the children at the
> Luciana de Abreu school in Porto Alegre, Brazil are making great
> progress with Etoys. "The 11-year olds are using it very frequently,
> 12-to-14-year olds also increasing it, and first graders (age 7) are
> starting to use it. They use squeak in the classroom and after school
> they meet in the garden to talk about and share things made with
> squeak, it is becoming a culture!" Squeak has been very popular in
> Ethiopia as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bert Freudenberg
>
> Interesting report form testing schools:
>
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> > From: "Walter Bender" <[hidden email]>
> > Date: October 27, 2007 19:53:49  GMT+02:00
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> > Cc: OLPC Dev <[hidden email]>, Sugar Mailing List
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> > Subject: OLPC News 2007-10-27
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> > 17. Squeak/Etoys: Marta Voelcker reports that the children at the
> > Luciana de Abreu school in Porto Alegre, Brazil are making great
> > progress with Etoys. "The 11-year olds are using it very frequently,
> > 12-to-14-year olds also increasing it, and first graders (age 7) are
> > starting to use it. They use squeak in the classroom and after school
> > they meet in the garden to talk about and share things made with
> > squeak, it is becoming a culture!" Squeak has been very popular in
> > Ethiopia as well.
>
> Full news at http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptopnews.nsf/latest/news
>
> - Bert -
>
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:squeak-dev-
> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jecel Assumpcao Jr
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:28 AM
> To: 'The general-purpose Squeak developers list'; 'Squeakland list'
> Subject: RE: OLPC News 2007-10-27
>
> Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> > That's terrific!  Very exciting news.  I'd love to hear more details
> about
> > what is happening, and more about this "new culture".
>
> See http://youtube.com/watch?v=m9Ji-4f_5K0
>
> There are English subtitles.
>
> -- Jecel