I've just introduced some 9th graders to Squeak

> 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 ?

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> Russ wrote:
> > 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 ?
>
> What do you want to teach them? That could provide us with more
> direction to help.
>
>
> Some ideas:
>
>
> * Have you looked at the projects on squeakland.org?
>
> * Although it's a bit young for 9th graders, have you looked at the book
> "Powerful Ideas in the Classroom" by B.J. Allen-Conn and Kim Rose?
>
> * Check out this video:
> future_software_development_series.kay-alan.lecture.2003-04-
> 24.102656947.wmv
>
> at this location:
> http://ftp.squeak.org/Media/AlanKay/
>
> Go to near the end and see Alan's demo of what other kids have done in
> squeak. It's a bit more advanced than the book, so it might fit in
> better for their age.
>
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> 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 ?