Re: RES: [etoys-dev] popups in project-info

> Hi,
>
> I think that there are too many categories.
>
> If we think on content we could group by school years:
>
>
> Elementary school
> Middle school
> High school
>
> Or, if  grouping by age I wouldn't use more than  three categories,  
> in this
> case I would say:
>
> 7 and younger
> 8 to 12
> 13 and older -  when "technically" most kids are able to go through  
> more
> complex abstractions
>
> marta
>
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] Em nome de Timothy Falconer
> Enviada em: segunda-feira, 31 de agosto de 2009 12:41
> Para: [hidden email]
> Cc: etoys dev
> Assunto: Re: [etoys-dev] popups in project-info
>
> Kathleen,
>
> The problem will be hundreds of people choosing age/grade tags.  Some
> will say "4th grade", others will say "3rd to 4th", others will say
> "fourth grade", others will say "9 to 10", etc.  Using fixed
> categories solves this problem.
>
> If I saw a drop-down labeled "Target Age" that had:
>
> * five or younger
> * six to eight
> * nine to eleven
> * twelve to fifteen
> * sixteen and older
>
> I personally wouldn't think the "sixteen and older" would indicate
> language/nudity/violence content.
>
> Such content wouldn't pass the moderators anyway, and we can make it
> clear on the website that we don't allow such content.
>
> What does the larger group think?   Would you see "sixteen and older"
> in the drop-down as saying "put your adults-only stuff here"?
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:30 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> This phrase gets very close to the "18 must be accompanied by
>> parents" movie rating system, will it imply, mistakenly, that the
>> content is adult/X rated.
>>
>> We chose to tag some of the projects in EtoysIllinos with grade
>> level's because they are aligned with grade level content standards.
>> The rest of the projects stand as they are without grade or age tags
>> because curiosity has no age limit and because we assume that people
>> who click on a project they don't understand will either stay with
>> it until they do understand or click out right away and go to some
>> other project.
>> Kathleen
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:13:07 -0400
>>> From: Timothy Falconer <[hidden email]>
>>> Subject: Re: [etoys-dev] popups in project-info
>>> To: Andreas Raab <[hidden email]>
>>> Cc: [hidden email], etoys dev <[hidden email]>
>>>
>>> I'm good with 16 and older ... but we'll ask the education team
>>> first.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps just call the age bracket "16 and older"?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> - Andreas
>>>>
>>>> [hidden email] wrote:
>>>>> Bert, Will the above 18 label carry connotations of the movie
>>>>> ratings: adult content? These ratings may not be in use world  
>>>>> wide,
>>>>> I don't know.
>>>>> I think age is adding an unnecessary and complicating bit of
>>>>> information.
>>>>> Kathleen
>>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:16:21 +0200
>>>>>> From: Bert Freudenberg <[hidden email]>  Subject: Re:
>>>>>> [etoys-
>>>>>> dev] popups in project-info  To: etoys dev <etoys-
>>>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>>>> Cc: "[hidden email]> <[hidden email]"
> <[hidden email]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08.08.2009, at 20:16, Scott Wallace wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But neither your age nor mine is within the age-ranges covered
>>>>>>> by  the age pop-ups :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO "Age" should be "Target Age", and it should cover everybody.
>>>>>> This  means we need two more choices: "under 6" and "above 18".
>>>>>> And there  needs to be a way to select multiple age groups, or at
>>>>>> least add an  "everyone" choice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Bert -
>>>>>>
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