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Brad Fuller-3

Squeak as Presentation vehicle.

I have a friend who I'd like to show how Squeak can be an effective
presentation tool. He's not a programmer, he's a teacher. The whole
Squeak desktop to him is a bit scary, so I'd like to give him some
pointers on how Squeak can do things that presentation software can not
(is powerpoint the only one left standing, now?)

There are all the tools in the Objects flap, the Paint flap, connectors,
book morphs which can all be placed into Squeak Projects. That's great.
Is the Thread Navigator the best way to navigate projects? (I saw an
older presentation of Alan's and he had a screen full of projects that
he could pick from. I didn't see that in the latest image)

I see several people use book morphs but they can be cumbersome too. I
think the biggest complaint is the paradigm of when you select an morph
you actually pick it up and that's counter to what other software does -
plus the halos. Guess that's just something to be learned. Another
complaint is you can't just drop a .mov, .wmv or .mp4 in a project. You
can drop mpeg, (but sometimes I have audio distortion which doesn't show
up at all outside in various players.) Maybe Sophie work can migrate to
the main image for .mov/.avi? That'd be nice.

I guess an image could be constructed with a limited world menu
restricted to "presentation" uses.

Any other pointers that you can think of? I'd sure like for him start
using squeak.

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Eric Eisaman

Re: Squeak as Presentation vehicle.

Hello Brad,

I can surely empathize with your friend. As a teacher, particularly when learning a new software isn't the main focus, I want quality results and time efficiency. What I suggest is that you model the same presentation using two or more methods with at least one method incorporating a book morph. I believe you'll find the counter-intuitive object pick-ups and halo actions a small hurdle. You may wish to disable pick-ups and halo action in certain objects' menus. Together, you and your friend, can tweak one or more of these presentations into templates for future presentations. Slowly but surely your friend will adapt to the Squeak environment and be able to further develop the templates to specific ends.

I have seen quite a few threads regarding book morph templates. You may choose to utilize some of these in your noble quest.

Peace,

Eric

On 4/18/07, Brad Fuller <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have a friend who I'd like to show how Squeak can be an effective
presentation tool. He's not a programmer, he's a teacher. The whole
Squeak desktop to him is a bit scary, so I'd like to give him some
pointers on how Squeak can do things that presentation software can not
(is powerpoint the only one left standing, now?)

There are all the tools in the Objects flap, the Paint flap, connectors,
book morphs which can all be placed into Squeak Projects. That's great.
Is the Thread Navigator the best way to navigate projects? (I saw an
older presentation of Alan's and he had a screen full of projects that
he could pick from. I didn't see that in the latest image)

I see several people use book morphs but they can be cumbersome too. I
think the biggest complaint is the paradigm of when you select an morph
you actually pick it up and that's counter to what other software does -
plus the halos. Guess that's just something to be learned. Another
complaint is you can't just drop a .mov, .wmv or .mp4 in a project. You
can drop mpeg, (but sometimes I have audio distortion which doesn't show
up at all outside in various players.) Maybe Sophie work can migrate to
the main image for .mov/.avi? That'd be nice.

I guess an image could be constructed with a limited world menu
restricted to "presentation" uses.

Any other pointers that you can think of? I'd sure like for him start
using squeak.

--
brad fuller
www.bradfuller.com
+1 (408) 799-6124

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