painting with Etoys

> Hi all,
>
> I'm just reading a thread on the sugar labs mailing list about paint
> programs on the XO. Caroline Meeks is requesting a tool like Kid Pix
> or Tux Paint on the XO, based on her experiences on a Preschool in
> Boston.
>
> That reminds me of a discussion about lowering the threshold into
> Etoys by using it as a painting tool. I think, Yoshiki answered a
> question about that. I'm not sure on which mailing list this
> discussion took place. But nevertheless I think it is a very
> interesting thought to have an Etoys version that maybe starts with
> the paint tool open? I have seen children drawing happily with Etoys
> and even remember Bert doing a nice project for our kids: he just put
> a holder on the screen and prepared an animation script. The kids
> could draw whatever they wanted and put their drawings in the holder,
> thus changing the animation. They did that on my computer, but each of
> them had it's own flap, where they stored their drawings. They did
> that while I was away and showed it to me when I came back. It was so
> lovely! (And I really liked to look in their flaps, seeing all the
> objects floating around like the toys in their kid's room:)
>
> So what do you think about that?

> On Sunday 01 Mar 2009 6:49:47 pm Rita Freudenberg wrote:
>> That reminds me of a discussion about lowering the threshold into
>> Etoys by using it as a painting tool. I think, Yoshiki answered a
>> question about that. I'm not sure on which mailing list this
>> discussion took place. But nevertheless I think it is a very
>> interesting thought to have an Etoys version that maybe starts with
>> the paint tool open?
> The paint tool interface is complicated for children who are not yet
> functionally literate in the interface language. Artpad painter
> (artpad.art.com/artpad/painter) does a better job in introducing  
> painting to
> young kids.
>
> BTW, painting is not required to start composing etoys. The supplies  
> bin
> already has objects like Ellipse, Stars and Rectangles that can be  
> put to
> good use (e.g. http://community.ofset.org/index.php/Art_et_Squeak).
>
> Subbu
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> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:19:47 +0100
> Subject: [Squeakland] painting with Etoys
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just reading a thread on the sugar labs mailing list about paint
> programs on the XO. Caroline Meeks is requesting a tool like Kid Pix
> or Tux Paint on the XO, based on her experiences on a Preschool in
> Boston.
>
> That reminds me of a discussion about lowering the threshold into
> Etoys by using it as a painting tool. I think, Yoshiki answered a
> question about that. I'm not sure on which mailing list this
> discussion took place. But nevertheless I think it is a very
> interesting thought to have an Etoys version that maybe starts with
> the paint tool open? I have seen children drawing happily with Etoys
> and even remember Bert doing a nice project for our kids: he just put
> a holder on the screen and prepared an animation script. The kids
> could draw whatever they wanted and put their drawings in the holder,
> thus changing the animation. They did that on my computer, but each of
> them had it's own flap, where they stored their drawings. They did
> that while I was away and showed it to me when I came back. It was so
> lovely! (And I really liked to look in their flaps, seeing all the
> objects floating around like the toys in their kid's room:)
>
> So what do you think about that?
>
> Greetings,
> Rita
>
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> 2009/3/1 K. K. Subramaniam <[hidden email]>:
>
>  
>> BTW, painting is not required to start composing etoys. The supplies bin
>> already has objects like Ellipse, Stars and Rectangles that can be put to
>> good use (e.g. http://community.ofset.org/index.php/Art_et_Squeak).
>>    
>
> As you are referring to these resources, the following page is a
> better one for English speaking people:
> http://community.ofset.org/index.php/Category:Etoys_English
>
>  

>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just reading a thread on the sugar labs mailing list about paint  
> programs on the XO. Caroline Meeks is requesting a tool like Kid Pix  
> or Tux Paint on the XO, based on her experiences on a Preschool in  
> Boston.
>
> That reminds me of a discussion about lowering the threshold into  
> Etoys by using it as a painting tool. I think, Yoshiki answered a  
> question about that. I'm not sure on which mailing list this  
> discussion took place. But nevertheless I think it is a very  
> interesting thought to have an Etoys version that maybe starts with  
> the paint tool open? I have seen children drawing happily with Etoys  
> and even remember Bert doing a nice project for our kids: he just put  
> a holder on the screen and prepared an animation script. The kids  
> could draw whatever they wanted and put their drawings in the holder,  
> thus changing the animation. They did that on my computer, but each of  
> them had it's own flap, where they stored their drawings. They did  
> that while I was away and showed it to me when I came back. It was so  
> lovely! (And I really liked to look in their flaps, seeing all the  
> objects floating around like the toys in their kid's room:)