Thanks to everyone who responded ! The kids really liked alot of the Squeakland stuff. I'd like them to start building their own etoys, we'll see.... - Russ
On 1/26/07, Giovanni Corriga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Il giorno gio, 25/01/2007 alle 10.45 -0500, Russ ha scritto: > 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 ? You many find many ideas on the Squeakland website ( http://www.squeakland.org ), and in the Squeakland mailing list ( http://www.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland ). Giovanni _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
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