Hi Dethe- I have been thinking of exactly the same thing--a Scratch type environment for Python. And I've also purchased a Nintendo DS development kit, hoping to make a Python to Nintendo DS development system. Haven't had time to work on it though with my summer classes. I should have more time in the fall, perhaps we can collaborate?
My biggest interest on the Scratch/Python angle right now is to develop some team programming games. I.e. you write a program using Python raw or Python via a Scratch interface for beginners, and then you throw your program into the ring via the network and have it compete against other students. Winston Wolff [EMAIL PROTECTED] (646) 827-2242 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Stratolab - video game courses for kids in new york - http:// stratolab.com On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:44 AM, Dethe Elza wrote: > Not a school, but some data points for you in this world where > ultra-mobile computers (cell phones, PDAs, etc) may be out-pacing the > growth of desktops and faux-desktop laptops: > > Nokia N800 web appliance (my travel computer, together with a fold-up > bluetooth keyboard it weighs about a pound, a third of that without > the keyboard): 800 x 480 resolution. Runs PyGame nicely, has Python > 2.5 as an optional install, Linux-based. > > The OLPC XO is 1200 x 900 (and more amazingly, 200 DPI) and also runs > PyGame, so my N800 serves as a development platform for the XO until I > can get my hands on the real thing. > > Right now I'm working on a Scratch-like environment for kids built on > top of PyGame. My son just got an extremely powerful computer for his > 7th birthday: a Nintendo DS (two screens, one touch-sensitive). Every > game he plays, he sits down to sketch out how he would write it in > Scratch, complete with wireframes, event handling, etc. Scratch has > been an amazing force in our house. Right now he and his sister (who > also has a DS) are playing games against each other wirelessly, > without any support infrastructure (The DS creates its own wireless > network). This is their world, they expect everything to be able to > be programmable, connectable, hackable (they read my copies of Make > magazine before I do and plan out their hardware projects: we'll be > building an MP3 player when we get back from vacation). > > Hope all of you are well. Greetings from Sofia, Bulgaria. > > --Dethe > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
