On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Stephen Bloch <bl...@adelphi.edu> wrote:
> > On Apr 1, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <sa...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > > > I don't see why middle school students would have more trouble with > > `require` than with any other aspect of the system. > > I tend to agree with Sam on this one. I haven't taught 12-year-old middle > school students, but if they can handle (ellipse 50 30 "solid" "purple"), > surely they can handle a boilerplate (require picturing-programs) or > (require 2htdp/image). > > And as Sam points out, even if we keep the "Add Teachpack" dialog, it > could work by inserting a "require" into the code. > > > Also, WeScheme just provides graphics libraries by default, which is > > another option we could consider. > > Bad idea; somebody might want to teach with his/her own version of the > graphics libraries. (I was in this boat before we bundled > picturing-programs.) > > But picturing-programs didn't have to change the existing image functions, right? It could either just give a new set or augment the existing set and still have worked for you? Robby
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