Hello, On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> There are still a few loose ends to tie with the Turtle Art > modification. I am trying to make it into somewhat of a case study > that can be hopefully a catalyst not just to rote imitation but also > to some deductive or model-based thinking about thinking. Also, the > exercise has raised a few questions for me about our process that I > hope to address/document. > > I realize that teachers don't have time to be developers, but I aspire > that everyone will move towards all kinds of appropriation. > > Alas, I wish that OLPC had included the chapter on Modifying Sugar in > their Help activity... > > -walter > I get the feeling from the field that a guide for customizing and modifying Sugar would be very beneficial and fun for kids and teachers, also would be a good tool to appropriate the technology. Kids are always asking about ways to make the computer more like them ;). > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:10 PM, luis ACEVEDO > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Greg: > > > > TurtleArt-11.xo worked perfectly. My report with teacher´s > > comment, screenshoots, and pedagogical support (only in spanish) here: > > > > > http://patricioacevedo.blogspot.com/2008/09/mi-reporte-para-sugar-labs.html > > > > I want to try this features: > > 1.- A Beep function in TurtleArtwithsensors. > > 2.- A easy way for to write "Hello word". I received a report about > > uruguayan´s kids writing letters with the turtle´s lines, but this > way > > is slow and not fun. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Pato Acevedo > > > > www.patricioacevedo.blogspot.com > >> Hi Luis, > >> > >> I believe that Walter updated TurtleArt with a square root function to > >> address this. > >> > >> Was that a satisfactory response? Let us know how that worked for you > >> and the people who requested it. Any comments or input appreciated. > >> > >> What else do teachers and users need? Let's see if we can address some > >> more requests and start to improve the quality of the dialog at the same > >> time. > >> > >> Walter, > >> > >> Essentially the same questions for you. Did that go the way you wanted? > >> I get the impression you wanted teachers to modify the code themselves. > >> Maybe you can elaborate on that. Perhaps you could have asked if anyone > >> wanted to learn how to do it. > >> > >> In the cycle of praxis, there's the action and the reflection. If we're > >> done with the action on this one (still want to hear the final ack) then > >> a little reflection may be in order until we pick the next small > >> challenge. > >> > >> At the same time we can think about what tools work best to address > >> these in the future. I didn't see the bug ID come through > dev.laptop.org > >> but I may have missed it. I assume IRC didn't work for Luis either... > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Greg S > >> > >> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:24:27 +0000 > >> > From: luis ACEVEDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: [IAEP] Teacher in OLPC-Sur list enchanted to see his idea > >> > integrated into global Sugar update [First approach] > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > > >> > > >> > Hello: > >> > My name is Luis Acevedo, live in Santiago, Chile. I participate > actively > >> > in the mailing list OLPC-Sur and is closely monitoring the mailing > list > >> > Sugar Labs. Yesterday in the Sur- List we had a report about a > required > >> > feature for Turtle art activity. This is root square function. > Teachers > >> > found necessary this function in activities like figure 28 and others > from > >> > this page http://neoparaiso.com/logo/ejercicios-de-geometria.html > >> > I suggested to obtain a ticket trac in http://dev.laptop.org/ and to > try > >> > in the irc channel. > >> > Is there a other way like to contact directly the authors? Is this a > >> > correct place for this questions? > >> > I feel it is a first opportunity to move from discussion to action. > >> > Thanks in advance > >> > > >> > Luis "Pato" Acevedo > >> > www.patricioacevedo.blogspot.com > >> > www.ucpn.cl > >> > > >> > > > > > ________________________________ > > Lo que hay dentro de ti es lo que cuenta - ¿Qué tipo de atleta eres? > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Rafael Ortiz
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