I still wish there was a launch-this-project-and-we'll-have-taken-care-of-steps-1–5-below-for-you Etoys bundle kicking around that we could just ship with the Journal.
-walter On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Bert Freudenberg<[email protected]> wrote: > Since this does not seem to be obvious: It's really simple to create > nice presentations in Etoys, there is not even scripting involved: > > 0. Start a fresh Etoys copy (in Strawberry, right-click the Etoys icon > and choose "start" rather than resuming the latest project) > 1. click "new project" > 2. From the "supplies" box in the toolbar, drag out a "book". > 3. Use the top-left button to toggle more book controls > 4. Use the "+" button to add pages > 5. Place text on a page by dragging out a Text from the "supplies" > box, resize after right-clicking by dragging the yellow handle > 6. Import images either via the clipboard or directly from the Journal > (using the Journal icon in the top right) > 7. Add annotations using the paint tool > 8. Add visual and sound effects for turning pages in the book's menu. > 9. Play with the options in the book's menu (like "view pages full > screen") etc. > > ... and of course you can place scripted objects / animations on the > pages too if you like. > > Also, the Etoys QuickGuides (accessible from the left-most button in > the toolbar) have an entire section on Books. > > - Bert - > > On 02.07.2009, at 09:43, David Van Assche wrote: > >> A real simple alternative to powerpoint/impress that looks and smells >> like it, but with maybe really limited functionality would be loved by >> teachers everywhere, At least, all the teachers I have met rely very >> heavily on powerpoint in one form or another, be it integrated into >> other software like moodle or an LMS, or used with an interactive >> whiteboard/touchpad soft, or just used by itself. But normally it is >> used in a very limited fashion, and without much of the fancy >> transitions/coloring/themeing/graphing and all that stuff... IF they >> want something like that, it would make sense to steer them to >> turtleart... but there needs to be something much much simpler... >> >> David >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Walter Bender<[email protected] >> > wrote: >>> And we also have Turtle Art as a presentation option (it can keep >>> to a >>> prearranged order :) >>> >>> -walter >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM, James Simmons<[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>>> I deleted the digest that contained someone asking about putting >>>> Open >>>> Office on an XO to get alternatives to Excel and PowerPoint, but I'd >>>> like to suggest that with the features I added to View Slides over >>>> the >>>> weekend you *could* use View Slides to create and view >>>> presentations. >>>> What you could do is create individual slides using the Record >>>> Activity >>>> or one of the Paint Activities. These would create separate image >>>> files >>>> in the Journal. Then you'd fire up View Slides to add these >>>> images to a >>>> slide show, arranging them in sequence by renaming the images in the >>>> show, and deleting images that aren't needed. Then View Slides >>>> could be >>>> used to view the presentation. You can even hide the mouse cursor >>>> and >>>> view the images full screen. >>>> >>>> It isn't Power Point, but on the other hand, it isn't Power Point. >>>> >>>> The pictures at http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4039 >>>> tell the story. Unfortunately they tell the story out of sequence. >>>> There doesn't seem to be any way to arrange the pictures in order. >>>> >>>> James Simmons >>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
