Edward, I know that my 5th graders who are using XOs and Sugar would love to participate with you in this project.
Gerald On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would also like to hear any such ideas. I am writing about > exploring the XO and its software, to be followed by a teacher's guide > that will show how to introduce everything that children cannot > discover for themselves in dependency order, and a bite at a time, > with appropriate reinforcement. I need all of the real-world > information I can get about both problems and solutions. > > Then, of course, I will need people to try out what I write and tell > me what's wrong with it. ^_^ I would particularly like to hear from > children who have issues, and be able to discuss those issues with > them. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 01:42, Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org> > wrote: > > Gerald, > > > > It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing > up > > something and getting them to explore. Once they realize that they > > can affect the object by scripts they just want to do everything they can > > possibly do in one sitting (dragging and dropping tiles in one script > window > > ..then I'm in fire fighting mode). Too much resulted in chaos in my > class. > > Not doing THAT again. I now give them some time to go nuts on exploration > > then pull them back in to finish a project. Now I'm introducing just a > max > > of two concepts (or tiles) in one 40min. session. > > > > Kathleen Harness has really good lesson plans for teaching one concept at > a > > time: www.etoysillionois.org > > > > I would like to hear more best practices/ideas, etc. for teaching Etoys > in > > the classroom. > > > > Cheers, > > Cherry > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ard...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I agree. Watching the car script is fun for a while. But when they make > >> their own first script, it is exciting each and every time. > >> > >> I also find that the students (I work with 10 year olds) get overwhelmed > >> by the number of choices they have. > >> > >> Anyone else have that experience? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> Gerald > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> The very first time a child sees their object move with a simple > forward > >>> script is always a magical moment for me and the kids. Never fails. > >>> Exploration and excitement explodes after that. I'm new to teaching > Etoys as > >>> well. Definitely caught the bug. :-) > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Simon Schampijer <si...@schampijer.de > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I am teaching on a regular basis in the Planetarium pilot in Berlin, > >>>> Germany [1]. I have been using Etoys now for several weeks and here is > >>>> some first feedback. > >>>> > >>>> First: The kids do like it a lot! I want to encourage everyone to > >>>> include it in his curriculum. > >>>> > >>>> For example you can teach easily the concepts of the coordinate system > >>>> with Etoys. You create an object and print out the X and Y values when > >>>> moving it on the screen. Or you can use a joystick to alter the > position > >>>> of this object and use this method to deepen the coordinate system > >>>> concept. > >>>> > >>>> Of course we did as well the famous car example. It was slightly > changed > >>>> in my class: A bug has to crawl a lane using one or two sensors to > stay > >>>> on the lane. A lot of interesting concepts to learn here, too > (positive > >>>> and negative numbers for example). > >>>> > >>>> And to bring this all together into a portfolio you can use the book > >>>> tool (found in the treasure chest) to create a story including all > your > >>>> objects and games, pictures etc you created. > >>>> > >>>> I wrote down a few items I was missing when using the book tool and > >>>> while doing so, I figured they were all there, just hidden by default. > >>>> > >>>> - resize all of the book not just one page > >>>> - maybe that could be the default option? > >>>> - duplicate a page > >>>> - different background color > >>>> - different sound when turning the page > >>>> > >>>> When you hit the little button at the far left you will get more > >>>> options. And when you use the menu in the middle of the book toolbar > you > >>>> get all of these options and a lot of more. Just in case someone runs > as > >>>> well into this :) > >>>> > >>>> A few things that I came across, too: > >>>> - German: When you drop the 'joystick up down' and 'joystick left > right' > >>>> option onto the world it will change to English. Not when you use it > in > >>>> a script though. > >>>> - some buttons are hard to use: for example when you want to alter the > >>>> behavior of the X value of an object (increase..). Those are hard to > >>>> navigate. Or dropping options into the test script does not work as > >>>> smooth. > >>>> > >>>> That's all for now - keep up the good work, team Etoys!. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Simon > >>>> > >>>> PS: Of course I am happy to turn items into bugs later. Just thought I > >>>> give here a little summary first. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployments/Planetarium > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >>>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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