I wanted to add that I agree with Steve. I have been working with 5th-8th graders, many of whom love Turtle Art, Scratch, and Etoys. When they get the "bug" from this kind of programming, I want to introduce them to Pippy, but, like Steve said, I am not sure what to do other than press run.
Gerald On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Steve Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > An interface and examples like: http://tryruby.org/ would be a nice. It;s > a "hand's on tutorial" that walks you through learning ruby step by step and > you feel like you are actually doing and learning something. Ideally you > could also build a framework where users could create their own "lesson's" > following a similar format. > > Part of the challenge of the existing Pippy is while it has some nice fun > examples they don't "invite you in" to start coding the way tryruby.orgdoes. > To me when I first saw it I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do > other than hit "Run!'. > > FYI, the "Thanks" program does not work on my XO. > > Stephen > http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Anish Mangal > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As Pippy maintainer, I'm looking for inputs as to how is Pippy >> intended to be used in a classroom environment and how is it currently >> used. In particular: >> >> 1. What grades use Pippy? Could it be used in lower grades with some >> changes? If so, what could be the nature of those changes? >> >> 2. Collaborative code editing? How much is it actually used? What >> could be made better? >> >> 3. Sharing/reviewing of examples by other kids/teachers? >> >> 4. Would more explanatory code comments in Pippy examples help? >> >> 5. Would having a central repository of having pippy code examples >> help... For example, the ability to download/upload to a url like >> pippy.sugarlabs.org? >> >> 6. Would it help to have the examples in different languages wherever >> possible (spanish, for example)? >> >> Inputs will help guide future releases of Pippy. >> >> -- >> Anish >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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