I am very concerned about undue professionalization of every aspect of the life, versus the maker/DIY/crowdsourcing approach.
Kids need to share their very imperfect ideas about serious life issues - disasters, health, parenting, science... They need to share openly, and in a space where discussion can happen. They also need to learn to check and re-check anything they see in open spaces. Cheers, Maria Droujkova 919-388-1721 Make math your own, to make your own math On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Samuel Greenfeld <[email protected]>wrote: > Although I cannot recommend a platform, I recommend being highly cautious > about who generates and who edits material for a program which teaches > disaster preparedness. Legal disclaimers will not be able to protect the > author(s) if the information is blatantly incorrect, or even slightly > misinterpreted. > > Even the experts cannot always agree about what is best and the best way > to present it. For a United States based example, compare www.ready.gov& > www.reallyready.org. > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Maria Droujkova <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I would not use these programs. I would actually use Prezi. >> The simple answer to "Why" is the professional look of end product. >> Scratch and Etoys apps look childish (on purpose!!!) - like their names >> imply, the idea is to mess and play with things. I just would not take >> disaster preparedness info seriously if it were presented in such way. >> >> However, if you are thinking specifically about GAMES about disasters >> (and humor), I would go with Scratch. Mostly because of the ease of upload >> and remix, and large user base. >> >> Cheers, >> Maria Droujkova >> 919-388-1721 >> >> Make math your own, to make your own math >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks… >>> >>> >>> If you were going to build an educational piece about disaster >>> preparedness for possible *cross platform* worldwide distribution would >>> you prefer to do it in Scratch or Etoys and why? >>> >>> >>> The end product would need to be able to have animation, sound, possible >>> narration, interaction and all that sort of thing. The text and sound in >>> the end product would be translated into many target languages. The project >>> might be done by youth with little or no prior programming experience. >>> >>> >>> I am tending toward Scratch because it is easier to get started and I >>> really like the ease and quality of animation and the sound capabilities. >>> >>> >>> What do you all think? And please, no simple "+1"s. I am very >>> interested in the "whys". >>> >>> >>> Caryl >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >
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