Re: [IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

2010-11-22 Thread Rita Freudenberg
Hi Folks, I had a great visit yesterday with the folks at New Tech High @ Coppell, TX. It is a great place, where facilitators guide learners in their project based learning. We were very impressed. But, I was surprised to discover they do not teach any computer programming at the

Re: [IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

2010-11-21 Thread Steve Thomas
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: they want to create math games for these children to use on the XOs. Wonderful. Games are a great way to learn. A couple of games come to mind: 1. Tic-Tac-Toe 2. Bingo 3. Guess my Rule *Tic-Tac-Toe* One

[IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

2010-11-20 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Folks, I had a great visit yesterday with the folks at New Tech High @ Coppell, TX. It is a great place, where facilitators guide learners in their project based learning. We were very impressed. But, I was surprised to discover they do not teach any computer programming at the school. If

Re: [IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

2010-11-20 Thread forster
Caryl I am interested in hearing more of your project, what would the math games look like? What is the skill level of the programmers? How was Scratch inadequate for their needs? Two alternatives to consider are Turtle Art and Pippy/Pygame. Turtle Art, like Scratch is very 'low entry', its

Re: [IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed

2010-11-20 Thread Alan Kay
...@hotmail.com To: IAEP SugarLabs iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org; SugarLabs Testing test...@lists.laptop.org; health-requ...@lists.laptop.org; health waveplace hea...@waveplace.org Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 12:19:07 PM Subject: [IAEP] newtechh...@coppell and Etoys info needed Hi