Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Teaching typing and basic math on the XO

2009-01-14 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:20:05PM -0500, Wade Brainerd wrote: If you have used TuxType, you will know that it's a simplistic typing *practice game* and in no way teaches the user how to type. I thought that's what you're looking for. How do you imagine a typing teaching activity to work?

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Teaching typing and basic math on the XO

2009-01-04 Thread Wade Brainerd
I know Mavis has a simplified flash version on their website. On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Sascha Silbe sascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:42:21PM -0500, Wade Brainerd wrote: I'm following the format used by programs like MicroType and Mavis Beacon

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Teaching typing and basic math on the XO

2009-01-02 Thread Wade Brainerd
I'm following the format used by programs like MicroType and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (what I personally learned on). Both have demo versions for Windows available. TT will be simple compared with these programs, but they are the general template. We are working towards an alpha in early

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Teaching typing and basic math on the XO (was: Re: How to Make Activity Designers Happy , Parts I and II)

2009-01-02 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Wade Brainerd wad...@gmail.com wrote: If you have used TuxType, you will know that it's a simplistic typing *practice game* and in no way teaches the user how to type. That said, there are typing programs out there that could work. I just wanted to make a nice