Well, objects need some machinery behind them. The machinery could be
Squeak, or it could be Python, or JS, or ...
As I've mentioned in the past, on the OLPC, one of the ways that
integration could have been done (and still could be done) would be
to use something like X windows without frames to allow compositing
of graphical front-ends of media objects.
A composited collection would be what Etoys calls a "project", etc.
From this point of view everything is like a widget but could be
made from different stuff,
From the object perspective all the graphical properties of the
objects/"windows" are the same, but the back-end drivers for the
phenomena could be rather different. This is "windows without
windows", which is kind of what the OLPC really needs.
Also, since Squeak allows plugins, all of this could be done in
Squeak, but I don't think that is the point here. I would rather see
a richer better architecture using the chosen paradigm (e.g. Python)
than do any "language wars".
But I will just gently say again that "Sugar can and should be a lot
more integrated in its approach to dealing with many different kinds
of media objects. They really need to be combined freely and not be
bound to applications but should all be able to populate any
"document" or "project".) Etoys uses one way to do this.
Cheers,
Alan
At 01:34 PM 6/21/2007, Eben Eliason wrote:
I think the biggest point to be made here is an argument for a
"document" or "object" of sorts. Etoys definitely seems to have
most of the types of interaction and media embedding solutions I
believe Rebecca and I both want, but (as far as I know, though I
admittedly don't know that much) it does so in an all encompassing
environment. What we really need is a lightweight format that lets
one pass around these "scratchpads" or "collages" as objects, so the
teacher can create a file, pass it out as homework, etc. I could be
very wrong in my assumptions, though, so please correct me where I
am. I see lots of potential for Etoys, and I'd like to better
understand how it integrates with Sugar now, and how we can push it
in the most effective direction.
- Eben
On 6/21/07, Bert Freudenberg
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Indeed, "scratchpad" describes Etoys pretty precisely ;)
You can draw, write (even with multi-column text layout flowing
around abjects), and of course calculate.
It's not just "type anywhere and a curve pops up", although in fact
such an extension exists (but not included in the OLPC Etoys
version): called MathMorphs and MorphicWrappers done by the
Argentinian Squeak community a couple years ago:
http://www.dm.uba.ar/MathMorphs/
and updated to work in recent Squeak releases
<http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak>http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5855
If there is enough interest in this (and I agree it's a great
environment for exploring Math) we might try to find someone porting
it to the OLPC version. Or maybe it just works if installed, I
haven't tried (unfortunately our plates are still full with lower-
level stuff).
- Bert -
On Jun 21, 2007, at 22:01 , Eben Eliason wrote:
> Rebecca -
>
> This sounds similar to some of my ideas for "Collage"...allowing
> combinations of text, drawing, image, and other media formats in a
> freeform canvas. The response there seemed that Etoys was, in many
> ways, already providing such a thing. I think this is a really
> interesting area though, and the potential to be able to send
> multimedia documents around, specifically in an educational
> environment, is huge. Do you have more thoughts on specifically how
> this could be distinguished from Etoys?
>
> Additionally, there is the Sophie project, but I'm not that
> familiar with it or how far along they've come with the project on
> the XO.
>
> - Eben
>
>
> On 6/21/07, Rebecca Gettys
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> Hello all,
> I had an idea while playing witha green machine...this may be a little
> late, I don't know. What if ther was some sort of "scratchpad"
> activity,
> not draw, or write,or calculator but a kind fusion of all three.
> mathimatical equasions could be typed out and then they could solve
> with
> typing and or drawing for their work, and they could write guides and
> picture books and such with this activity as well. Is this in
> possible/in the plans/something similar is being made???
> ~Rebecca Gettys
>
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