William - thanks for the link. Please add me to the list. I'd be interested in using this material in teaching, and help with any code. It is a subject that I am very interested in. Great work!
On 17 July 2015 at 21:48, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > PS: > The app I am developing is targeted at high school and college > introductory Earth Science classes and is focussed on getting a range of > data that supports the theory of Plate Tectonics into student hands. These > data support realistic scientific investigations and science writing. Some > of these tools will be incorporated into future versions. The app is unique > in that it allows easy access to a wide range of Earth data that otherwise > students have to get from various other web sites, which takes away time > they might spend on thinking about the meaning of the data. I have used a > version of this software written in Adobe Director, in large introductory > Earth Science courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to > anchor science writing and peer review activities. My web site contains > links to publications describing my activities. > > This app will be free to all and I would love to have a few teachers who > are willing to work with me on it. > > If you are willing to look at the app and potentially use it in your > classroom, I will inform you of new versions and future plans. Also, I will > welcome (whether you are a teacher or now) suggestions and ideas for > improvement. > > Best regards, > Bill Prothero > > William A. Prothero, Ph.D. > University of California, Santa Barbara Dept. of Earth Sciences (Emeritus) > Santa Barbara, CA. 93105 > http://es.earthednet.org/ > my new project link <http://earthednet.org/ptExplorer/Cover.html> > > > > On Jul 16, 2015, at 2:07 PM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> > wrote: > > > > Folks: > > I have an application that is being used by a class of Earth Science > students and get failure reports from two who use Windows 8. One lives in > Australia and one lives in Japan. The app works fine on Macintosh. I’ve > also tested it on my own installation of both Windows 8.1 and 7, 32 bit and > 64 bit versions. I can’t get the reported pixellation of the map and screen. > > > > I’m wondering if it is something related to foreign installations. The > symptom is extreme pixellation of images captured with the "export > snapshot” command. I live in the US. > > > > So, I wonder if somebody with Windows 8 would be willing to download the > app and try it, and perhaps give me an idea of what might be going on. If > it’s a bug in “snapshot”, it would be important to be reported and fixed. > Otherwise, I’m pretty stuck on figuring out what is going on. > > > > Here are links: > > Windows zip file of the app: < > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lsn087vrhstxvg4/PT_Explorer-Windows.zip?dl=0> > > Pixellated Image sent by a student < > https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2frv9i0dg7mxtp/Explorer%20in%20Windows%208.1.pdf?dl=0 > > > > > > Thanks for any help or feedback you can give me. > > > > Regards, > > Bill > > > > > > William A. Prothero > > http://es.earthednet.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
