From hilaire at ofset.org Sun Aug 3 02:23:53 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Sun Aug 3 11:17:35 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] DrGeoII and macro-construction Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808030223r64464296red92edf02d3f11d4@mail.gmail.com> Some recent developments in DrGeoII to implement macro-construction. Details, explanation and screenshot at: http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/08/01/DrGeo-II-macro-construction -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From hilaire at ofset.org Mon Aug 4 01:20:54 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Mon Aug 4 17:34:12 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Re: [Etoys] DrGeoII and macro-construction In-Reply-To: References: <7ac6e0530808030223r64464296red92edf02d3f11d4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808040120m6de5efb5ka3771a4a4791c14e@mail.gmail.com> Thanks you Edward. Every word of encouragement is welcome. I am also interested in any use feedback you are all welcome to insert in the DrGeoII page at OLPC's wiki, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/DrGeo Now I am working on DrGeo Smalltalk script to do arbitrary computation on geometric item in a drawing area. Hilaire 2008/8/3 Edward Cherlin : > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Hilaire Fernandes wrote: >> Some recent developments in DrGeoII to implement macro-construction. >> Details, explanation and screenshot at: >> http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/08/01/DrGeo-II-macro-construction > > Thank you. I have been wishing for geometry macros. > >> -- >> http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire >> _______________________________________________ >> Etoys mailing list >> Etoys@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys >> > > > > -- > Silent Thunder [??/????????] is my name, > And Children are my nation. > The whole world is my dwelling place, > And Truth my destination. > -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From hilaire at ofset.org Wed Aug 6 09:18:54 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Wed Aug 6 09:44:35 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Fun with DrGeo II Smalltalk script Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808060918w129575b4sc3377dba851a840e@mail.gmail.com> A small video exposing what can be done with this new coming feature of DrGeo: http://squeak.ofset.org/drgeo/script-tangente.ogg By the way, although we hit there senior high school curriculum with this example, it is at heart programming as thought by OLPC project and how to make it accessible and fun for teachers and learners. More to come... Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From hilaire at ofset.org Wed Aug 6 15:11:48 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Wed Aug 6 19:51:18 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Some more insights about DrGeo script Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808061511h64879f90u89a1d3770ce088e2@mail.gmail.com> http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/08/04/Fun-with-Smalltalk-script -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From hilaire at ofset.org Thu Aug 7 11:27:42 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Thu Aug 7 19:26:13 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Plan for DrGeo screencast to explain its features Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808071127m9e56675me545f4165b759a62@mail.gmail.com> Hello all, I would like to produce several screencast to explain the DrGeo features. I have written a first plan about what to produce at http://community.ofset.org/index.php/Screencast_DrGeo I would love to get some feedback about content idea aswell technical suggestions to produce good quality screencast (given I am constrained to a linux host). Thanks Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From dangjavageek at gmail.com Sat Aug 9 07:20:00 2008 From: dangjavageek at gmail.com (Daniel Green) Date: Sat Aug 9 20:27:13 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] squeakcmi.org down? content available elsewhere? Message-ID: <8b3ef70d0808090720h57e660d8m6df73fbc9d925827@mail.gmail.com> The squeakland.org news page points to squeakcmi.org for squeak sudoku puzzles - I haven't been able to bring up squeakcmi.org for a few days. Does anyone know if it's down for good or not? Is the content that was on squeakcmi.org available some other place? Thanks. Best regards, -- DanG Daniel Green, Sun Microsystems, dang@sun.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/attachments/20080809/08486a= b3/attachment.htm From hilaire at ofset.org Tue Aug 12 01:54:01 2008 From: hilaire at ofset.org (Hilaire Fernandes) Date: Tue Aug 12 14:28:31 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] More fun with DrGeo smalltalk script Message-ID: <7ac6e0530808120154k3ec03f9asa4224815d082d033@mail.gmail.com> More about DrGeo smalltalk script, explained in a recent article I wrote a few days ago: http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/08/05/More-fun-with-Smalltalk-script -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire From timothy at immuexa.com Tue Aug 12 11:57:27 2008 From: timothy at immuexa.com (Timothy Falconer) Date: Tue Aug 12 14:28:32 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] {waveplace} florida pilot finish & nicaragua pilot begins Message-ID: <9184D686-5845-418C-AFF3-7C50F33D92E0@immuexa.com> Last week, Waveplace finished our pilot in Immokalee, Florida. We'll be posting student storybooks soon, but for now you can watch our first Florida video, which gives a taste of our "improv theater" teaching style: http://waveplace.com/locations/florida/movie.jsp?id=79 There are also several newspaper and radio reports on our press page: http://waveplace.com/news/press/ as well as a few articles in our latest newsletter: http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=8 Today we start our pilot near Rivas, Nicaragua. We're using Spanish- keyboard XOs and solar panels this time, since the school has no electricity. Our three Waveplace mentors flew in last night and will begin teaching the teachers today. The kids get their laptops tomorrow. We've also created a Waveplace channel on YouTube, where you can find all of our videos: http://www.youtube.com/waveplace Please leave comments and rank us, as we can use all the publicity we can get. Take care, Tim -- Timothy Falconer Waveplace Foundation http://waveplace.com 610-797-3100 From timothy at immuexa.com Wed Aug 13 05:47:36 2008 From: timothy at immuexa.com (Timothy Falconer) Date: Wed Aug 13 10:31:36 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Re: [Etoys] {waveplace} florida pilot finish & nicaragua pilot begins In-Reply-To: References: <9184D686-5845-418C-AFF3-7C50F33D92E0@immuexa.com> Message-ID: <0EB7262F-D2C1-40FC-A4AB-FF4A775DDD43@immuexa.com> On Aug 12, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > Can you provide details of your solar installations? We want to > understand cost per user, how reliable solar power is (depending on > weather), and other issues. Our cost with shipping and duty to Nicaragua was $39 USD per solar panel. They're currently held up at the airport for "processing", so we likely won't have field use of them for a week or two. I have one myself and have tried it several times. In direct sunlight, it powers a completely depleted laptop in real-time (with full screen brightness), but when a cloud passes over, the laptop turns off. (Not exaggerating.) It's really important to get a little charge going first to cover the "cloud time". Charging is slower than an AC cord ... haven't fully charged a laptop with the panel yet ... my guess is that it'd take about twice as long as AC in full sunlight. As for how we plan to use them, none of us really know yet (it's a pilot). A full class with solar panels isn't likely unless they meet outside. Having lots of laptops charge in the playground for four hours is also problematic. > You say you use an improv style, but I assume you also have training > materials. Where are they, and can others use them? Our beta courseware screencasts are here: http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/ Sign up for an account to get access to all thirty lessons. This is what we're using in Haiti and Nicaragua (with bilingual mentors) and what we used in Florida. At this point, we just have screencasts and a workbook detailing the points to cover in each lesson (text is on the lesson pages). We will have completely new screencasts, a teacher textbook, and student workbook this fall. Take care, Tim -- Timothy Falconer http://bigfractaltangle.com 610-393-1889 mobile Immuexa Corporation http://immuexa.com 610-797-3100 From timothy at immuexa.com Fri Aug 15 12:44:20 2008 From: timothy at immuexa.com (Timothy Falconer) Date: Fri Aug 15 17:34:43 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] {waveplace} field notes are now public Message-ID: <0C2F83DC-56BC-411A-ABC4-C78E249CFFF5@immuexa.com> Hi everyone, Inspired by the wonderful posts by Mary Scotti from our pilot in Nicaragua, I've upgraded the Waveplace blog with categories, feeds, etc. Especially cool is that our field notes are now public, which really give a feel for what it's like to be there: http://waveplace.com/news/blog/ To read some great older posts, click "Location - Virgin Islands". One snippet from the St John pilot, written by Bill Stelzer: --- One thing I also quickly discovered was where fourth graders go when they get internet access. YouTube. Specifically, Soulja Boy as interpreted by Alvin and the Chipmunks. Sadly they learned that the XO doesn't play flash videos, so after much experimentation, much of the class migrated to the school computer where they staged an impromptu hip hop concert. One exception though was Tracy, who was just staring at the Google home page on her XO. As I walked over to her, she said to me, "I want to see it." "What do you mean?" I asked. "The whole world, I want to see it." I told her she was already looking at it. That all she had to do was type it in. She didn't really believe me, so I asked her what she wanted to know about. She said New Jersey, so I said okay just type it in. Thought it was a bit strange as she entered it, but I didn't say anything. When the results for New Jersey came up, I showed her how to work Google images, to see pictures of New Jersey. With that she was off and exploring. -- Take care, Tim -- Timothy Falconer Waveplace Foundation http://waveplace.com 610-797-3100 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/attachments/20080815/f043b3fe/attachment.htm From seagate92 at wlink.com.np Sun Aug 17 02:15:15 2008 From: seagate92 at wlink.com.np (SeaGate Instiute of Technology) Date: Sun Aug 17 12:00:28 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" Message-ID: <006101c90049$c8003840$5800a8c0$@com.np> We are organizing International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" on November 1 and 2, 2008. There will be a special session on Squeak Application and training. I would appreciate if some of you could attend the program. This will have a special arrangement for International delegates, participants, sponsors, presenters. For detailed information, kindly contact me Madhur K Shrestha smfound@yahoo.com; 977 1 5537231, 5528481 From m.rueger at acm.org Sun Aug 17 12:15:21 2008 From: m.rueger at acm.org (Michael Rueger) Date: Sun Aug 17 14:36:19 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] squeakcmi.org down? content available elsewhere? In-Reply-To: <8b3ef70d0808090720h57e660d8m6df73fbc9d925827@mail.gmail.com> References: <8b3ef70d0808090720h57e660d8m6df73fbc9d925827@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48A878C9.5090009@acm.org> Daniel Green wrote: > The squeakland.org news page points to > squeakcmi.org for squeak sudoku puzzles - I > haven't been able to bring up squeakcmi.org for a > few days. Does anyone know if it's down for good or not? Is the > content that was on squeakcmi.org available some > other place? Apologies for the late reply. The link needs to actually point to http://www.squeakcmi.org/ Michael From seagate92 at wlink.com.np Mon Aug 18 02:39:03 2008 From: seagate92 at wlink.com.np (SeaGate Instiute of Technology) Date: Mon Aug 18 06:51:20 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] RE: International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" Message-ID: <003e01c90116$41aced10$c506c730$@com.np> We are organizing International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" on November 1 and 2, 2008. There will be a special session on Squeak Application and training. I would appreciate if some of you could attend the program. This will have a special arrangement for International delegates, participants, sponsors, presenters. For detailed information, kindly contact me Madhur K Shrestha smfound@yahoo.com; 977 1 5537231, 5528481 From seagate92 at wlink.com.np Mon Aug 18 02:44:13 2008 From: seagate92 at wlink.com.np (SeaGate Instiute of Technology) Date: Mon Aug 18 06:51:20 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] RE: International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" Message-ID: <003f01c90116$fa732c10$ef598430$@com.np> -----Original Message----- From: SeaGate Instiute of Technology [mailto:seagate92@wlink.com.np] Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:15 AM To: 'squeakland@squeakland.org' Cc: 'kim.rose@vpri.org'; 'yognic@yahoo.com'; 'smfound@gmail.com'; 'smfound@yahoo.com' Subject: International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" We are organizing International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" on November 1 and 2, 2008. There will be a special session on Squeak Application and training. I would appreciate if some of you could attend the program. This will have a special arrangement for International delegates, participants, sponsors, presenters. For detailed information, kindly contact me Madhur K Shrestha smfound@yahoo.com; 977 1 5537231, 5528481 From kim.rose at vpri.org Mon Aug 18 13:05:47 2008 From: kim.rose at vpri.org (Kim Rose) Date: Mon Aug 18 16:44:22 2008 Subject: [Squeakland] Re: International Conference on "ICT for Development and Education" In-Reply-To: <006101c90049$c8003840$5800a8c0$@com.np> References: <006101c90049$c8003840$5800a8c0$@com.np> Message-ID: Dear Madhur, Thank you for sending notice of your Conference to the Squeakland community. I wish Viewpoints would be able to send someone to present, but we have other meetings already planned during this timeframe, so we must regret participating. We hope some member(s) of the greater Etoy community will be able to attend and share their experiences, etc., with your group. We do wish you the best for your Conference. with warm regards, Kim On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:15 AM, SeaGate Instiute of Technology wrote: > We are organizing International Conference on "ICT for Development and > Education" on November 1 and 2, 2008. There will be a special > session on > Squeak Application and training. I would appreciate if some of you > could > attend the program. This will have a special arrangement for > International > delegates, participants, sponsors, presenters. > > For detailed information, kindly contact me > > Madhur K Shrestha > smfound@yahoo.com; > 977 1 5537231, 5528481 > >