Re: Nov. meeting with Squeak team--call for discussion

[Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>]

I've only seen the couple of comments that appeared early on here on the
list. Except for one small clarification I received privately, I've seen
nothing that everyone else hasn't also seen.

Probably next week, I'm going to start actually working with Squeak myself
(seems like a useful thing to do before the meeting, no?). After I've used
it a bit, I'll feel better able to pose more specific questions to the list.
For now, the best I can suggest is that anyone with actual experience using
it for something -- education-related or otherwise -- offer suggestions
about how it might be adapted for better use in schools ... probably in any
of these three areas:

        1. As a tool for teachers to develop applications that students
                will use.

        2. As a tool for students to develop applications that embody
                the non-computer skills they are learning (I suppose 
                this is what everybody means by "authoring").

        3. As a tool to teach computer programming.

Of course, I'd welcome any other sorts of advice as well.

At 02:29 PM 9/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Ray, have you received any useful ideas on what approach to take when
>you meet with the Squeak team from the few things that have been posted
>here?  If not, what kinds of questions do you have for the seul-edu
>list?
>
>Folks, we need to help Ray (we do, don't we, Ray?) come up with ideas
>about what we'd like to see in an authoring tool for educational
>non-programmers, so he has a clearer idea of how Squeak and seul-edu
>might fit together.  Let's try to get some discussion going on this,
>otherwise I'll be forced to make something up again.  I know we all
>don't want that.

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Ray Olszewski                                        -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA           	 	         ray@comarre.com        
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