[IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

[Walter Bender]

I really need to get hover tool tips working...

-walter

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
> Edward wrote
>
> "I am working on a version of Turtle Art
> that will use icons rather than text labels on the tiles, and I want
> to test how much of it the preliterate can grasp, and what we can
> teach using that capability. We can demonstrate many topics in Turtle
> Art, even if the children can't yet program such demos unaided."
>
> Edward, to progress discussion, I have done a mock up graphic at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Tonyforster
>
> I have only done some blocks. I have concentrated on turtle motion, pen and flow control.
>
> I think the mathematics blocks are best left as is.
>
> Others, eg push and pop heap may be too difficult for pre-literate children to bother with. Likewise the portfolio and red box tabs.
>
> (Maybe keyboard input is important enough to bother with but the 2 step process it uses, one block to read kyb and another for its value, is conceptually difficult. First the interface should be simplified.)
>
> Questions the exercise has raised for me:
>
> To what extent could pre-literate children use Turtle Art?
> Are graphics on blocks really better than text?
> Does keeping text labels help develop literacy?
> What graphics are best?
> Should the more difficult blocks be omitted or kept with text labels?
> Should they be on different tabs if retained?
> Where can we do user testing and get feedback?
>
> Tony
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Walter Bender
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