[IAEP] Feedback needed: pippy use cases?

[Steve Thomas]

It would be nice if we could do a similar set of tutorials inside Etoys (and
Scratch) to teach kids Squeak. They would have a set of objects they are
familiar with and that they could extend and learn from.  It would make the
high ceiling easier to reach.

Stephen
http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Dr. Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I wanted to add that I agree with Steve.
> I have been working with 5th-8th graders, many of whom love Turtle Art,
> Scratch, and Etoys. When they get the "bug" from this kind of programming, I
> want to introduce them to Pippy, but, like Steve said, I am not sure what to
> do other than press run.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>wrote:
>
>> An interface and examples like: http://tryruby.org/ would be a nice.
>>  It;s a "hand's on tutorial" that walks you through learning ruby step by
>> step and you feel like you are actually doing and learning something.
>>  Ideally you could also build a framework where users could create their own
>> "lesson's" following a similar format.
>>
>> Part of the challenge of the existing Pippy is while it has some nice fun
>> examples they don't "invite you in" to start coding the way tryruby.orgdoes.  To me when I first saw it I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do
>> other than hit "Run!'.
>>
>> FYI, the "Thanks" program does not work on my XO.
>>
>> Stephen
>> http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Anish Mangal <anish at activitycentral.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As Pippy maintainer, I'm looking for inputs as to how is Pippy
>>> intended to be used in a classroom environment and how is it currently
>>> used. In particular:
>>>
>>> 1. What grades use Pippy? Could it be used in lower grades with some
>>> changes? If so, what could be the nature of those changes?
>>>
>>> 2. Collaborative code editing? How much is it actually used? What
>>> could be made better?
>>>
>>> 3. Sharing/reviewing of examples by other kids/teachers?
>>>
>>> 4. Would more explanatory code comments in Pippy examples help?
>>>
>>> 5. Would having a central repository of having pippy code examples
>>> help... For example, the ability to download/upload to a url like
>>> pippy.sugarlabs.org?
>>>
>>> 6. Would it help to have the examples in different languages wherever
>>> possible (spanish, for example)?
>>>
>>> Inputs will help guide future releases of Pippy.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anish
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