[IAEP] Feedback needed: pippy use cases?

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Steve,

Agreed.

Gerald

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com> wrote:

> 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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