[IAEP] Etoys or Scratch?

[Maria Droujkova]

I would not use these programs. I would actually use Prezi.
The simple answer to "Why" is the professional look of end product. Scratch
and Etoys apps look childish (on purpose!!!) - like their names imply, the
idea is to mess and play with things.   I just would not take disaster
preparedness info seriously if it were presented in such way.

However, if you are thinking specifically about GAMES about disasters (and
humor), I would go with Scratch. Mostly because of the ease of upload and
remix, and large user base.

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Folks…
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> If you were going to build an educational piece about disaster
> preparedness for possible *cross platform* worldwide distribution would
> you prefer to do it in Scratch or Etoys and why?
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> The end product would need to be able to have animation, sound, possible
> narration, interaction and all that sort of thing. The text and sound in
> the end product would be translated into many target languages. The project
> might be done by youth with little or no prior programming experience.
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> I am tending toward Scratch because it is easier to get started and I
> really like the ease and quality of animation and the sound capabilities.
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> What do you all think?  And please, no simple "+1"s. I am very interested
> in the "whys".
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>
> Caryl
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