<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 3, 2008 11:50 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima <<a href="mailto:yoshiki@vpri.org">yoshiki@vpri.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> 5. URLs of similar projects : None that I know of<br><br></div> You might have looked at Clock and concluded that these are<br>substantially different, but you know the Clock activity, right? (It<br>
doesn't matter, but just to make sure.)</blockquote><div> </div><div>Yeah. I knew about it, but I figured this was a *very* different project (actually it is mentioned in [time])<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br> I filed a ticket sometime ago (<a href="http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5255" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5255</a>).<br>I sure wish something like this will be incorporated.</blockquote><div> </div>
<div>I think this should be covered in the dragability of each individual hand.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
<br> Another ticket that seems to inspire you<br>(<a href="http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2778" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2778</a>) </blockquote><div>This was the main basis for the project, and we believe we addressed all the issues raised in the comments.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">discusses timezones and<br>collaboration. But I'd say that these are secondary issue. Who<br>
believes that it is worth to pay the effort to have kids in Nigeria<br>and Brazil look at each other's clock and discuss something (Could<br>they discuss something worthwhile?) If you can move hands at will,<br>that would be much better.</blockquote>
<div> <br>The time game would allow for collaboration, and also for (perhaps) meaningful discussions between two children<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br> Actually, I'd say that adding the built-in game would be secondary<br>as well. If kids can interact with the clock in very easy and simple<br>way, they sure will invent their own "games"; such as puzzles, timer,<br>
etc., etc. (not everything may not be on the laptop, but that is ok).<br><br>-- Yoshiki<br><br> Yes, that reminds me of the idea of scriptable clock;<br><a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Eyoshiki/etoys/Clock.004.pr" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~yoshiki/etoys/Clock.004.pr</a><br>
<br> It would be nice if kids "make" their own Clock to understand it<br>better.<br></blockquote></div>As a child you can't understand time(in the form of a clock) until it is explained to you. Which is where this activity will (hopefully) come in.<br>
<br>--Jason Rock<br>