[Etoys] [Fwd: Re: [IAEP] View Slides an alternative to PowerPoint?]

Thu Jul 2 11:38:50 EDT 2009

Kathleen is referring to a javascript "player" in the browser. And yes  
that's very hard to do. No hope of having this soonish.

The USB version of Etoys is forthcoming, I prepared a beta release  
this week. This is not intended yet for wide-spread use, but feedback  
is welcome:

http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+To+Go

- Bert -

On 02.07.2009, at 17:08, Walter Bender wrote:

> I thought there were plans for a liveUSB version? You could use the
> LiveUSB version of Sugar (Sugar on a Stick) to launch Etoys in the
> interim.
>
> -walter
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, <kharness at illinois.edu> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Did anyone very address the idea of a player for etoys rather than  
>> only having an install version. Is it hard to do? Is it not  
>> desirable? I think it would be welcome. Many of my students who do  
>> not have computers use the ones in our public library but they can  
>> not install software so our projects will not open. How many others  
>> are having similar experiences and how many are we turning away at  
>> the first threshold?
>> Kathleen
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:57:20 +0200
>>> From: Rita Freudenberg <rita at freudenbergs.de>
>>> Subject: [Etoys] [Fwd: Re: [IAEP] View Slides an alternative to  
>>> PowerPoint?]
>>> To: software at squeakland.org, education at squeakland.org, OLPC Etoys <etoys at lists.laptop.org 
>>> >
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> see below an interesting discussion about presentations using  
>>> Etoys and
>>> a wish from Walter Bender. I think it would be very nice to have  
>>> that
>>> etoys bundle, it's something teachers are looking for! And once they
>>> have started using Etoys at all, I'm sure they will start scripting
>>> soon. What do you think?
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Rita
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject:       Re: [IAEP] View Slides an alternative to PowerPoint?
>>> Date:  Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:51:33 -0400
>>> From:  Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>>> To:    Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
>>> CC:    It's An Education Project List <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>>> References:    <4A3FE3C4.2070707 at walgreens.com>
>>> <fd535e260906221433m5fdf8f2bhf70b7b1eb873c0d6 at mail.gmail.com>
>>> <8cc423ef0907020043yed034e0s68a93ce6376eaeeb at mail.gmail.com>
>>> <899A823D-57BD-4923-9D23-8234201F7F0E at freudenbergs.de>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I still wish there was a
>>> launch-this-project-and-we'll-have-taken-care-of-steps-1–5-below- 
>>> for-you
>>> Etoys bundle kicking around that we could just ship with the  
>>> Journal.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Bert Freudenberg<bert at freudenbergs.de 
>>> > wrote:
>>>> Since this does not seem to be obvious: It's really simple to  
>>>> create
>>>> nice presentations in Etoys, there is not even scripting involved:
>>>>
>>>> 0. Start a fresh Etoys copy (in Strawberry, right-click the Etoys  
>>>> icon
>>>> and choose "start" rather than resuming the latest project)
>>>> 1. click "new project"
>>>> 2. From the "supplies" box in the toolbar, drag out a "book".
>>>> 3. Use the top-left button to toggle more book controls
>>>> 4. Use the "+" button to add pages
>>>> 5. Place text on a page by dragging out a Text from the "supplies"
>>>> box, resize after right-clicking by dragging the yellow handle
>>>> 6. Import images either via the clipboard or directly from the  
>>>> Journal
>>>> (using the Journal icon in the top right)
>>>> 7. Add annotations using the paint tool
>>>> 8. Add visual and sound effects for turning pages in the book's  
>>>> menu.
>>>> 9. Play with the options in the book's menu (like "view pages full
>>>> screen") etc.
>>>>
>>>> ... and of course you can place scripted objects / animations on  
>>>> the
>>>> pages too if you like.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the Etoys QuickGuides (accessible from the left-most button  
>>>> in
>>>> the toolbar) have an entire section on Books.
>>>>
>>>> - Bert -
>>>>
>>>> On 02.07.2009, at 09:43, David Van Assche wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A real simple alternative to powerpoint/impress that looks and  
>>>>> smells
>>>>> like it, but with maybe really limited functionality would be  
>>>>> loved by
>>>>> teachers everywhere, At least, all the teachers I have met rely  
>>>>> very
>>>>> heavily on powerpoint in one form or another, be it integrated  
>>>>> into
>>>>> other software like moodle or an LMS, or used with an interactive
>>>>> whiteboard/touchpad soft, or just used by itself. But normally  
>>>>> it is
>>>>> used in a very limited fashion, and without much of the fancy
>>>>> transitions/coloring/themeing/graphing and all that stuff... IF  
>>>>> they
>>>>> want something like that, it would make sense to steer them to
>>>>> turtleart... but there needs to be something much much simpler...
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Walter Bender<walter.bender at gmail.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> And we also have Turtle Art as a presentation option (it can keep
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> prearranged order :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -walter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM, James Simmons<jim.simmons at walgreens.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> I deleted the digest that contained someone asking about putting
>>>>>>> Open
>>>>>>> Office on an XO to get alternatives to Excel and PowerPoint,  
>>>>>>> but I'd
>>>>>>> like to suggest that with the features I added to View Slides  
>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> weekend you *could* use View Slides to create and view
>>>>>>> presentations.
>>>>>>> What you could do is create individual slides using the Record
>>>>>>> Activity
>>>>>>> or one of the Paint Activities.  These would create separate  
>>>>>>> image
>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>> in the Journal.  Then you'd fire up View Slides to add these
>>>>>>> images to a
>>>>>>> slide show, arranging them in sequence by renaming the images  
>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>> show, and deleting images that aren't needed.  Then View Slides
>>>>>>> could be
>>>>>>> used to view the presentation.  You can even hide the mouse  
>>>>>>> cursor
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> view the images full screen.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It isn't Power Point, but on the other hand, it isn't Power  
>>>>>>> Point.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The pictures at http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4039
>>>>>>> tell the story.  Unfortunately they tell the story out of  
>>>>>>> sequence.
>>>>>>> There doesn't seem to be any way to arrange the pictures in  
>>>>>>> order.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James Simmons
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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