[OLPC-SF] learning implode...

[Edward Cherlin]

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Sarah Mei<sarahmei at gmail.com> wrote:
> My daughter, who just turned 4, did exactly the same thing a few
> months ago. Even the same program - implode. She loves it! She totally
> gets that you have to consolidate multiple blocks of a particular
> color, in order to get rid of them and get the smiley face.
>
> It was great for the plane ride to a conference in May. She explained
> to the people sitting around us in GREAT detail how you played it.
>
> Of course now she wants ubuntu like our other OLPC, so that she can
> have the screen saver. :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Sameer Verma<sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> My daughter, who is 3 years and 7 months old has largely stayed away
>> from the XO (or for that matter computers in general) other than
>> mimicking me by turning on the XO and giving our guests/visitors an
>> unexpected short speech on "let me show you this computer. This is the
>> one laptop per child". She still likes her crayons and Lego blocks.
>>
>> She's on her summer break at home these days, which has forced me to
>> get creative and keep her engaged. I introduced her to implode
>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Implode) today. I showed her how to move
>> the "arrow" (she insists that I call it an arrow and not a mouse
>> because calling it a mouse is just silly) start a new implode game and
>> select three or more blocks of the same color. The goal is to get that
>> smiley face at the end of the game. One demo, plus some hints, and in
>> under three minutes, my daughter has become an implode player.
>> I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E !!! She even taught her mother how to play the
>> game later this evening.
>>
>> For all the arm chair naysayers out there, get with the program!
>> Children are amazing!!!
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sameer
>> --
>> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Information Systems
>> San Francisco State University
>> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
>> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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