[sugar] [IAEP] Narrative.
Mikus Grinbergs
mikus at bga.com
Sat Oct 11 14:37:09 EDT 2008
> Do we have any proposals of changes to Sugar so it better supports
> learning in light of the reflections on "narrative"?
It seems to me that implementation of a Sugar "batch" language would
address 'providing a "sequence" (or graph) of events'. I see two
principal functions that need to be provided:
((1)) Automatically launching an Activity (or Collection).
Currently in Sugar, it takes a "click" by the user to launch
something. Sometimes everything is automatic (clicking on an .ogg
file link in Browse) and sometimes it is not (clicking on a .pdf
file link in Browse). There needs to be a facility in Sugar whereby
one entity (e.g., Browse) can automatically invoke a different
entity (e.g., Read) without manual intervention.
This automatic invocation needs to carry along with it the necessary
data references -- for Read to display a .pdf file, it should not be
necessary to first copy that file to the datastore -- passing the
URI of the file where it now exists (even if it is on an external
device) should be enough to allow any invoked entity to access it.
((2)) Allowing launch events to be "batched" in a control sequence.
I'm not familiar with Visual Basic and its like. But the developer
(or user) ought to be able to "string together" a sequence (or
graph) of launch events to create a self-contained "Narrative". The
connectors between events should allow for "logic testing", such as
"skip this next event if the preceding event indicated an error".
Given the ability to construct an automatic sequence of launch
events (including "packaged" input references), what one gets is a
'Sugar script' to provide a guided learning experience.
mikus
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