tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post4264740138812596528..comments2023-11-10T03:29:33.585-05:00Comments on A collision of thoughts: MOUSE Legacy Project - ProposalRyan Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-44385228468883913752009-03-27T11:18:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:18:00.000-04:00At this point, I think it would be wise to come up...At this point, I think it would be wise to come up with two projects - just in case one doesn't make the cut again, I'll have a nice little back up plan.<BR/><BR/>The first revolves around something that Juan and I were excited about during the unplugged event. It happens to be my personal favorite, but I'm fleshing it out a bit more. <BR/><BR/>The second would likely be within the vein you highlighted in your post. I was poking around sugarlabs.org yesterday and perhaps a good Legacy project would be to introduce an elementary school to using sugar and then report and the effects on the student's learning. It appears that Sugar can be loaded on both windows and mac machines.Ryan Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-69140778352461907082009-03-27T10:34:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:34:00.000-04:00Ryan - so, not sure if this is where you finally l...Ryan - so, not sure if this is where you finally landed with your project or not so I'll keep it brief. Given that the nature of the project is to address a specific "design need" you've identified, I wonder what the "problem" or "need statement" would look like. In other words - state in one sentence, the need you're perceiving this design will address.<BR/><BR/>As a secondary note: I wonder whether this project idea has more to do with your interest in languages (as I was just reminded of through your profile) and also has relation to your OLPC work. If what you're implying is that programming languages are becoming as relevant as spoken languages for young people and that they need to be taught and fostered... interesting. There's some great research in that direction that I can see you getting a lot out of. On the other hand, if this is way off track, I'm interested to hear more about what you're planning.<BR/><BR/>marc@mouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-76591001814596510202009-03-13T17:05:00.000-04:002009-03-13T17:05:00.000-04:00I'll definitely post them online - the more feedba...I'll definitely post them online - the more feedback the better. I realized that they will probably be aimed for post-beginners, or I should change how I advertise them a bit...<BR/><BR/>Anyways, I just downloaded the Visual Paradigm program. I hope to play around with it this afternoon and see what I can do.Ryan Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-24926405321547362302009-03-11T03:19:00.000-04:002009-03-11T03:19:00.000-04:00I hope you'll put the docs on the internet somewhe...I hope you'll put the docs on the internet somewhere (maybe google docs or Zoho, or in HTML on some free host site). <BR/><BR/>Maybe you should start the documentation process before the coding with a design phase. What you've described sounds a bit like a code review, but it might be interesting to present some diagrams of modules, class hierarchies and class interactions (UML sequence diagrams are particularly illustrative). These diagrams might make the development itself easier, too, since you'd have a better idea in advance of what you need to code. It's a bit tricky to find good free tools for these sorts of diagrams, but Visual Paradigm community edition is worth a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-34567240463816213462009-03-10T23:19:00.000-04:002009-03-10T23:19:00.000-04:00I'll take that as a compliment... mostly.I'll take that as a compliment... mostly.Ryan Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-75302217980281998492009-03-10T23:17:00.000-04:002009-03-10T23:17:00.000-04:00Wow. Sounds pretty kool. Since I've known you u've...Wow. Sounds pretty kool. Since I've known you u've always had ideas. A lot of good ones and a few not so good ones.Yaakob Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09771770281276228709noreply@blogger.com