Hi Jeff!
your project is wonderfull, exactally what I mean, I think such things can
help those children that have problems with typing , and let them more enjoy
MicroWorlds environment, and not to deal with hard things like typing. I
have a request, can you add the commands: wait, ht ,st, clean show , replace
them with conditional commands. The conditional commands subject will not be
studied to those children, Maybe I can do this, but it's harder to go into
the programmer head...
thanks for your help,Zehava
>From: "Jeff Knope" <jknope@asis.com>
>Reply-To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com
>To: <mwforum@lists.mathcats.com>
>Subject: Re: [MWForum]teaching MicroWorlds - students with varius learning
>problems
>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:49:30 -0700
>
>Hi Zehava,
>
>In messages subsequent to this one, you explained in more detail you are
>envisioning some way to assemble procedures without much (or any) typing.
>You've mentioned finding some way to copy and paste.
>
>I was intending to look at that question as I started what became Graphics
>Basics, but it sort of took off in a different direction, and I decided to
>go with it.
>
>Today I revisitted your question of how to accomodate people with various
>learning disabilities (or perhaps motor problems as well), not to mention
>the age groups for which keyboarding is such a struggle.
>
>The attached project seems to me to have some promise. Unfortunately, I
>was more interested in finding a workable concept than in making sure I
>included an adequate list of primitives and characters. I see I've
>neglected ht, st, show, cg, clean... to name just the few that have jumped
>up as tried using the thing (though these and any othes can be written
>using the provided alphabet). It seems to me the list of included
>primitives should be kept pretty small and simple, but still enough to do
>most things. Or perhaps there should be different versions for different
>age and/or ability levels.
>
>Most of the primitives include a space following them (except make ", set
>", and tto ", which have both a space and the leading quotes that
>invariably go with them). The math operators have both leading and
>following spaces. The numbers, letters, and punctuation marks do not have
>a space following them to permit making strings of characters. There is a
><sp> "key" to add spaces when needed.
>
>The main tricks to using it are: clicking on the blue boxes (which are
>always active) causes the contents of that box to show up in the textbox at
>the bottom. You may compose MicroWorlds statements by successive clicks on
>the appropriate boxes. I found I very quickly got familiar with where
>things are. If you make a mistake, the "Backspace" button behaves just like
>the Backspace key, one destructive backspace per click.
>
>When the line of code is fully composed, click on the "Copy" button, then
>move the cursor to the Procedures Tab and click it right into where you
>want your line of code to appear. Next do a Paste from the Edit menu in
>MWPro, or the right-click popup menu in EX. Presto! The full line appears
>in the Procedures Tab.
>
>When you are ready to compose a new line, click on the "Clear Text" button
>before you start.
>
>I've taken the liberty of naming it the "Zehava Composer." It really is
>your idea entirely.
>
>Regards,
>Jeff
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Zehava Wizman" <zehava_w@hotmail.com>
>To: <MWForum@lists.mathcats.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:21 AM
>Subject: [MWForum]teaching MicroWorlds - students with varius learning
>problems
>
>
> > Hellow Forum!
> > I am student, M.A degree in Technion Institue, on "Eduacation in
> > Technology and Science " Faculty, besides I am working as a computer
>teacher
> > in middle age section (13-14 age). In my studies I have to develop
> > educational program, and I decided to try taking MicroWorlds for
>teaching
> > some basic Ideas in Computer Science for children in those ages (12-14)
> > with problems in learning ( I teach this course in Middle age school but
> > only for the best students in scholol) Now, there is need to fit it to
> > students with varius problems in learning,concentration
> > problems,communication problems, and other learning problems, those that
> > maybe ,it will be their unique opportunity studing those subjects in
>very
> > rich invirnoment, and need so much success experience of making projects
>by
> > themselves, see their products working with much multimedia effects in
>it.
> > My request is to get advises on: what projects will suit to those
>children,
> > which elements can fit to those children, Maybe someone has expeirence
>with
> > teaching MicroWorlds to students with problems I mentioned before.
> > I surely know that some subjects like recursion, maybe condional
>sentences
> > will not fit them, but their are subjects that can be tought in special
>way
> > and will be understandably.
> > I will be glad to hear from you, and get help.
> > Thanks, Zehava Wizman
> >
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