[MWForum]teaching MicroWorlds - students with varius learning problems
Zehava Wizman
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Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:54:09 +0300
>From: "Zehava Wizman" <zehava_w@hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: [MWForum]teaching MicroWorlds - students with varius learning
>problems
>Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:20:07 +0300
>
>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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