At 01:08 PM 10/4/00 -0400, Jason Cunliffe wrote:
Hi Steve
very happy to pitch in with good ideas but first please can you tell us:
- What ages? 5-10
- What was shown already? [specifically] MS Encarta, with various types of lookup, video, etc, MS Office and Windows ME (but I missed those -- left early to see the presidential debates)
- How long do you have? I'd guess between 15 minutes and 1 hour
- Will it be people gathered around one machine or is there a projector? Projector. The kids all sit on the floor in front, while the parents sit in chairs behind them. I'd imagine there are about 70 kids and 100 parents.
- When is presentation due? No specific time. I simply made the proposal.
Thanks Jason Steve Steve Litt Webmaster, Troubleshooters.Com http://www.troubleshooters.com slitt@troubleshooters.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> To: <edu-sig@python.org> Cc: <leaplist@lists.leap-cf.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: [Edu-sig] Now I went and did it!
Hi all,
Not that it matters on this particular mailing list, but I'm a Linux/Open Source advocate and a harsh critic of Microsoft. This is just in the way of explanation.
So I went to "Technology Night" at our childrens' school, and it turned out to be nothing but a Microsoft indoctrination for elementary students. So I offered to put on an age-appropriate demo of Open Source technology at the next technology night.
So now I need to put on a dog and pony show. It must be so interesting to kids that they don't get bored or fidgit. I think that calls for some sort of action game. And it must clearly demonstrate that it fills an educational need to the parents.
It seems to me that Python + Idle + some of the ideas I've seen expressed on this list would do the trick. Whaddya all think? Kirby -- any ideas?
I've crossposted this to my LUG, LEAP-CF, because I anticpate that my fellow LUGsters and myself will be the people who actually put on this show.
Thanks
Steve
Steve Litt Webmaster, Troubleshooters.Com http://www.troubleshooters.com slitt@troubleshooters.com
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