The 9th Libre Software Meeting will be held at Mont de Marsan, Landes, in SW France, from the 1 to the 5 of July. LSM is an international free software event taking place in Jully, each year, in a town of France. The first event took place in 2000 at Bordeaux. This year, Squeak/Smalltalk will be largely represented with conferences and workshops.
dimanche, juin 22 2008
Squeak/Smalltalk at RMLL 2008
Par Hilaire Fernandes le dimanche, juin 22 2008, 09:26
jeudi, juin 19 2008
Why Squeak? Part III
Par Hilaire Fernandes le jeudi, juin 19 2008, 18:24
In this series of articles, I will highlight the advantages of using Squeak/Smalltalk to develop educational software. At some point and based on my experience, I will compare with other development languages. The focus of this article is for educators and developers interested in software programming education applications. In these articles, don't expect to learn about Smalltalk/Squeak programming, my goal is simply to give an overall picture, based on real experience. Feedback is of course very welcome. In this article I will discuss the Smalltalk/Squeak IDE.
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samedi, mai 24 2008
iStoa.net lands on Olpc
Par Hilaire Fernandes le samedi, mai 24 2008, 01:00
iStoa.net is a pretty large project I am developing for education. It is a learning environment with emphasis on interactive activities through artifacts, recording of student activities for further analysis, curriculum modeling with oriented graphs and learner modeling. Yesterday I tested the iStoa client application on the Olpc XO notebook.
dimanche, mai 4 2008
Operational thinking
Par Hilaire Fernandes le dimanche, mai 4 2008, 09:50
About the development of mind in 7-12 years old kids, Piaget elaborated the operational thinking concept (or the thinking through action with instruments). For Vygotsky, in his theory of activity, the learner alway operates through auxiliary instruments. Too often, computerized learning environments for young children are modeled with an adult thinking model. Therefore these environments are inappropriate for children. Squeak, and its educational version, Squeakland is one exception because it is centered on learning by doing and experimenting.
lundi, avril 28 2008
La pensée instrumentale
Par Hilaire Fernandes le lundi, avril 28 2008, 19:42
Piaget distinguait chez les enfants de 7-12 ans la pensée instrumentale ou opératoire. Pour Vygotsky, dans sa théorie de l'activité l’apprenant opère toujours par l’intermédiaire d’un auxiliaire, un instrument. Trop souvent, les environnements informatiques d'apprentissage proposés aux jeunes enfants ne sont que des projections de formes de pensée d'adultes dans un environnement informatisé. Et donc malheureusement ceux-ci sont inadaptés au public auquel ils sont destinés. Squeak, et sa version éducative Squeakland, est une exception notoire car il est centré sur l'apprentissage par l'expérimentation.
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