X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2010%2F03;h=d041e81bd03bbb77d2ad281cb56e8213a17a44b4;hp=b933f7c2c10232fe7d5a971e016d9a82f313b01f;hb=43f03117dfec40913babb83d1ca2125a44a9eb4b;hpb=fcc3c16f7cf415f7c86bd172e3bf9d057bee077e diff --git a/blog/2010/03 b/blog/2010/03 index b933f7c..d041e81 100644 --- a/blog/2010/03 +++ b/blog/2010/03 @@ -1,3 +1,44 @@ +== Fri, Mar 12 - Interview with "los scratcheros" == + +|| {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00008.jpg | maxwidth=480 | The "Scratcheros": Nadia, Benedicto and Alberto}} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00003.jpg | maxwidth=480 | A sugar "hack" (zoom in to see detail) }} || +|| {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/cyber_nick/00001.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Cyber Nick, the XO repair lab in Caacupe }} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/cyber_nick/00029.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Kids asking to install Sugar 0.84 in front of Cyber Nick }} || + +Today I spent some time with a boy of Caacupe who has impressed me and the +educators very much with his original creations in Scratch. Scratch is not +a school subject, these kids are learning it on their own. + + * **What's your name?** + * Benedicto + + * **How old are you?** + * 12 + + * **How did you learn Scratch?** + * We tried all the functions. First, we'll try one function, and see what it does. + + * **What job would you like to do when you're done with school?** + * Software engineer + + * **Ah, like me! Do you like Turtle Art? What can you do with it?** + * Si. I can create rectangles and other geometrical shapes. + + * **How much time do you spend with your laptop every day?** + * A few hours. + + * **Nobody is teaching you, yeah? You're learning everything on your own?** + * No, with my sister. We try all activities, and when we find one we like, we spend some time on it together. + + * **What other activities do you like besides Scatch and Turtle Art?** + * //Ablar con Sara// [Speak] and //Super Vampire Ninja Zero//, //Máquina de discos// (Jukebox). + + * **Would you like to learn a little bit of Python with Pippy?** + * Very well! + +Then we got started. Python is easy, you can explain the basics to a smart kid in less than 30 minutes. +We also updated Benedicto's laptop to [[http://oficina.paraguayeduca.org/~bernie/py-xo1/ | build 65]], +containing the latest version of the Sugar 0.84 branch. Benedicto had been previously testing my previous +build 45, which contained some networking bugs. + == Tue, Mar 02 - Charla @ Facultad Politecnica == Today I gave an opening talk at the [[http://www.pol.una.py/ | Facultad Politecnica de la Universidad Nacional de Asuncion]]. @@ -12,5 +53,6 @@ The title was "//Empoderar a los estudiantes con el Software Libre//" (//Empower {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/facultad_politecnica/la-base-pedagogica-de-sugar.jpg | maxwidth=640 | The pedagogical base of Sugar}} {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/facultad_politecnica/00048.jpg | maxwidth=640 }} +See [[pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/facultad_politecnica | all the photos ]] in my Codew'z photostream. -See [[pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/facultad_politecnica | all photos ]] in the Codew'z photostream. +Note: I'm not really affiliated with MIT and I'm not even an engineer, but it's a flattering mistake ;-)