Re: Message from OWL in Denver

[cmyers@xxxx]

Wendy,

Thank you very much for your generous offer. I would be interested 
in seeing simple MW projects that show animation and also projects 
that cause one turtle nearing another or crashing into another to 
produce fun effects. 

Daniel Ajoy, from Ecuador, who has just joined the MW Cybercourse is 
also working with OpenWorld Learning (OWL) to put together a project 
library that will give me some tools to use in my teaching. I know 
he too will welcome suggestions and ideas from members of the 
MWcybercourse. 

I wonder too if you could give a "user group etiquette 101" lesson to 
those like me who are new to user groups. Should one cut out all the 
earlier messages in the exchange -- leaving only those that are 
relevant to one's reply. Anything else that I should know?

Thanks,

Chris 

Wendy wrote:

--- In MWcybercourse@xxxx, WendyPetti@xxxx wrote:
> Chris, Your OWL program sounds wonderful. And even though you are 
hoping for 
> a MicroWorlds teacher to come to Denver to support your efforts, I 
am more 
> excited about the idea of seeing what we here who have signed on to 
the 
> MWcybercourse list can do to support your efforts from a distance. 
Maybe 
> your OWL program could be a good way to test out some of the 
initial 
> materials we might post. And I do think that the members of 
MWcybercourse 
> form a MicroWorlds users group of sorts. (There are plenty of 
MicroWorlds 
> users at the LogoForum, too, even though they are not among the 
most prolific 
> contributors.)
> 
> I wonder if you would share with us the types of MicroWorlds 
projects you've 
> already tackled as well as the types of projects or specific 
programming 
> skills for which you would like some support. That way maybe some 
of us 
> could start working on preparing some relevant distance materials 
to post 
> online for you to try. We might as well start somewhere, and 
instead of 
> designing materials for hypothetical future users, I like the idea 
of 
> creating some materials for a real and immediate audience of 
MicroWorlds 
> learners.
> 
> Wendy
> 
> > I'm hoping the MW Cybercourse will be a wonderful resource to 
teachers and
> > student-teachers in our program -- especially on the computer 
programming
> > front.
> > 
> > We too are working to develop a users group and resource library 
that would
> > support funner, faster, and deeper MW learning.
> ...
> >Christopher Myers
> >Executive Director
> >OpenWorld Learning