Welcome to the Squeakfest 2007 Website
Sponsored By
MaMaMedia.org
Viewpoints Research Institute
Columbia College Chicago Early Childhood Education
Special Thanks to Matthew McCauley and Kyle and Lydia Rusconi
SqueakFest '07: Schedule

Wednesday 8/1

Columbia College Chicago - 33 E Congress

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:15

Yoshiki Ohshima, Viewpoints Research

Introduction to One Laptop Per Child

 

10:15-10:30

Break

 

10:30-12:30

Scott Wallace, Viewpoints Research

Note: A beginners workshop will also be offered if requested by attendees.

Intermediate Hands-on Workshop : Simulations with Etoys - techniques and tools, with emphasis on debugging

12:30-2:00

Lunch

 

2:00-3:00

Masashi Umezawa, Blue Plane

SuperSwiki2

3:00-3:30

Break

 

3:30-4:30

Carol Ann Stowe, Columbia College Chicago/Valerie Scarlata, Columbia College Chicago/Elspeth Stowe-Grant, U of Chicago Laboratory School

Shifting Boundaries: Art, the Computer, and the Early Childhood Classroom

 


Thursday 8/2

University Center Conference Center
525 South State Street

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:00

Randy Caton, Christopher Newport University

Learning Physics Using Squeak Etoys

10:00-10:30

Break

 

10:30-11:15

Madhur Shrestha, SeaGate Institute of Technology

Squeak, Constraints & Possibilities

11:30-12:15

SooJin Jun, Korea University

The Power of Etoys in Teaching Programming Skills

12:15-1:30

Lunch

 

1:30-1:45

Provost Steve Kapelke Welcomes Alan Kay

 

1:45-3:00

Alan Kay, Viewpoints Research

Keynote Presentation: One Laptop per Child - A Call for Content

3:00-3:30

Break

 

3:30-4:15

Barry & Patrick Kayton, The Shuttleworth Foundation

Etoys & Kusasa in Developing Analytical & Creative Thinking Skills

4:15-5:00

Tadashi Yokokama,

Squeak for the First Grade and Beyond

5:00-7:00

Reception on the Rooftop/BBQ and Live Jazz

 

 

 

 

 


Friday 8/3

University Center Conference Center
525 South State Street

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:00

Kathleen Harness, Kathleen Smith, & Avigail Snir, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Curriculum Applications of Squeak

10:00-10:45

Break

 

10:45-11:30

Offray Luna, Javeriana University

Collective Problem Solving & Squeak

11:30-12:15

Tadayuki Otowa & Hideyuki Takada, Ritsumeikan University

A Squeak Project Sharing System Through Tangible Contact & Smart Cards

12:15-1:30

Lunch

 

1:30-2:30

Ji-Young Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Empowering Teachers with Squeak

2:30-3:00

Break

 

3:00-3:45

Juri Nakamura & Aiko Ickikawa, Digital Hollywood University

Digital Creator Classes for Kids: Workshops & Tutorials for Squeak Etoys

4:00

Wrap Up