Charla:  An instrument whose Music is Ideas. Smalltalk, eToys and the Idea of the  Children's Machine
Charlista: Marcus Denker

Fecha: 26 de agosto 
Horario: 12:00 a 14:00 horas. 
Sala: Auditorio DCC (Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, tercer piso)

Abstract

This talk will present the history and current state of explorative learning environments that came out of the Smalltalk tradition of realizing a personal computer for children of all ages.

The personal computer was influenced to a large extend by the idea of providing a tool for thinking and learning. In the first part of the talk, I will give a short overview of the history of the computer as a personal medium and exploration environment.

The second part I will introduce Squeak eToys and Scratch, two current projects that stand in the tradition of the original Smalltalk project.

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Marcus Denker is a postdoc at the PLEIAD lab, DCC/University of Chile. Before, he was a postdoc at the Software Composition Group, University of Bern. His research focuses on reflection and meta-programming for dynamic languages. He is an active participant in the Squeak open source community for many years. Marcus Denker received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bern/Switzerland in 2008 and a Dipl.-Inform. (MSc) from the University of Karlsruhe/Germany in 2004. Full CV at: http://marcusdenker.de/CV.html.