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Show HN: λ Bubble Pop, an educational toy built using λ Lessons

83 points by Uehreka 12y ago

daveloyall 12y ago
I think this could be easily adapted into a tool for teaching children basic algebra.
- ctdonath 12y ago
  See iOS app "DragonBox".
  - daveloyall 12y ago
    A couple of quick searches indicate that this is a well-regarded application. Thank you for your recommendation. A quick review of your comments here indicate that you're an OK person. I enjoyed your review of the Highlander franchise, thanks. I happen to be one of those liberty-or-death types when it comes to software licenses. Doubly so for educational software! I ... I can't trust a company to educate a child. Their goals are just too much different than mine. [The pessimist in me says that] They'll never provide a copy of their internal design documents so that future educators could improve upon their craft. A teacher would share his lesson plans, and a Free Software developer would share her code. I can't send a dime to an educational software company because (apologies to various humans and their families in advance...) I want all such companies to dry up and cease to be, in order that teachers and Free Software developers would have a better chance to thrive.
markbnj 12y ago
I love the sound :). It's fun to "pop" the bubbles and it really does give an intuitive sense of the process of evaluating a statement. Give it a progressive framework of concepts to explore and embed it in a pleasing page and you might have something neat. Good job.
- Uehreka 12y ago
  Thanks! Once I do some work on the parser I'll probably try and write up some basic Haskell lessons.
_Adam 12y ago
Any relation to: youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI ?
- desireco42 12y ago
  You beat me to it, the first thing I thought is lovely Hyuna and this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI
- davidrusu 12y ago
  That looks totally unrelated.
- Uehreka 12y ago
  Actually, no. Nor is it related to the Gamecube game Super Bubble Pop. Or Fizzy Pop. Or Popcorn Time.
janpaul123 12y ago
Love it, great job. Isn't open source great, building on top of each others' work? :)

83 points by Uehreka 12y ago

daveloyall 12y ago

I think this could be easily adapted into a tool for teaching children basic algebra.

ctdonath 12y ago
See iOS app "DragonBox".
- daveloyall 12y ago
  A couple of quick searches indicate that this is a well-regarded application. Thank you for your recommendation. A quick review of your comments here indicate that you're an OK person. I enjoyed your review of the Highlander franchise, thanks. I happen to be one of those liberty-or-death types when it comes to software licenses. Doubly so for educational software! I ... I can't trust a company to educate a child. Their goals are just too much different than mine. [The pessimist in me says that] They'll never provide a copy of their internal design documents so that future educators could improve upon their craft. A teacher would share his lesson plans, and a Free Software developer would share her code. I can't send a dime to an educational software company because (apologies to various humans and their families in advance...) I want all such companies to dry up and cease to be, in order that teachers and Free Software developers would have a better chance to thrive.

markbnj 12y ago

I love the sound :). It's fun to "pop" the bubbles and it really does give an intuitive sense of the process of evaluating a statement. Give it a progressive framework of concepts to explore and embed it in a pleasing page and you might have something neat. Good job.

Uehreka 12y ago
Thanks! Once I do some work on the parser I'll probably try and write up some basic Haskell lessons.

_Adam 12y ago

Any relation to: youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI ?

desireco42 12y ago
You beat me to it, the first thing I thought is lovely Hyuna and this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI
davidrusu 12y ago
That looks totally unrelated.
Uehreka 12y ago
Actually, no. Nor is it related to the Gamecube game Super Bubble Pop. Or Fizzy Pop. Or Popcorn Time.

janpaul123 12y ago

Love it, great job. Isn't open source great, building on top of each others' work? :)