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Look at those baby penguins - LOOK AT THEM.

Something I'd like to trial on my placement. The interface is designed for an interactive whiteboard and can be used as a visual aid for children learning to count. You can add and remove objects, hide the total for problem-solving activities and remove all the penguins when you want to start over.

I thought the coding would be a breeze; turns out I had to learn a lot to pull it off properly. There aren't many functions at the moment but I'm planning to either extend this or make a new interface once the need arises. I considered animating the penguins but soon felt it would be too distracting for the class, turning their attention away from whatever activity they were doing.

If you have any suggestions for improving the functionality/layout I'd be happy to listen :)
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=BlackRayquaza1 Mar 23, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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I managed to get 394 penguins :la:
now I have a wall of penguins staring at me...O_O
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*brackenhawk Mar 23, 2012
They stare into your soul O___O
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=BlackRayquaza1 Mar 23, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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!gigapokemon Jan 28, 2012
I got over 261 baby penguins in the whole thing!
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*brackenhawk Jan 29, 2012
Haha :)
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~woofwoofsg1 Jan 25, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
baby penguins, cute, but ruthless. :XD:
(quote from happy feet 2)
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*brackenhawk Jan 26, 2012
Haha :) if you look at them long enough they start looking back...
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~DILfreak76 Jan 19, 2012
If dragging has bugs an alternative could be a function that allows you to selec/deselect penguins by clicking on them and moving selected penguins when you click on an empty space.

Also either the cursor should change or some kind of simbol should indicate the function you're using. A hand for selecting/moving and a"+/-" for adding/removing maybe?
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*brackenhawk Jan 19, 2012
See the idea is that it's used on a IWB, so a cursor isn't necessary. I could add some indication that you actually made a successful click on something, though.

As for moving penguins, erasing and replacing one achieves pretty much the same thing. Trying to keep it as simple as possible, but I appreciate your suggestions :)
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~stitchpunkz Jan 19, 2012
So adorable ^^
though it took me a bit to find out I just had to click on the thing to let penguins appear
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