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Squeak Etoys is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your computer
and then use to create your own media. You can write out your project and share it with others.
Etoys runs on any Mac or Windows machine, as well as on the OLPC XO machine.
It is free.
Find out about Etoys.
Text of this guide (for searching): Menu Tools: Bring to Front, Send to Back, Embed, and more
The halo's white menu has many authoring tools.
There are six options that assign objects to layers . . . and keep them there. The first two options change which object is on top.
Embed "glues" one object onto another one.
Experiment also with:
resist being deleted
resist being picked up
be locked. The car is the top layer.
The text is in back of the car.
The page is in back of the text.
The book is in back of the page.
The world is in back of every thing.
Open a halo for each layer. Click on its halo's white menu; read and experiment with the options. There is a car. Find it and go.
Use the arrow keys to steer the car.
