It is hilariously funny at times, but pretty much useless, at least for philosophical discourse.
- Bert - Am Jan 18, 2007 um 15:37 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: > Bert- > > Just for fun, here is a link through Babelfish for edusig auf > Deutsch: :-) > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fmail.python.org%2fmailman%2flistinfo% > 2fedu-sig > > See for example: > "[ Edu-Edu-sig ] Slashdot Artikel: Programmieren Zicklein Jedoch?" > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.python.org%2Fpipermail%2Fedu-sig% > 2F2006-April%2F006308.html > > Or January's posts: > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fmail.python.org%2fpipermail%2fedu-sig% > 2f2007-January%2fthread.html > > I'd be curious what a native German speaker had to say about the > quality > or usefulness of these automatic translations of edusig? > Useful? Confusing? Useless? > > --Paul Fernhout > > Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> Am Jan 18, 2007 um 6:45 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: >> >>> so no matter how cheap you made distributing a >>> diversity of text books or related educational materials, >>> schools would >>> not want any but the standardized ones to be used at the >>> standardized >>> times. The point of conventional schooling was then ansd still is to >>> produce a standard graded product, not amplify differences. As I >>> point out >>> in my previously linked essay >>> "Why Educational Technology Has Failed Schools" >>> http://patapata.sourceforge.net/ >>> WhyEducationalTechnologyHasFailedSchools.html >>> computers linked to the internet have revolutionized just about >>> every >>> area >>> of life today related to information access and education -- except, >>> ironically, schooling. I think there is a reason. Schools are >>> *actively* >>> in the way of everything the better side of the world wide web >>> promises -- >>> diversity, expression, disintermediation, innovation, etc. >> >> >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> I *very* much enjoy reading your thoughts on technology and >> education. >> I wish they were in German, to be able to show them to people >> here ... >> Do you know any German writer with similar views? >> >> - Bert - _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig