[Edu-sig] Podcast, E-Mail-Course, Tele-Learning

Hi, are there any podcasts or other tele-learning platforms around to learn python? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Ulrich Hasecke -- hasecke.com Business Communication Schubertstr. 4 42719 Solingen Tel.: 0212-2331483 ___ Edu-sig mailing list

[Edu-sig] Edusig auf Deutsch [in German] using Babelfish

Bert- Just for fun, here is a link through Babelfish for edusig auf Deutsch: :-) http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=en_detrurl=http%3a%2f%2fmail.python.org%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2fedu-sig See for example: [ Edu-Edu-sig ] Slashdot Artikel: Programmieren Zicklein Jedoch?

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment

Ivan Krstić wrote: I don't think I can actually figure out what you're saying here. I am happy to have a discussion, but that requires understanding what's being discussed; please consider rephrasing your concerns in very simple, non-philosophical terms. If it is any consolation, you are

Re: [Edu-sig] Edusig auf Deutsch [in German] using Babelfish

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: :-)

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (Why Educational Technology Has Failed Schools)

Thanks Paul, I know of Steiner, we have a son who went to a Waldorf school. We choose a Montessori school for our other kids, which I like much better. Anyway, I was specifically looking for someone both knowledgable in education *and* technology, and writing about the intersection of the

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment

On 1/18/07, Arthur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: kirby urner wrote: Honk honk! --- goose noise AFLAK! Talk about interesting terminology ;) Art I maybe should've elaborated, when I talked about not having OLPC in my active namespace... We call our program CP4E, with an emphasis on the E

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (Why Educational Technology Has Failed Schools)

I guess you have your work cut out for you then to write one. :-) Thanks for the comments on Babelfish. --Paul Fernhout P.S. I did find that John Holt's _How Children Learn_ has been translated to fourteen languages -- not sure what they are though: http://www.holtgws.com/johnholtpage.html

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (Why Educational Technology Has Failed Schools)

Am Jan 18, 2007 um 19:39 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: I guess you have your work cut out for you then to write one. :-) Thanks for the comments on Babelfish. --Paul Fernhout P.S. [... links ...] I'll have a look there. I was actually hoping for a personal recommendation, but if you don't

Re: [Edu-sig] Podcast, E-Mail-Course, Tele-Learning

On 18/01/07, Jan Ulrich Hasecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Hello, are there any podcasts or other tele-learning platforms around to learn python? I'm not sure about tele-learning but you can find lots of good tutorials here : http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide also Python

Re: [Edu-sig] Python.Camp

Does anybody here ever organized such an event and can provide a checklist or some hints how to organize it? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Ulrich Hasecke Greetings Jan -- In Silicon Forest, though many woodsy camps are in radius, we prefer to hold weekend Python classes in an already well

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (vs. Apprenticeship)

Kirby U. here sounds like he does that. But, there is no realistic way a person can really have 30 apprentices, let alone 150 as is typical in high school (one teacher with five classes of thirty kids each). One or two apprentices is quite doable, even up to five, maybe. Much more than that,

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (vs. Apprenticeship)

kirby urner wrote: This might happen virtually, i.e. a protege could show up for a few minutes on YouTube from time to time, introducing some geek topic of special interest, show how it's done. Others could then chime in with their offerings, using IRC to chat about their relative merits,

Re: [Edu-sig] An OLPC comment (vs. Apprenticeship)

On 1/18/07, Jason Cunliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ooh... *mathcasting* Nice one ! I like the sound of that Kirby. Jason Thanks Jason, though I make no claims to inventing the term. If you've spent much time on YouTube, you've started to build up a sense of the genre, at least in its

[Edu-sig] OT: calculating dodeca icosa solid assembly angles

I need to make some regular dodecahedrons and icossahedrons for sculptural project. Want to set up some jigs for mitre saw and saw table in my shop, to help me cut wood and plastic modules for making several prototypes at different sizes and and as for making casting molds etc. Repeat

[Edu-sig] Tracing the Dynabook: A Dissertation

Hi, Over the past few years, I have been working on a historical study on Alan Kay's Dynabook vision and how it has played out over the past three and a half decades. This has been part of my PhD work in education at the University of BC -- as such, I am working from an educational

Re: [Edu-sig] Tracing the Dynabook: A Dissertation

John Maxwell wrote: I've been reading this edu-sig list since its inception sympathies. , and in the past 6 months or so I've noticed an enormous surge of interest in (and controversy around) Squeak and Alan Kay's Dynabook concept. what's the controversy? powerful and dangerous ideas.

Re: [Edu-sig] Tracing the Dynabook: A Dissertation

On 1/18/07, John Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP http://thinkubator.ccsp.sfu.ca/Dynabook/dissertation I'm very interested in any comments you might have. - John Maxwell Hi John -- I've read up through pg 20 of your intro thus far, to right before you launch into Alan's story.