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
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
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
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
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
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,
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,
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
Hate being the grunch. I hope the OLPC accomplishes everything it sets
out to and more.
What I suspect is that - having learnt something about complexity and
dynamic systems from computers - that the most profound effects of the
initiative will be unintended ones. Let's hope they are mostly
Hi Art,
if you are interested in a serious discussion with OLPC, rather than
just about OLPC, their open forum might be a better place than Python
edu-sig.
See http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo
You might even get a response ;-)
- Bert -
Am Jan 17, 2007 um 15:15 schrieb Arthur:
Grunch with a u is from Gander of Geese, saw some other funny ones,
Oh drat sorry, meant Gaggle of Geese not Gander.
This guy Haim (aka Zorro) on Math Forum always heckles me when
I get that wrong.
Here's an official government web page to help us out in the future:
- Original Message -From: kirby urner I'll leave it to Arthur to nail
down his affiliation.I am not now, nor have I ever been.Art
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Arthur wrote:
Particularly given this, I don't understand the embedded need, as part
of the process, to the compromise on some basic ideas - normally called
science. [...] Or - maybe more what he was
suggesting - is that until there is empricial evidence that leads us in
a certain and
Art-
It is funny to see the learning just in case educators crying out for
more testing just in case. Like the Albany Free School, or John Holt, or
The Hole in the Wall project or various other success stories relating
to learning on demand which the OLPC project supports did not exist. No
Yes, Paul:
School sucks.
Any kid worth his salt knows that
And yes Paul:
The possibilities for meaningful testing are indeed limited. Are we
influencing someone to be more or less creative, more or less
independent, etc.
Implicit in the design of any test is our values -i.e. for what are
Art-
I think one issue is here is the difference between apprenticeship and
teaching. Perhaps there is a middle position of mentoring between
those too, as apprenticeship can often be exploitive, plus take many
years. One of the best ways to learn a skill (like programming) might be
to be
Laura-
That's a good sentiment to use testing to see how we the tester is
succeeding at communicating. I totally agree with the benefit to any
presenter of feedback about whether the audience gets what they are trying
to present. Refining presentations and presentation skills is important.
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