Re: [Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-07 Thread kirby urner
> For my taste, you are getting your rap down way too well. > Wait'll you hear the music that goes with it! (I haven't yet either). ;-D > For the record - I found it necessary to walk out of - yes - a Monty Python > movie. > I had a lot of trouble with 'The Meaning of Life' when I saw it. I

Re: [Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-07 Thread ajsiegel
- Original Message - From: kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > We're trying to recruit more girls by taking the edge off of > technology some (more dolls, fewer bayonets). A kinder gentler CS? > Doesn't mean we stop with the war games. Quakers play Quake. But > it's metaphoric violen

Re: [Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-07 Thread kirby urner
> Digital, actually is cold. And children are too sensitive not to perceive it > as cold. > Yes, but they love cartoons. > Anything we can actually pet around? > I'm all for that too. Not either/or. > I'd feel better about it if I knew what problem, exactly, we were solving. > We're trying

Re: [Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-06 Thread ajsiegel
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Then I notice the Scheme folks might come and wonder if they're like > > the zookeepers. because, like, we have all these animals: {Logo : > > turtle, Squeak : mouse, Python : snake}. Now the Schemers show up, > > and plan a circus or som

Re: [Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-06 Thread ajsiegel
- Original Message - From: kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For my part, I've been musing on the animals we're seeing: turtles on > Python. I'm into monkeys. And Python's a snake (some say a comedy > troupe, but I say "it ate Monty"). > > I'm invited to a Shuttleworth Foundation gig

[Edu-sig] From Kirby's corner...

2006-03-06 Thread kirby urner
For my part, I've been musing on the animals we're seeing: turtles on Python. I'm into monkeys. And Python's a snake (some say a comedy troupe, but I say "it ate Monty"). I'm invited to a Shuttleworth Foundation gig in London in April to brainstorm on a proposed curriculum pipeline in South Afr