Winston Wolff wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Arthur wrote: > >> Over the years, what I have discovered about "educational software" is >> that most of it is junk, and the really useful things to connect kids >> with are the open-ended packages which provide an avenue for their >> creativity and sense of mastery over aspects of the real or digital >> world -- so, for example, learning to write with a word processor is >> much better than playing some silly flash-words game, and using >> Photoshop or the GIMP is probably much better than using some silly >> math-blaster game or even the award winning Oregon Trail (which is >> pretty good as those things go). >> """ > > > I definitely have to agree with Arthur on this point.
Hi Winston - Nice to hear from someone with whom I would enjoy having lunch, and did ;) For the record I was simply quoting Paul Fernhout. Who is a Smalltalker (is it OK to say that, Paul?), working in the area of "educational software" for a lot longer, and with a lot more technical sophistication under his belt than have I. You can tell it ain't me writing. He spells well ;) Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
