On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Alan Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Exactly right Bill! > > What the learner needs to help them learn comes before all. This will lead > to what kinds of materials hard and soft can support their learning. > Nod, and one of our learner groups are the teachers! When we are creating our activity creation frameworks we are creating materials that will support their learning. > > > (The context for these two sentences is that we also need to have a real > idea of what it is we'd like to help them learn, and this can range from > "whatever strikes their fancy" to e.g. "it would be really good to help > everyone learn real mathematical thinking and doing".) > this is pretty powerful. Might be worth creating a wiki page to think together about this. > > > Cheers, > > Alan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bill Kerr <[email protected]> > *To:* Marco Pesenti Gritti <[email protected]> > *Cc:* iaep <[email protected]>; "Costello, Rob R" < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2009 3:37:01 PM > *Subject:* Re: [IAEP] Thoughts on Pedagogy and supporting activity > creators > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Marco Pesenti Gritti < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Caroline Meeks >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yes we need to think about whether these people are using Python, eToys, >> > JavaScript or Flash to convert these worksheets into a Sugarized >> activity, >> > but we also need to think about how the process of Sugarizing can help >> them >> > create a more effective learning experience for these students then the >> > original mimeographed exercises. >> >> +1! I think looking beyond technicalities this is a very important >> point. (Yeah, I'll share my thoughts about technicalities too, as soon >> as I managed to get email backlog under control!). > > > > Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of > Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in > Mathematical Thinking and Learning.)Liping Ma > > > http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EjkKBotJcyIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Liping+inauthor:Ma#PPP1,M1 > > looks fantastic, I read the contents page, forward and introduction from > the google books URL > > foundational knowledge: one and three quarters divided by a half > > ** Make up a good story to represent that problem ** > > This question needs to be asked first before deciding whether to use flash, > javascript, python, etoys or scratch to represent that story > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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