On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess Bryan thinks of it as a play on "Mathland" (in Papert's sense, > not the curriculum of the same name). The name of squeakland.org was > inspired by the same idea: > > "What would happen if children who can't do math grew up in Mathland, > a place that is to math what France is to French?" --S.P.
SP means 'what Frenchland is to French', right? I grew up near Sugarland, and visited it regularly. It still makes me think of rotting teeth and nothing wholesome. > Also see > > http://www.kusasa.org/background/mathland/mathland.html yes... a great project to discuss, actually. _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
