On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Stop here, and please _read_ on constructionism. (Hint: most of the >>>> tricks have to do with what happens _without the teacher around_). >> >> Sorry, people can't learn Constructionism simply by reading. > > That is simply appalling. The words that come to my mind are: > nonsense, unlearnable, faith-based, bullshit, and excuses
Hang on! I think Edward meant exactly that you have to learn Constructionism by using it to teach, to learn. > I'm also reminded that one doesn't really understand a concept > until they can teach it. If you can't teach me, then perhaps > your own understanding is weak. Exactly what I think he is saying. m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open

