Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've been reading Montessori Madness for a few hours now, and I find Another good one is Montessori Today http://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Today-Comprehensive-Education-Adulthood/dp/080521061X The funny thing is that since

Re: [Olpc-open] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 12.10.2009, at 10:55, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've been reading Montessori Madness for a few hours now, and I find Another good one is Montessori Today

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Dave Bauer dave.ba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Martin, can you point to Bryan's theory or give me a hint on search terms to find it? I googled for it too, don't think he's posted anything google-readable. He mentioned it in a couple of presentations at OLPC. Boils

[Olpc-open] Etoys software meet today at 3pm ET (19:00 GMT)

2009-10-12 Thread Timothy Falconer
Hi everyone, Feel free to join us for our weekly Etoys software meet at 3pm ET (19:00 GMT). With an IRC client, connect to irc.freenode.net and channel #etoys. With a web browser, click chat at the top of squeakland.org. Today we'll be discussing the *last* release candidate before our

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: Let me go a step further than Martin.  Anything, including the bestest and newest computer thingie, will fail when the expected enabler is an unenthusiastic teacher. Sometimes. And sometimes it will make an

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've been reading Montessori Madness for a few hours now, and I find Another good one is Montessori Today

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to add something to this conversation. I am a public middle school science teacher, and, as some of you know, the technology facilitator in my building working with our 5th grade students and teachers with a

[Olpc-open] OLPC/Sugar Community Summit NYC -- Saturday November 21 (date tentative)

2009-10-12 Thread Holt
Late-Breaking News: Several OLPCorps team members who deployed XO laptops across Africa this summer are eager to join us in NY City, eg. talking about their individual school experience in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, etc: http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/teams.shtml DRAFT