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] [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

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