[Edu-sig] Re: The trackball reality

[Daniel Ajoy]

To contrast this idea I suggest reading this short article
('hope it's still there):

February 21, 1998
The Wonderful Discovery of Nothing

http://www.connectedfamily.com/frame4/cf0413seymour/recent_essays/cf0413_discovery.html

...
> Almost all parents think that it is a good thing for their 
> kids to do something called "learning math" and are 
> therefore in the market for software that will "teach kids 
> math." So far, so good. But what is not so good is that 
> their ideas about what math is, and why the kids should 
> learn it, are so flimsy that they are in a similar position 
> to people who want to buy food for their kids but do not 
> know the difference between nutritious food and junk food.
> 
> In my view 99% of what is sold is junk math. 
...

Daniel

PS. The Logo community has published a lot about kids programming games.




> From: Laura Creighton <lac at strakt.com>
> 
> One of the reasons that games are effective at teaching is that they
> provide 'teaching that is training' as opposed to 'teaching that is
> education'.  And training is a very effective way to learn.
>