[Edu-sig] OLPC (was FYI: PataPata postmortem link)

[David Boddie]

On Mon Dec 4 05:34:21 CET 2006, Winston Wolff wrote:
  
> I definitely have to agree with Arthur on this point.  I'm working on  
> some "educational software" at the moment, but it's really a simple  
> development environment for people learning Python.  I.e. an open- 
> ended tool, not a product that teaches.  I've been pondering the  
> question of what is good educational software full time for half a  
> dozen years now, and I still don't know how to answer it.

Going off at a tangent, your remarks about "an open-ended tool, not a
product than teaches" reminded me of this interesting tutorial for Scheme:

  http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html#lists

Maybe it's not all that suitable for children, but it's certainly a
different way to learn a programming language. :-)

David