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

[Arthur]

Kevin Driscoll wrote:

>Pardon me for stepping in late.
>
>One way that edu-sig can get involved with olpc right away is by
>building a tree of sample Python code for kids to discover as they
>root around on their little green machines.  How many useful, curious,
>humorous, or mind-altering scripts can we compose in the next few
>months?
>  
>
Am I the only one who sees a inherent contradiction in these kinds of 
efforts???

If we accept that the gatekeepers for the OLPC educational software have 
a distinct educational philosophy  ---

the question then becomes why Python??

In the context of that educational philosophy, the answer is "no good 
reason".

But if our efforts represent a *different* educational philosophy - to 
me they necessarily do if they see Python as central

- how does it get past the gatekeepers.???]

Art