Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Twitter Book Club - Seymour Papert's "The Children's Machine" Chapter 3

"I wonder whether they would be surprised if observation of schools in some country where only one writing (cont) http://tl.gd/2l6rcpless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"From an administrator's point of view, it made more sense to put the computers together in one (cont) http://tl.gd/2l6vmfless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Wht had started as a subversive instrument of change ws neutralized by the system and converted in2 an instrument of consolidation." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



I think what bothers me most about some elements of things like #edchat is reflected in my last Papert tweet.less than a minute ago via Twittelator



@anderscj think conversion 2 instrmnt of consolidation indicates movemnt toward tipping pointless than a minute ago via web



@ekendriss but what happens at that tipping point is critical. If we allow school to put a fence around it, it looses it's potential.less than a minute ago via Twitterrific



"ask a teacher or fellow student, look in a book, work by analogy with another situation, try to invent a method, resort to trial & error."less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"What makes math repugnant.and boring.is not that its 'hard' but that it is a senseless ritual dictated by the agenda of a set curriculum."less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"But when Brian & Henry wanted to do something that was deeper, more instructive, & more (cont) http://tl.gd/2l7da4less than a minute ago via Twittelator


The story of Brian and Henry reminds me so much of my early experiences with computers.

"when one is deeply engaged in something, 'easy' is not what one wants." Papertless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



"the isolation of the computer presence (in labs) must be seen as a kind of immune response of School to a foreign body." Papertless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



"The computer in the classroom was undermining the division of knowledge onto subjects; it was turned into a subject of it's own." Papertless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



"Piaget was the theorist of learning without a curriculum; School spawned the project of developing a Piaget curriculum." Papertless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



"in education, change will come by using technical means to shuck off the technical nature of School learning." Papertless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



@anderscj What are you discussing, please? I find the string interesting.less than a minute ago via web



@mrunkle I'm reading Seymour Papert'S (1993) ”The Children'S Machine”less than a minute ago via mobile web



really enjoying the Papert wisdom coming from you @anderscj - good stuff!less than a minute ago via web



@anderscj Thank you I have Amazoned a copy. I like the late night thing that you are doing also. It is easier to maintain focus.less than a minute ago via web

1 comment:

Mrs. Tenkely said...

Lot's of wisdom here, I'm eager to read the book myself!