Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Twitter Book Club - Seymour Papert's "The Children's Machine" Chapter 10

"For many people the restrictions of poverty, prejudice, and our own forms of bureaucracy make a mockery of (cont) http://tl.gd/2pidjdless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"We are living with an educational system that is fundamentally as irrational as the command economy and (cont) http://tl.gd/2pig01less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"His (Bush) remedies (national system of tests) were the remedies the bureaucratic mind proposes (cont) http://tl.gd/2piiu9less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Nervousness about being tested on subjects that feel alien is the surest way to turn off what little (cont) http://tl.gd/2piko9less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"tests would reinforce in her a very strong and distasteful image of science as a list of facts to be memorized like a ritual." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Nervousness about the test could make the teacher reticent about spending time on any but the testable aspects of science." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"If the tests are inherited from the past or imitated from the rest of the world, they will inhibit us from (cont) http://tl.gd/2pio6uless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The way to be first, therefore, is not to play catch-up but to take the lead in new directions." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator


"I have seen children in 'special ed' classes use it militantly to assert their real identity against (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj42mless than a minute ago via Twittelator


I was one such child. When I was in 2nd grade I was placed in "special ed" because of my handwriting. By 3rd grade the computer was introduced in the school classrooms and I was able to use it to express myself where I was unable to with my pencil.

"while many alternative schools define themselves by a domain of interest such as art or writing or (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj5cpless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"On their model, researchers should develop large numbers of different ideas, test them rigorously, select (cont) http://tl.gd/2pj7l8less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The ridiculous situation where supply and demand exist but cannot meet comes from the commitment to uniformity in schools." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The bureaucrat thinks you can make people believe something by issuing orders." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"This belief is supported by the rationalist, who believes that you can make people believe something by advancing convincing arguments."less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"A central feature of the little school idea is that it permits a group of like-minded people--teachers, (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjdgtless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The design of a learning environment has to take account of the cultural environment as well, and it's (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjh4mless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"A typical parent's reaction will be much more positive to a child coming home and saying, 'I did math with (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjjeeless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Even the always more or less illusory belief that in a large school there is a better chance to have a (cont) http://tl.gd/2pjnj0less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"public school has paid the heavy price of bureaucratization without adequately protecting those in greatest need." Papertless than a minute ago via Twittelator



This concludes my reading of Seymour Papert's 'The Children's Machine.'less than a minute ago via Twitterrific



Tomorrow I will begin reading S. Craig Watkins, "The Young & the Digital" for Twitter Book Clubless than a minute ago via Twitterrific



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@anderscj Twitter Book Club? How did that come about?less than a minute ago via TweetDeck



@briankotts Twitter Book Club came about 12 days ago as an experiment of mine to see if I could synthesize soc contruction of knowledge,less than a minute ago via mobile web



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1 comment:

Mrs. Tenkely said...

I am amazed right now by your side comment that you were placed in special ed because of your handwriting.