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Yup. Most schools can't authentically do the things that Papert describes in Mindstorms. It goes against their very structure. I don't blame the commercial ven
by ef4 10y ago
Yup. Most schools can't authentically do the things that Papert describes in Mindstorms. It goes against their very structure.
I don't blame the commercial vendors -- they are following the public-policy-directed money. I blame the schools for their culture of top-down control and conformity.
- jkestner 10y agoAnd it goes with the grain in Montessori schools. I was introduced to Mindstorms by my mother, a Montessori educator with barely an interest in computers.
- ef4 10y agoIt does, and I think Montessori schools are great. My one complaint is that a lot of Montessori teachers seem to have a blanket distaste for all electronics that lumps the good (Scratch and Logo) in with the bad (passively watching videos all day).