Spreadsheets

[Steve Fullerton]

I would just add that the constructionist was constructed.

On 5/31/07, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at squeakland.org > wrote:
>
>   Michael,
>
> > > > There are no plans for an official OLPC spreadsheet activity. At
> > > > least, none that I have heard of (or could imagine). Largely because
> 6
> > > > year olds shouldn't have access to it.
> > >
> > >   Can you explain why they shouldn't?
> >
> > It wasn't that I felt children should or shouldn't have such an
> > activity, I had just not heard/read of plans for one (though, I now
> > see the need for one is briefly talked about on the wiki) and was
> > conveying that to Nathalia. Clearly, I spoke too soon.
> >
> > Apologies to the list for over-speaking myself.
>
>   OTOH, one could argue that training the surface-level use of office
> tools is not about education (especially for a 6 years old).  And,
> training kids to do a PowerPoint-style presentation with short bullets
> points encourages them to forget details (it is sort of true that any
> presentation on any substantially complex subject is about forgetting
> details).  So, that kind of reasons for not allowing kids to access
> such kind of tools might make sense.  But spreadsheet software can
> empower kids in the classrooms more than slideshow software, I think.
>
> -- Yoshiki
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Steve

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