a constructive thought

[Samuel Klein]

This should be possible; having support from the authors can help a
great deal.   You can add to this list of books :
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Template:Education-literature

(not to mention the materials related to Squeak and Etoys).

SJ

On 6/29/07, Antoine van Gelder <hummingbird at hivemind.net> wrote:
>
> The fact that the XO (or any other computer made in the last few years
> for that matter) does not need a formal curriculum for kids to benefit
> greatly does not need to present an obstacle when educators and parents
> express concerns as to where curriculae will come from.
>
> We may all grok that the kids aren't going to need much teaching when
> presented with this tool but educators and parents still need help when
> we're collaborating with our kids on their learning because being a
> grownup means already having forgotten too much of our own childhood to
> get by without at least a bit of structure!
>
> Given that we need to address this problem... for starters, how
> difficult would it be to arrange permission for the some of the works of
> the great educators who have poured so much of their lives into the
> dream of the XO to be allowed to be shipped in electronic form as part
> of the XO distribution ?
>
>   - a
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