[IAEP] [Grassroots-l] Concise explanation of Constructionism from theLearning Team

[lcoffin at uvm.edu]

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------Original Message------
From: Timothy Falconer
Sender: grassroots-bounces at lists.laptop.org
To: Bastien
Cc: Educators and OLPC
Cc: Education
Cc: Grassroots OLPC
Sent: Aug 20, 2008 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] Concise explanation of Constructionism from theLearning Team



On Aug 15, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Bastien wrote:

> You could hardly find any philosopher who would defend something  
> like "pouring information into heads", and I challenge anyone to  
> point at teachers who do only that.


Here's a great video from Haiti from one of the organizations we're in  
contact with ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5futZAcazw0

Skip ahead to 1:10 and watch the classroom.  The whole thing is pretty  
good.


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