[Its.an.education.project] An "About" statement? (Was: untangling constructionism)

[Kevin Cole]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:15 AM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

>  Although I don't want to impose my own view of what is relevant to this
>  list, I think discussing the validity of constructionism is not on-topic.
>
>  If we are here, it's because we want to continue our educational effort
>  and Sugar in the way it was conceived.  And it was conceived by people
>  with strong belief in constructionism theories.
>
>  /Please/, let's not re-discuss constructionism and freedom in this list.
>  Sugar is an educational environment built around constructionism and it
>  also happens to be free software.  Let's take this assertion as a matter
>  of fact and discuss how it can be improved.

Since there will always be newcomers to a mailing list, perhaps a
succinct "About" statement should be added to the list's information
page at:

http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project

At the moment, the "About" section is blank.

I joined the list because another list member recommended I do so,
after I wrote to him regarding my hopes to use technologies like the
XO to improve computer literacy for deaf children in developing
countries, as well as providing a means for them to better "reach out
and touch" the world.  I'm not well-versed enough to have much thought
on how to improve Sugar.