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

[Walter Bender]

Help me craft the about statement. I think the discussion should be
about Sugar as a technology in support of learning. That certainly
includes discussion of epistemology and learning as they inform the
Sugar development. There is also a need, especially at this juncture,
to discuss some mechanics of getting a sustainable development
community model set up.

-walter

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Kevin Cole <kevin.cole at gallaudet.edu> wrote:
> 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.
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