Another way of saying it: a tool aids in the manipulation of a medium whose novel output is the invention, or discovery of a hidden universe 🥰
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Here, Kay defines the personal computer. Interestingly, this reminds me of Abelson in how computers were made for expression:
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Here, I proceeded to melt from the resonance of reflected belief 😄
“Both men feel that the child is an active agent, a creator and explorer”
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“An environment which allows many perspectives to be taken”
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The three types of environments to foster the full cycle of creativity from its tiny beginning to its flourishing:
- a “safe and covert” environment for “winging it”
- productive environment
- an environment that’s “immediately responsive to the child’s activities”
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The “talking typewriter” as a tool that revealed insights into the agency of a young child:
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‘Should the computer program the [child]…or should the [child]…program the computer?’
This reminds me of Andy Matuschak’s post on enabling environments—
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Computer aided intuition >> Computer aided instruction
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Knowledge construction isn’t a clean-cut model for a child, but is based on hunches and ad hoc experiences
These are not consistent, but a collection of strategies, contradictory algorithms, way-finding/way-making, which eventually congeal into logic
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This is an absolutely fascinating thread Bill!