That is exactly what I am shooting for.
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Glad to hear it!! From my POV it's a very constructionist take on books…I think there's _enormous_ potential…Part of what I'd hoped …
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It's the natural way to package stuff I've thought through since the first edition. Concrete motive, not ideology for me :)
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Makes me even more excited to the extent that suggests it's more likely to succeed =)
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tough project: unbundle both book and follow-on blog posts into essentially tool tips/lesson modules, and use to "furnish" an app
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… You can then think about interest groups, docents, artist statements, painting classes, etc.
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. In fact, you cannot "unbundle" in the abstract. You have to know new mental model you're rebundling into, a priori.
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Dunno if you've read Mindstorms yet, but I really think the notion of 'microworld' has a lot to offer this conversation—
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Oh! I see— I don't think so, but it's very easy for "LOGO" to be confused with "Turtle Geometry" to be confused with "Scratch" etc. …
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… You may appreciate papert.org/articles/SomeP for some insight into his affection for the dirty and robust.
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Oh, he's into dirty and robust? Yes, that's precisely where I'm headed.
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but in general, the 'turtle' as a tool for exploring differential geometry is quite robust, in my experience.
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