Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2000/03

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Falling in love
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 06:47:40 -0500

In a message dated 3/1/00 6:23:59 AM, Tony@-----.uk writes:

<<There is a book written by Seymour Papert (who was one of the designers
of the LOGO language), called 'Mindstorms'. In this book, Papert says
that one of his inspirations when he was young was that he was given a
toy differential gear to play with.>>

Tony, it was SO GOOD to see Papert's name again. In the mid-1990s I
interviewed Papert for an article I was writing. He didn't laugh at all at my
suggestion that teachers use music to teach math to young children. I think
that "hearing" fractions would make them easier to learn. I also
wholeheartedly recommend Mindstorms to everyone on the list.

Thanks for "reminding" me about this wonderful man.

Cindy

Cynthia E. Field, Ph.D.
Wakefield, RI

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