Darius:
Actually several years ago, I personally contacted A.K.Dewdney and asked him if he would be interested in working with my 4th and 5th graders, who were trying to solve some of the problems posed in Planiverse. We were working collaboratively with a 4th & 5th grade class in San Jose. He was delighted and flew down to meet with the children. He was wonderful, and delighted that the children were so interested in his book and in trying to solve the problems that it raises. The children were using HyperCard at the time and came up with some very clever ways to solve some of the problems posed in Dewdney's book. We never told the children how they were actually solved in the book, but merely posed the problems to them. ie. How would you get to school if you lived in such a world. Amazingly enough, many of there solutions were much like the solutions in the book. We shared our solutions between the two classes. It was a wonderful project.
BJ Conn
It sounds like a wonderful experience, especially with A. K. Dewdney himself. Similar in a way to meeting Alan Kay where Squeak is concerned. Your students are very fortunate.
I guess it is not a coincidence that this book is part of the culture that informs Squeak learning. I'd be interested in a similar collaborative project between our classes perhaps next school year. Perhaps we could involve other schools as well. I ordered the book, the annotated version and Flatlanders as well a couple nights ago. Good March break reading I hope. Thanks for sharing.
squeakland@squeakland.org writes:
Actually several years ago, I personally contacted A.K.Dewdney and asked him if he would be interested in working with my 4th and 5th graders, who were trying to solve some of the problems posed in Planiverse. We were working collaboratively with a 4th & 5th grade class in San Jose. He was delighted and flew down to meet with the children.
_._._._._._._._._ Sebastian Hergott Teacher/Intermediate Program Coordinator - CyberARTS Arts and Information Technology Convener ASA (Academic Services Associate) Don Mills Middle School, tel. 395-2320 17 The Donway East, Don Mills, Ontario, M3C 1X6, Canada sebastian.hergott@tel.tdsb.on.ca
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