Comments on: Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:08:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07 — Paparazzi Gossip Hollywood News http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-40217 Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07 — Paparazzi Gossip Hollywood News Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:22:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-40217 [...] an amazing bio: Amazing lifetime achievements. An amazing thinker, creator, and inventor source: Notes from Alan Kays keynote at EduComm07, Moving at the Speed of [...] [...] an amazing bio: Amazing lifetime achievements. An amazing thinker, creator, and inventor source: Notes from Alan Kays keynote at EduComm07, Moving at the Speed of [...]

]]> By: OLDaily[中文版] » 2007 » June » 19 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36395 OLDaily[中文版] » 2007 » June » 19 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:59:30 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36395 [...] 从这个简短的记录来看，似乎Alan Kay作了一次相当精彩的主题演讲，范围涵盖微积分教学到现实世界里的100美金电脑－－他怎么还没有写一个blog帖出来呢？这里是一个很有趣的声明： “400年前布鲁诺情愿为之而被施以火刑的巨大改变，是这样一个声明：我们的思考有限，除非我们将其付诸现实世界去实践和试错－－如果你不对孩子们这样， 就不可能教他们科学，你只是在教他们一种宗教的新形式。” Kay把这个讨论当作对测量的支持，而我却认为它是对经验的肯定。Wesley Fryer, Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07 June 19, 2007 [原文链接] [Tags: Experience, Portable Computers, Web Logs] [参与评论]（danny译） [...] [...] 从这个简短的记录来看，似乎Alan Kay作了一次相当精彩的主题演讲，范围涵盖微积分教学到现实世界里的100美金电脑－－他怎么还没有写一个blog帖出来呢？这里是一个很有趣的声明： “400年前布鲁诺情愿为之而被施以火刑的巨大改变，是这样一个声明：我们的思考有限，除非我们将其付诸现实世界去实践和试错－－如果你不对孩子们这样， 就不可能教他们科学，你只是在教他们一种宗教的新形式。” Kay把这个讨论当作对测量的支持，而我却认为它是对经验的肯定。Wesley Fryer, Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07 June 19, 2007 [原文链接] [Tags: Experience, Portable Computers, Web Logs] [参与评论]（danny译） [...]

]]> By: John Connell: the blog » Blog Archive » Don’t interpret the world….just prevent it! http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36355 John Connell: the blog » Blog Archive » Don’t interpret the world….just prevent it! Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:11:29 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36355 [...] A recent sardonic twist from Kay on his own phrase chimes perfectly with some of the revisionist nonsense currently being paraded in the name of authority and expertise: [...] [...] A recent sardonic twist from Kay on his own phrase chimes perfectly with some of the revisionist nonsense currently being paraded in the name of authority and expertise: [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36352 Wesley Fryer Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:42:39 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36352 Thanks Ted and Stephen for the corrections and additions, I made those changes in the original notes. :-) Thanks Ted and Stephen for the corrections and additions, I made those changes in the original notes. :-)

]]> By: sylvia martinez http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36349 sylvia martinez Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:01:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36349 This is my report of sitting next to Wes in Alan Kay's kenote this morning: Really really fast typing Excited gasps Can almost see the lightbulb over his head and fireworks coming out of his ears. Look, it's a real OLPC laptop! Just like seeing a celebrity in person, it looks smaller than you expected, but more beautiful. This is my report of sitting next to Wes in Alan Kay’s kenote this morning:

Really really fast typing
Excited gasps
Can almost see the lightbulb over his head and fireworks coming out of his ears.
Look, it’s a real OLPC laptop! Just like seeing a celebrity in person, it looks smaller than you expected, but more beautiful.

]]> By: Ted Kaehler http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36339 Ted Kaehler Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:03:27 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36339 The first grade teacher mentioned above who brought tears to Alan's eyes is Julia Nishijima. The lesson that Alan is talking about is described on page 12 and 13 of this paper: www.vpri.org/pdf/OLPCCountries_RN-2007-006-a.pdf Kids had a paper with columns on it. In the first column they arranged paper squares into larger squares of side 1, 2, 3, 4, ... In the next column they wrote the number of squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 ... In the next column, they wrote the differences: 1, 3, 5, 7, ... In the next column they wrote the differences of those: 2, 2, 2, 2, ... Some kids had squares, some had triangles (and made larger triangles), some had trapazoids. The amazing thing is that the last column always comes out 2, 2, 2, 2, ... This is a general scaling law that the kids "discovered". The first grade teacher mentioned above who brought tears to Alan’s eyes is Julia Nishijima.
The lesson that Alan is talking about is described on page 12 and 13 of this paper: http://www.vpri.org/pdf/OLPCCountries_RN-2007-006-a.pdf
Kids had a paper with columns on it. In the first column they arranged paper squares into larger squares of side 1, 2, 3, 4, …
In the next column they wrote the number of squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 …
In the next column, they wrote the differences: 1, 3, 5, 7, …
In the next column they wrote the differences of those: 2, 2, 2, 2, …
Some kids had squares, some had triangles (and made larger triangles), some had trapazoids. The amazing thing is that the last column always comes out 2, 2, 2, 2, … This is a general scaling law that the kids “discovered”.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/comment-page-1/#comment-36338 Stephen Downes Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:58:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/19/notes-from-alan-kays-keynote-at-educomm07/#comment-36338 "in many ways modern science started in 1600 when ___ was burned at the stake for having an opinion about whether the sun or the earth moved…" The missing name is 'Giordano Bruno'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno “in many ways modern science started in 1600 when ___ was burned at the stake for having an opinion about whether the sun or the earth moved…”

The missing name is ‘Giordano Bruno’. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno

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