Very interesting point, Luiz. If we draw a parallel between programming
the kind of computer-based tools Carol is speaking of with cutting and
pasting text and pictures from magazines, then the challenge for the
teacher is not just the technical (and hardly culturally neutral) aspects
of the scissors and glue, but also the choice of magazines in the first
place - the range of possible screens. But I think your point goes even
deeper when you speak of the range of possible designs, and enabling and
constraining cognitive processes. What examples do you have in mind?
- Steve
At 06:17 PM 11/8/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>I believe that the question of "non-neutrality" of computer-based tools is
>even more general than that. It's not only a question of how the teachers
>will design their features, but of how wide is the range of possible
>designs - that is, what each kind of tool enables/constrains in terms of
>cognitive processes.
>
>
>Luiz Carlos Baptista
>lucabaptista@sapo.pt
>lucabaptista@hotmail.com
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