Re: Object of Shared Understanding?

Bill Barowy (wbarowy who-is-at lesley.edu)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:40:16 -0400

At 10:57 AM -0700 6/1/98, Molly Freeman wrote:
>Eva,
>
>As usual your remarks are very helpful in their precision and insight.
>In your
> remarks to Bill you say "...includes your networked computer, the
>literature that
> mediates your grappling with the object AND the language resources that
>enable you
> to do so."

Yes, It is a little bit similar to the child who takes a clock apart to
see how it works, leaving a mess on the kitchen floor. Then the older
sister comes in a puts it all back together! Quite an interdependence.
Heh.

Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
Technology in Education
Lesley College, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
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