-> BA>It's funny how thing have changed this last month , a parent had a
-> BA>meeting with the principal and he (the parent) will build some pen
-> BA>for us
->
-> That's great... Allows you to do a lot more....
->
-> RM>I don't think looking for some immediate gain is practical or
-> RM>adviseable)....
->
-> BA> Why not now? It seems most useful when it's used for a real
-> BA> purpose to me.
->
-> You misunderstand... Of course it's important to have context
-> for what they'll be doing; they have to accomplish something
-> real... What I'm getting at is that I think that you have to
-> focus mostly on skill development and not expect too much
-> too quickly.  There are so many fundamental understandings to
-> acquire, and so many little factoids to pick up, that it may
-> be difficult or impossible for the kids to pull these things
-> together and integrate them into some kind of really useful
-> whole...
->
-> RM-->The average kid is not going to use a spreadsheet for
-> RM-->anything that is remotely fun, so, sans fun, not worth doing
-> RM-->at this point...
->
-> BA> The fun will come as they use the thing, in the creation of
-> BA> charts, graphs ect, from data they collect over projects of inqui
-> BA> they are assigned or generate (usually a combination of the two)
->
-> I find that an awful lot of kids at the high school level do
-> not understand charts, graphs, etc and what they imply... I'm
-> not sure that 6th graders are going to "get" this....
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ahhhh!  There must be two bob andersons because I'm getting all his mail
and it isn't for me.  Bob Anderson: are you getting any weird mail that
doesn't seem like it's for you?  We have the same name!!!
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