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Re: graphics considered harmful (was Re: NYT on Rick Adams and Microsoft)
Eric Mercer (mercer@ceres)
16 Feb 95 09:42:30 GMT
In article <house.792904832@helios>, house@helios.usq.EDU.AU (ron house) writes:
> Gary Nelson <ay464@buffnet.net> writes:
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>>On 13 Feb 1995, Daniel Yee wrote:
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>>..... > And as far as conveying information
>>> goes, there's only a few things which can be covered better on TV
>>> than in text: natural history, art, architecture, geography,...
>
> Brings to mind an ad for Apple extolling the value of multimedia in
> school: (paraphrased) You click on the dinosaur, and you get a writeup
> on his life and, with another click, you get to hear him roar.
>
> Brilliant.
>
> Who has ever heard a dinosaur roar? In other words, in an encyclodedia
> for young children, they are peddling outright fabrications.
>
I don't believe that makes this a bad teaching tool. The most difficult part
about teaching children is getting them interested. If hearing a dinosaur
roar gets them interested enough to enjoy reading the writeup, then it is a
good thing.
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