Harel, I (2003) Building software beats using it and Sandcastles go digital
Both these articles are upbeat in their nature in what they say about letting children be children and the idiom of learning as play. The theory is based on work by Dewey, Montessori and Piaget leading Parpert and a method called “constuctionism” which looks a lot like constructivism.
The author is quite enthusiastic about the way children engage in developing their own software using Logo. The learning program appears to be set in the 1990s but she demonstrates the applicability to today’s internet and web page development can be learnt in exactly the same way.
The author emphasises the importance of exposition of software built by the students. The use of exposition has been a consistent theme in digital or e-learning. The target for these articles is the teacher of students especially infants. The author constantly promotes their company called mamamedia.com.
