Damn, pressed the send button a tad earlier than what I should have, sorry, here is an elaboration.<br>Papert created a learning theory called constructionism, which, amongst other things, advocates <br>for the creation of "microworlds", where students can related physically, intellectually and culturally<br> to the subject, and to build or construct it's own version of it.<br><br>So, by presenting people with something they can relate more easily to,<br>I smooth the process of building the knowledge for the students, and by doing <br> that they have a better chance to learn and actually enjoy it.<br>If anyone wants to discuss Papert and constructionism<br>(which are waaaay offtopic here), just email me ;)<br><br>Hugs<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Eduardo Bellani <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ebellani@gmail.com">ebellani@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey there Bohdan,<br><br>If I could present XML/XSLT in a "sweeter" form, but maintaining the meaning and power of the language, sure, why not?<br> I take all my teaching/learning cues from Seymour Papert mate, and he created LOGO...<br> <br>Anyway, pointers are more than welcome.<br>Hugs and thanks again for all the replies guys.<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><font color="#888888"></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:07 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbohdan@mail.ru" target="_blank">kbohdan@mail.ru</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><br> Eduardo Bellani wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm looking at sweet-expressions not as a way for me to learn scheme more easily (that<br> would be cool, but it's not my main goal), but to teach it/showcase it to other people,<br> because what I think the "problem" sweet-expressions fix is the readability of the code,<br> which for me (and I'm pretty sure for my target audience, consisted of ruby/java/c++ and some python guys, too),<br> is somewhat hard to read.<br> </blockquote> <br></div> Assuming that most of "java ... python" guys are forced to use XML&XSLT:<br> <br> Do you think that representing XML/XSLT in a "sweet" form to promote learning it is a good idea ?<br><font color="#888888"> <br> --<br> Bohdan<br> <br> _________________________________________________<br>  For list-related administrative tasks:<br>  <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a><br> </font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">-- <br>Eduardo Bellani<br><br><a href="http://www.cnxs.com.br" target="_blank">www.cnxs.com.br</a><br><br>"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." The Talmud<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eduardo Bellani<br><br><a href="http://www.cnxs.com.br">www.cnxs.com.br</a><br><br>"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." The Talmud<br>