Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version)
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Kay links direct manipulation, visible feedback and learning through early interactive systems. A useful interface should reveal what the machine lets a learner do.
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it's
much better in general to always work in the
context of the results you're trying to get.choose the appropriate
data structure before you start tinkering
around with the algorithm.you first have to develop a curriculum
based on ideas, not on media.learning happens when attention is focusedacts like an intermediate from the first time