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| Subject: | RE: Shodor lessons |
| Author: | Jeff L |
| Date: | Jan 24 2006 |
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> On Jan 20 2006, Craig wrote:
>It offers a fairly quick way to do
> such an investigation,
> and is much more effective than doing the
> same sort of thing with a
> graphing calculator
>Mathman wrote
>I'm not trying
> to be argumentative because I do believe that software is of some
> assistance, but WHY is it necessary to be "quick"? Slow and
> speculative works wonders.
I believe if Craig had used the word 'dynamic' in place of 'quick' it would
convey the meaning better.
To use an analogy, a 'time-lapse' video of plate tectonics explains the idea
of continental drift in a more dynamic fashion then accumulated data of plate
movements. On the other hand, the video could not be made without the data.
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