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What is a Learner

• Everyone, throughout their life
• Constructs knowledge for themselves (Jean Piaget)
• A person who brings a wealth and depth of
  experience (John Dewey)
• Prospers in a community of learners (Lave and
  Wegner)
• Empowerment (Ivan Illich, Paulo Friere)
• The process of using tools to create objects is a
  learning experience (Seymour Papert)

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Guiding Principles

• Many paths for many learners
• Design multiple entry-points
• System, system, system
• Grow the tools with the learner
• Explore, express, and construct
• Learning by making vs. learning by doing