We home educate our children (the eldest is 7). Home education forces parents to ask themselves "which curriculum?". In answer to that question, I want to give my children a classical education (i.e. trivium and quadrivium). However, this type of curriculum is hard to come by and I haven't seen any which are free to use - so I have started to develop my own.
The first element of the trivium is grammar, that is, the structure of language. I have interpreted this to mean "structure more broadly", such that I'm now looking into the structure of matter (atom and molecules) and the structure of plants and animals (cells) as well as the structure of English and Latin.
Where am I going with this? Two things:
1) I think you / we need to take something relevant (digital systems in your case) and break it down into its basic components such that we can reconstruct a product which suits our needs;
2) Time needs to be set aside for this task.
To achieve point number 1 you have to be militant about point number 2.
Speaking from personal experience, I have sat down many a time and set goals for how I wanted the curriculum to look. However, it wasn't until I started building it that I saw the correct way to go.
To repeat point 1 above, maybe start by taking a digital application you think is OK but warrants some improvements, pull it apart and then start rebuilding it in a way that suits your / the community's needs.
Hi Gabe,
I'm thinking out loud here so bear with me!
We home educate our children (the eldest is 7). Home education forces parents to ask themselves "which curriculum?". In answer to that question, I want to give my children a classical education (i.e. trivium and quadrivium). However, this type of curriculum is hard to come by and I haven't seen any which are free to use - so I have started to develop my own.
The first element of the trivium is grammar, that is, the structure of language. I have interpreted this to mean "structure more broadly", such that I'm now looking into the structure of matter (atom and molecules) and the structure of plants and animals (cells) as well as the structure of English and Latin.
Where am I going with this? Two things:
1) I think you / we need to take something relevant (digital systems in your case) and break it down into its basic components such that we can reconstruct a product which suits our needs;
2) Time needs to be set aside for this task.
To achieve point number 1 you have to be militant about point number 2.
Speaking from personal experience, I have sat down many a time and set goals for how I wanted the curriculum to look. However, it wasn't until I started building it that I saw the correct way to go.
To repeat point 1 above, maybe start by taking a digital application you think is OK but warrants some improvements, pull it apart and then start rebuilding it in a way that suits your / the community's needs.
All the best,
Luke
Do you any opinion about Urbit?
It's working on interesting problems but I'm very skeptical of the figures associated with it and underlying motivation.