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Mon May 1 16:33:23 EST 2006

Ahh - PDF.  I changed the .dat to .pdf and bingo - I have the paper!

As to why the renaming - could be your email app, could be the  
listserver or it could be an ISP at fault.  I can say that this has  
never happened before although I often have small winmail.dat files  
accompanying emails from PC users.  These are usually only when there  
are little smilies, or other graphics inserted in the .sig by the  
sending app.

I suspect your email program because the file was attached as  
"winmail.dat" and it sounds like a generic MS Outlook or similar  
file.  (I'm on a Mac so very unlikely to have been named as such at  
my end - but these are computers we're talking about so anything is  
possible.)

Steve Richards

On 01/05/2006, at 4:20 PM, Dr Paul Chandler wrote:

> To Stephen Richards and others,
>
> I owe an apology, because I was making a reply to an individual on  
> the list, hit reply but didn't notice that the e-mail address which  
> was pasted in was the list address, and not the individual's - so a  
> 500K PDF file spread itself over a good part of the known  
> universe.  So, my apology for clogging up mailboxes.
>
> Now, as to why a recipient e-mail client would treat my PDF as  
> a .DAT is unknown to me, but when this happens, it is surely a  
> pest.  So, apologies again.
>
> If anyone would like a copy of the paper (and couldn't retrieve it  
> from the previous message), e-mail me directly and I'll send it to  
> you personally!
>
> Regards,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:primaryit- 
> bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Richards
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:20 PM
> To: Primary Teachers' Information Technology Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts
>
> Paul,
>
> On behalf of those of us who choose not to use Microsoft email  
> products,  can you repost the paper you mentioned in a more  
> accessible format.  It arrived on my machine as a .dat file which I  
> can't open in any meaningful way - Word just gives me 45 pages of  
> gibberish.
>
> The website you directed us to was interesting - I've only skimmed  
> it so far but it sounds similar to, or is a variant of, the  
> constructivist approach we have been hearing about for the last 6 or
> 7 years.  i.e. that children learn by constructing meaning from  
> their experiences.
>
> I look forward to reading your paper.
>
> Steve Richards
>
>
> On 30/04/2006, at 8:32 PM, Dr Paul Chandler wrote:
>
>> Hi ... nice to hear from you ...
>>
>> Here's some more details ... info about children's science summarised
>> on: http://www.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/publications/
>> research/concept.htm
>>
>> A briefing paper that I have recently written about what I am  
>> thinking
>> about is attached.  I'd be interested in your thoughts.
>>
>> I'll be in touch further!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Rachelle McLean
>> Sent: Sun 4/30/2006 5:57 PM
>> To: Primary Teachers' Information Technology Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts
>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> You have sparked my interest!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rachelle McLean
>> Multimedia Teacher
>> Pakenham Hills Primary School
>>
>> Dr Paul Chandler wrote:
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Over the last couple of years, I've been turning an idea around  
>>> in my
>>> mind; it's basically seeking to better understand "how students
>>> understand computing concepts".  For those who might know of
>>> "children's science" in the area of science teaching, the idea is to
>>> apply the same sorts of ideas to the understanding of computing
>>> concepts (and yes, I am deliberately using 'computing' rather  
>>> than IT
>>> or ICT).  Another way to put it would be to 'probe the naïve
>>> understandings of computing'.
>>>
>>> I've put together some thoughts in a couple of seminars - a  
>>> couple of
>>> years ago at a VITTA conference, and more recently at a gathering at
>>> Monash Uni.  I'm happy to share these around to anyone interested.
>>>
>>> Moreover, I'm trying to drum up a bit of interest in people who  
>>> might
>>> be interested in similar sorts of things.  Without flooding the list
>>> with a whole lot of material which may not be of interest to
>>> everyone, it's not easy to give much more of an overview of what  
>>> I am
>>> thinking of.  BUT if I have sparked your interest at all, please
>>> reply, and I'll be in touch.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
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