On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:01:45 +0000, Oz Lander wrote:

http://overtheairwaves.com/

I refer to the first article on this page.

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"Hey . . . anybody can fly these airplanes," goes the hype!
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The author would have lamented the marketing for the early tricycle geared
aircraft from Cessna.

The idea behind simulations for education is one that's of interest to me.
Given a gross mistrust of schools (and prompted by an excellent if poorly
named book on teaching math to children:
http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~kenschaft/Mathpower.html), I've been
introducing math to my 4 yo. Recent additions to his education have been
negative numbers and number lines.

But given those, I introduced a couple of days ago how the pairing of two
number lines can be used for addition and subtraction. It's a
"simulation" of the mental process (and also an introduction to mechanical
computing, which I view as having its own value).

Is this a Bad Thing? I'm teaching use of a tool very early. So I've some
doubts.

On the other hand, I've found a site with printable paper E6Bs. That's
one of my goals for the future pilot grin.

- Andrew