This text is based largely on two workshops organized by Steels (Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris) in Portugal in 2002 and Spain in 2003, as part of a long-term effort initiated by Tokoro (Sony Computer Science Labs Inc., Tokyo) to stimulate multidisciplinary discussions aimed at improving education and learning for children and adults of all ages. Thirteen contributions are organized into sections examining play as a context likely to reveal the essence of grounding; the close association between grounding and emotion; and new technologies, such as the computer and internet, and concepts and pedagogical methodologies supported by such technologies. A sample of topics: grounding, emotion and learning; how infants learn to mean; a feeling of well-being in learning and teaching; playing and learning in digitally-augmented physical worlds; and learning together through collaborative portal sites. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less