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Terry Elliott

Stuart Brown - Play, Spirit, and Character | On Being - 0 views

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  • come up with a philosophy of play
  • I believe in God the Playmate, Maker of every kind of place to play and every kind of playmate, both the visible and invisible.
  • I have to remind them again and again that we are only playing. They cannot fail. But somehow all the expectations to be good, to do it right get in the way of our natural
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  • social pressures and the fear of embarrassment most likely have something to do with it.
  • When I teach I aim to allow students, above all, a safe place to play. The nature of play is to come together with others and experience joy as we discover more about life and the world. What could be more spiritual?
  • Hello ~ As school children in the 1950s, we were sent out to play "on the noon hour" everyday no matter what the weather - and it snowed, rained and scorched. It was the best part of the day even though it was tough. I remember standing in Mary Catlin's coat to stay warm. I was very little and my fingers froze. Our teachers, Sisters of St. Joseph in full habit, put on shawls and skidded down long ice chutes with black robes flowing. We played every game - pom-pom-pullaway; red-rover-red rover; dodge ball; witch-steals-the-child. We monitored ourselves on the playground - some kids were 'mothers' to others. We played our hearts out, never looked back, loved each other and let everyone play.
  • Here is a poem I wrote about those days
  • role playing.
  • The ritual theorists perked up and remarked that play was considered the highest form of ritual.
  • Play has become my hermeneutic for both preaching, study, and in many ways life.
  • I would wager to say that while one can understand faith without being playful, one can not have it unless one understands the give and take, the unpredictable pitfall and grace that constitutes the fabric of play.
  • Play, i.e., making forts, running, twirling, skipping, and making up scenarious, even gathering at night to play "kick the can," dancing, being silly, all elicit joy, pleasure and inspire confidence and hope, both now and as a child.
  • I became a leader in InterPlay, where story, movement, sound and stillness are paths to spontaneity and play. New ideas and relationships, deep laughter ease and grace have been the gifts that have convinced me I MUST PLAY to stay healthy and happy.
  • interplay.org
  • play therapist
  • I think play is the ability to imagine things differently and not feel locked in. Play is the slack in life. The way that newness can most easlity come into life. That is why play is usually fun.
  • nvestigate how play has shaped the mammalian brain and more specifically how a lack of play in humans can lead to a loss of neuroplasticity which is associated with all kinds of psychopathologies.
  • "play" can not be understood as an activity but must be recognized as a mental or neurophysiological state. When approached from this direction it becomes apparent that play can exist in virtually any circumstance or any experience as long as there is an absence of fear or threat.
  • no doubt that play has been THE fundamental characteristic or quality that has given homo sapiens their ability to think creatively, imaginatively, etc.
  • Dutch thinker Johan Huizinga was correct in his labeling humans as Homo Ludens as opposed to Homo Sapien.
  • The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. —Exodus 32.6
  • Augustine said: “Better learn learn to dance, or the angels in heaven won’t know what to do with you!”
Sheri Edwards

Gaming Meets the Six Traits | Six Trait Gurus - 0 views

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gaming traits trait gamification

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    "magine, for example, a province in which light is the metaphoric key to destiny and success. Which trait might that province represent? Imagine another in which residents dig for linguistic "gems," each with the power to convey ideas unambiguously. Any trait come to mind there? In a third province, ruled by graceful dolphins, flow and rhythm are essential."
Terry Elliott

Tutor Mentor Institute, LLC - 0 views

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shared by Terry Elliott on 13 Dec 15 - Cached
  •    Career Ladder - Helping Inner City Youth Through School to Careers by Daniel F. Bassill
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      Terry Elliott on 13 Dec 15
       
      I am reading Henry Jenkins, et al's latest book, Participatory Culture.  Everything I see here fits what I have read so far.  And also asks the question: how do we get youth to participate in this particular culture--the one that moves them through poverty and into careers.   I will have to make this one of the core questions as I read Participatory Culture.
  • "What Will it Take to Assure that all Youth Born or Living in High Poverty are Starting Jobs and Careers by Age 25?"
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      Terry Elliott on 13 Dec 15
       
      Trying to imagine what this meant to me in my life.  I don't think it was the skills so much that my parents gave me as the attitude to keep on.  
  • the ideas exchanged by participants, and the relationships created, are as important as the learning that takes place.
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      Terry Elliott on 13 Dec 15
       
      the "c" in cMOOC stands for 'connectivism', a learning philosophy that argues that connection is the secret sauce the element in the play that makes learning inevitable.  Part of that connection is exchange (what I call reciprocation) and relationship (the fruit of reciprocation).
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  • Last night the hangout focused on a platform called Youth Voices, where youth from around the country are connecting and sharing ideas and reflections. 
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      Terry Elliott on 13 Dec 15
       
      I feel badly that I have not made a better attempt to connect/facilitate between others. That's why I tried to get Daniel and Simon together in a Hangout.  
  • encourage him to use concept mapping tools like Kumu
  • I found one under the topic of "How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need?"  
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      Terry Elliott on 14 Dec 15
       
      A valuable tool.  Here is a quick response: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/741/23114808664_5298e18c36_b.jpg
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      Terry Elliott on 14 Dec 15
       
  • They could be learning many new skills and habits (see article about passionate employee). 
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      Terry Elliott on 14 Dec 15
       
      This has always been an issue in education--where is the best leverage for improving learning? where the best place to use any resource to get the most value?   Is this too narrow a way of looking at the problem?  too bottom line?  Seems to value "cost" efficiency over all other values?   So...do we need to be putting our magic into tutors/mentors and teachers or into learner/employees?
  • This process could engage youth in thousands of locations, focusing on many complex problems, not just health care or poverty.
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      Terry Elliott on 14 Dec 15
       
      I have always been for the idea that learners need to be more responsible for their own learning.  They should begin to be responsible for the problems they generate in their own lives and the ones they see generated around them.  It is the distribution of these problems and the relative inequity of this distribution that is most troubling.  Those who have the greatest opportunity to face the most difficulty problems are also those who are given the least resources to deal with them.  How fair is it to ask children to deal with the large issues of safety, health care, and poverty around them?  
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