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daniel rezac

Green Change : I want my five hours back: the case against homework - 0 views

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shared by daniel rezac on 07 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • daniel rezac on 07 Dec 10
     
    There are 24 hours in each day. Between school and sleep, I have five hours to spend with my school-aged kids. One would think that those are five hours in which we could decide to play a game, go to a sporting event, read books, cook dinner together, do our family chores, go to a movie, attend religious education classes, play a pick-up game with friends or even (gasp!) watch television. One might think five hours is a long time. One would be wrong.
James O'Hagan

Playing Tag or Digital Games? Why Not Both? | MindShift - 0 views

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shared by James O'Hagan on 13 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • But why do I need a computer for that?
  • most educational games deal a lot in the “Who?, What?, When?, and Where?” while the questions I hear from young kids are more of the “How?” and “Why?” variety
  • The fundamental problem is not that learning isn’t fun, it’s that we’re answering questions that kids aren’t asking (Who?, What?, When?, Where?) instead of giving them tools to experiment, build on, and share their own ideas
    • James O'Hagan
      James O'Hagan on 13 Apr 11
       
      Gee, hasn't Papert and Stager said this for years?
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  • We need to stop thinking of educational media as fancy content delivery mechanisms (interactive videos and electronic books) and start building tools that help kids design and develop their own understandings of the world through iterative content creation.
  • Let’s empower children as designers by making concepts and tools accessible to learners and then, above all, let’s give kids megaphones to share their ideas with friends, family, and peers around the world.
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