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Links to discuss for the K-12 Online Learning Conference
Updated on Nov 17, 11
Created on Sep 11, 11
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George Couros's List: k-12 Online
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Nov 07, 11
The impact of time on creativity. A quick video. RT @gcouros: http://t.co/dR8K5YBQ #sd36learn #bced
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Nov 15, 11
Shared November 20
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We are denying them opportunities to tinker, discover, and explore -- in short, to play.
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We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers and entrepreneurs, and instead cultivating a generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games, sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized tests.
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Play, has long been identified as an integral part of childhood development but many educators and parents differentiate between a time for play and a time for learning without seeing the vital connection between the two. Too often, proponents of a more playful environment are shot down by traditionalists that argue that for learning to be rigorous; it should be something that is akin to a chore. Something that is hard work – Dean Groom would tell them to get over it – learning can and should be fun and enjoyable. The moment you invite children to see the world in a playful way, it connects pleasurable emotions to learning, and this is what the back to basics movement should be all about.
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