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Sylvia Martinez
- http://blog.genyes.com/
- Blog post about session: http://bit.ly/4EgiZt
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Introducing us all to Educon -- unconferencing
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She suggest two session people might consider
- "Scientific method" session
- Session on "Play"
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TED of Gever Tully
- Blog - http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/
- TED -- http://bit.ly/147Tg3
- Failures are celebrated and analized
- Rollercoaster built by 7 year-olds
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Includes quote from Tully that are or seem outlawed in school
- No wet curriculum
- No tests
- Louts of stuff
- Lots of tools
- Real tools
- Immersive
- Time
- How to make things
- Deep realization that they can figure things out
- Nothing turns out as planned
- Every step is valuable
- Just start building
- Fully committed to project at hand
- Success is in the doing
- Failures are celebrated and analyzed
- Child-appropriate response to frustration
- All materials useful
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His Blog
- http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/
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Maybe we need to redefine curriculum
- Is materials standards, etc.
- Maybe it should be more outcomes based
- Maybe it shoudl be a project plan
- Maybe it should be more student-centered, we want students to produce and demo something
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What makes games interesting is agency
- ownership
- meaningful choice
- Choices can be free form
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Giving students "agency"
- Tell students at begging what they are to learn, and then ask, "How do you think we can learn this?"
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You have to build an environment
- Students need to tinker
- Teachers need to tinker
- In a tinkering environment, it's ok for students to go beyond
- "The bricoleur resembles the painter who stands back between brushstrokes, looks at the canvas, and only after this contemplation, decides what to do next." -- Sherry Turkle
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Bricolage -- French of tinkering, using found objects, playfulness in creation.
- Italian schools have a place where there's stuff to hack.
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So what do I do on Monday
- "What you do on Monday should be a step along the way to someday!" -- Pappert
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When Sylvia was in Engineering School
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Waterfall Method
- Define
- Design
- Build
- Implement
- Test
- Maintenance
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In the '80s Computer were around
- Cost of mistakes went way down
- Spiral Model -- http://bit.ly/10yzWN
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Convincing Parents
- Open House
- Technology Day
- Press Release
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Through the kids
- Design opportunities for children to share
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An example of a change that worked without being part of the curriculum/standards
- Free Voluntary Reading (FVR)