By tnturner on Aug 1, 2008 in Gaming in Education, Random Musings | 3 Comments
Oh the sounds of summer…The crack of the bat (or ping if you’re talking about Little League). The pop of a ball being caught in the pocket of a leathery glove. The swishing sound of feet gliding across orange clay. These are sounds I grew up with for 15 years. My true formative [...]
By tnturner on Jul 10, 2008 in Gaming in Education | 4 Comments
When looking at our goal in education, what is it that we are there to do? Let’s take a look at my school district’s mission statement: “To ensure rigorous, relevant learning experiences that result in high achievement for our students.” To what point is learning rigorous and relevant? By whose standards? The FDOE, State [...]
By tnturner on Jul 7, 2008 in Gaming in Education, Random Musings | 2 Comments
Yesterday I looked at the first part of play, that being structured. Today I will tackle the second form of play, unstructured. There are several avenues that children can partake in unstructured play. The conventional method is through recess. That time where teachers usually take their children outside and allow their students to [...]
By tnturner on Jul 7, 2008 in 27346, Random Musings | 3 Comments
I’m still reeling over my NECC experience. Not because of the sessions that were offered, not because of the enormous amount of people that converged upon San Antonio, but because of the many people, most of them like-minded about the edtech community, that I was able to converse with. But this is not a [...]