Gaming/Play? A worthy part of education? – Pt. 2 »

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 [...]

Gaming/Play? A worthy part of education? – Part 1 »

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 [...]