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Tag Archives: constructivist
Announcing - Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
So some of you may have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet here lately. All my writing energy has been going to a good cause though! I’m happy to announce a new book: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering … Continue reading
Back to School 2012 - Start your “year of empowerment” now!
Start the year off with hands on Think you need to wait for kids to settle down and learn the basics before you let them do projects and hands-on work? Not according to this expert teacher. What tech vision will … Continue reading
EdGamer podcast: Khan Academy, gamification, and constructivism
I was recently a guest on the online podcast show EdGamer with Zack and Gerry, part of the EdReach network. We had a great back and forth on all sorts of issues, ranging from Khan Academy to the gamification of education, … Continue reading
Beyond Pink and Blue
In “Beyond Pink and Blue” on the blog site for The Nation magazine, author Dana Goldstein writes about children and gender norms. She quoted me for a part of the article about tinkering, and how that kind of hands on … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, gender issues in tech
Tagged constructivist, educational technology, femtech, Science, STEM, tinkering
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What makes a lesson constructivist? Engage first, explain later
ENGAGEMENT MUST PRECEDE EXPLANATION. It’s logical, it’s valuable and, most of all, it’s good pedagogy. Doesn’t a coach begin by throwing the players into a practice and then discussing with them what went well, what needs to be improved, and why???? Continue reading
Back to School 2011 - Empowering students starts today
Here are a number of “back to school” posts collected in one place! What tech vision will you share? What message does your Acceptable Use Policy send when it goes home with students for them and their parents to sign? … Continue reading
Join us for a day of ‘Hard Fun’, Sunday in Philadelphia
What are you doing on Sunday June 26, 2011? Not much, you say? Then why not have some Hard Fun (and some great food!) Sunday is the day before ISTE starts in Philadelphia, but you don’t have to be attending ISTE … Continue reading
8 Big Ideas of the Constructionist Learning Lab
In 1999, Seymour Papert, the father of educational technology, embarked on his last ambitious institutional research project when he created the constructionist, technology-rich, project-based, multi-aged Constructionist Learning Laboratory inside of Maine’s troubled prison for teens, The Maine Youth Center. The … Continue reading
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Tagged constructionism, constructivist, gary stager, Seymour Papert
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Gamestar Mechanic - Designing games through gameplay
I spend a fair amount of time encouraging teachers to think about “games in learning” not just as students playing games, but student designing games and other digital experiences. Game design is a great combination of systems thinking and design, … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, games
Tagged constructivist, creativity, games, professional development, project-based, technology, tinkering
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Khan Academy and the mythical math cure
I’d like to share my thoughts about Khan Academy and what I see as a few epic math myths that are especially important in the discussion of the Khan Academy. In America, these myths are so pervasive that even people who were damaged by the way they were taught themselves accept them and insist that their children be taught using exactly the same methods.
I think these myths explain both the widespread acceptance of Khan Academy as a “revolution” and also why in reality it’s not going to change anything. Continue reading
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Tagged constructivism, constructivist, education, Khan, learning, math, teaching, TED, Wolfram
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