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P L A Y Experimenting , Tinkering , Failing , Problem Solving

P L A Y Experimenting , Tinkering , Failing , Problem Solving. New Media Literacies Debbie Brooks Barrington Elementary School NH Technology Leaders Cohort. Time…Is this why play is leaving our classrooms?. Play doesn’t keep track of time. Do you encourage play?. Learning in Motion.

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P L A Y Experimenting , Tinkering , Failing , Problem Solving

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  1. PLAYExperimenting, Tinkering, Failing, Problem Solving New Media Literacies Debbie Brooks Barrington Elementary School NH Technology Leaders Cohort

  2. Time…Is this why play is leaving our classrooms? Play doesn’t keep track of time

  3. Do you encourage play? Learning in Motion

  4. “Schools are currently still training autonomous problem-solvers, whereas students enter the workplace, they are increasingly being asked to work in teams, drawing on different sets of expertise, and collaborating to solve.” (NML’s White Paper)

  5. Play “The capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem solving.” (NML’s White Paper)

  6. Experiences ENCOURAGE wonder.

  7. Play lowers the emotional stakes of failing

  8. Have you noticed………… “When children are deep at playthey engage with the fierce, intense attention that we’d like to see them apply to their schoolwork.” (S. Osterweill -NML’s White Paper) Video of 3rd graders Problem Solving

  9. Owl Dissection Curriculum Integration Project, Grade 2

  10. State finalist Doodle for Google Contest - Grades 3 & 4

  11. Collecting Data & Design

  12. Out of the box thinking - open ended design project, Grades 3 & 4

  13. Play as part of discovery can be difficult for some. I think we can all agree that life is much richer when we allow ourselves to play.

  14. Student Links Wonderville http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/home.html KidWings Owl Dissection http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm Moneyville - Lemonade Stand http://www.omsi.info/visit/featured/moneyville/activities.cfm - lemonade World Problem Solvers http://www.worldproblemsolvers.org/ Ed Heads - Activate your Mind http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm Games for Change http://www.gamesforchange.org/ Study Jams http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/water-cycle.htm Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Drawing+Tools

  15. Break Out Activity………… Please share an experience you’ve had which involved experimenting, tinkering, failing, problem solving in the learning process.

  16. Listed for Future Reference Experimenting, Tinkering, Failing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unjpo_WmXM8 Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHViFc0ekw&feature=related Learning about Chicks http://www.schooltube.com/video/0f585d946b854d13b460/Learning-About-Chicks Learning with Rulers http://www.schooltube.com/video/91d84db5236848a09c8d/Learning-with-Rulers Expeditionary Learning Schools http://www.schooltube.com/video/61bd217e4c43473e9869/Expeditionary-Learning-Schools-Rochester-City-School-District Viewed in Session Learning in Motion http://www.schooltube.com/video/f475ded8d02cd6a29f08/learning-in-motion Puzzle Solvers http://www.flickr.com/photos/41142045@N04/4562170880/ Video Links

  17. Teacher Links Use Games to Enhance Your Classroom Teaching - UNCW.edu http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm Lifelong Kindergarten Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society http://llk.media.mit.edu/mission.php Doodle for Google Conest Information http://www.google.com/doodle4google/ Institute of Play http://www.instituteofplay.com/node/101 Learning through Play, David Elkind, Ph.D http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/valueofplay/learningthroughplay.html Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning (AASL)  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25.cfm Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF Importance of Play in the Classroom http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1654

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