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]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-24348 Gary Stager Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:30:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/#comment-24348 I had a heated dinner conversation with a school computer teacher this evening. She was arguing for a specific scope and sequence of computer applications intended to prepare students for "the real world" still years away. Besides my objection to what Paolo Friere called, "<em>the banking model</em> - learn this now because you may need it someday," it seems patently ridiculous to believe that one tool or sequence of skills is essential for later. If this were true then every teacher who did not plan for web-based apps is guilty of negligence. I suggested that 5th/6th grade projects like "researching MP3 players on the web and then comparing the prices in Excel" to be examples of sugar-coated medicine and less authentic than the real mathematics preschoolers are doing naturally in Club Penguin. Once school "math" teaches kids arithmetic tricks the construction of mathematical knowledge and sense of self as capable mathematicians kids experience in real and virtual worlds is nearly over. Club Penguin may be a more productive context for learning than math class. It's our challenge to make formal classes much more natural and put away our crystal balls. I had a heated dinner conversation with a school computer teacher this evening.

She was arguing for a specific scope and sequence of computer applications intended to prepare students for “the real world” still years away. Besides my objection to what Paolo Friere called, “the banking model – learn this now because you may need it someday,” it seems patently ridiculous to believe that one tool or sequence of skills is essential for later. If this were true then every teacher who did not plan for web-based apps is guilty of negligence.

I suggested that 5th/6th grade projects like “researching MP3 players on the web and then comparing the prices in Excel” to be examples of sugar-coated medicine and less authentic than the real mathematics preschoolers are doing naturally in Club Penguin.

Once school “math” teaches kids arithmetic tricks the construction of mathematical knowledge and sense of self as capable mathematicians kids experience in real and virtual worlds is nearly over. Club Penguin may be a more productive context for learning than math class. It’s our challenge to make formal classes much more natural and put away our crystal balls.

]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-24344 Gary Stager Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:17:02 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/#comment-24344 I get queasy when adults make analogies like "X on training wheels" or "Y 2.0" The analogies tend to be weak. I get queasy when adults make analogies like “X on training wheels” or “Y 2.0″ The analogies tend to be weak.

]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-24343 Gary Stager Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:16:01 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/#comment-24343 Will, Do you meter your daughter's doll time? Gary Will,

Do you meter your daughter’s doll time?

Gary

]]> By: Iain Cook-Bonney http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-24251 Iain Cook-Bonney Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:17:34 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/learning-from-my-kidsdoll-web-sites/#comment-24251 Hi Will, My daughter too has that look on her face! She is also a 'penguin', and absolutely loves the site. With both parents being teachers and one of them an ICT Facilitator, we also wonder "how much is enough?" and "Is this doing more good than harm?". So far my resonse is yes, this is a good thing, with balance. I want my children to have a skill set that will allow them to safely navigate the digital and web based world they are growing up in. So I like the idea of a sandbox or training wheels site that will allow them to explore and start building these skills. Having said all that, we still want grass stains and ballet practice as well! Thanks for the post, I'm gad I'm not the only one who struggles with these questions... Hi Will,
My daughter too has that look on her face! She is also a ‘penguin’, and absolutely loves the site. With both parents being teachers and one of them an ICT Facilitator, we also wonder “how much is enough?” and “Is this doing more good than harm?”. So far my resonse is yes, this is a good thing, with balance. I want my children to have a skill set that will allow them to safely navigate the digital and web based world they are growing up in. So I like the idea of a sandbox or training wheels site that will allow them to explore and start building these skills.
Having said all that, we still want grass stains and ballet practice as well!
Thanks for the post, I’m gad I’m not the only one who struggles with these questions…

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