Comments for Twenty One Toys http://twentyonetoys.com Re-imagining toys as tools for the 21st Century Learner Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on toys by The Business of Fun - csedev http://twentyonetoys.com/toys/comment-page-1/#comment-526 The Business of Fun - csedev Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:02 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?page_id=1258#comment-526 [...] include Connexions, an abstract 3D puzzle that was initially designed for visually impaired students. Connexions has [...] [...] include Connexions, an abstract 3D puzzle that was initially designed for visually impaired students. Connexions has [...]

]]> Comment on The Feast Conference on Social Innovation by Daniel http://twentyonetoys.com/the-feast-conference-on-world-shaking-change/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Daniel Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:14:15 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?p=940#comment-23 great post, thanks for sharing great post, thanks for sharing

]]> Comment on The child-driven education by Richard http://twentyonetoys.com/the-child-driven-education/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Richard Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:41:27 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?p=674#comment-15 As an educator with special needs children I have advocated the necessity of working in a child focused way in education for years. Now this is starting to become accepted as normal but is still far from being the norm. Children need to be guided for sure as there are many things they will not gravitate towards on their own but to teach them that learning can be interesting and fun is to overcome one of the major hurdles that typical education has faced for many years. As an educator with special needs children I have advocated the necessity of working in a child focused way in education for years. Now this is starting to become accepted as normal but is still far from being the norm. Children need to be guided for sure as there are many things they will not gravitate towards on their own but to teach them that learning can be interesting and fun is to overcome one of the major hurdles that typical education has faced for many years.

]]> Comment on Sudbury Valley School by admin http://twentyonetoys.com/sudbury-valley-school/comment-page-1/#comment-14 admin Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:05:57 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?p=632#comment-14 Don, thank you for your comments! This sort of schooling fascinates me and your feedback was very helpful. Looking at your site I see that you emphasize the importance of attitude in education. That seems to be a very critical player in education that can easily be over looked when the focus is on grades instead of on the pursuit of knowledge. Thanks again for your feedback. Don, thank you for your comments! This sort of schooling fascinates me and your feedback was very helpful. Looking at your site I see that you emphasize the importance of attitude in education. That seems to be a very critical player in education that can easily be over looked when the focus is on grades instead of on the pursuit of knowledge. Thanks again for your feedback.

]]> Comment on Sudbury Valley School by Don Berg http://twentyonetoys.com/sudbury-valley-school/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Don Berg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:36:24 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?p=632#comment-13 I've been familiar with Sudbury and many other democratic schools for a few years now, so I can give some basic information regarding your curiosities. Standardized testing for University: They conform when they are clear that going to University is what they want to do and that there is no way around that requirement. Parents Concerns: That's true, parents who are not normally inclined to trust their children to be inherently built to develop their capabilities in the world do worry about how their kids spend their time. Sometimes those parents cannot develop the level of trust that the school assumes and there is conflict. But, in over 40 years of direct experience they have never had their faith in childrens natural ability to learn shaken. Progression and success: Since the only measure of those concepts they accept as valid are those that would be formulated by the students with regard to self-selected goals and aspirations then the assessment of those qualities are also left to the students themselves. If the students want to know how they measure up, then they can pursue whatever forms of assessment they decide are relevant. The impression I get from their surveys of alumni and my own experience in this area is that what most people think of as progress and success in school are largely irrelevant to self-directed learning. I hope that helps. -- Enjoy, Don Berg Site: <a href="http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com/email-sig-file" rel="nofollow">http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com</a> Free E-book: <a href="http://www.changethis.com/51.05.AttitudeProblem" rel="nofollow">The Attitude Problem in Education</a> I’ve been familiar with Sudbury and many other democratic schools for a few years now, so I can give some basic information regarding your curiosities.

Standardized testing for University: They conform when they are clear that going to University is what they want to do and that there is no way around that requirement.

Parents Concerns: That’s true, parents who are not normally inclined to trust their children to be inherently built to develop their capabilities in the world do worry about how their kids spend their time. Sometimes those parents cannot develop the level of trust that the school assumes and there is conflict. But, in over 40 years of direct experience they have never had their faith in childrens natural ability to learn shaken.

Progression and success: Since the only measure of those concepts they accept as valid are those that would be formulated by the students with regard to self-selected goals and aspirations then the assessment of those qualities are also left to the students themselves. If the students want to know how they measure up, then they can pursue whatever forms of assessment they decide are relevant. The impression I get from their surveys of alumni and my own experience in this area is that what most people think of as progress and success in school are largely irrelevant to self-directed learning.

I hope that helps.
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Enjoy,

Don Berg

Site: http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com
Free E-book: The Attitude Problem in Education

]]> Comment on New York Design Week 2010 by edna http://twentyonetoys.com/new-york-design-week-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-3 edna Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:33:42 +0000 http://www.twentyonetoys.com/?p=262#comment-3 That is sooooooooooo cool! That is sooooooooooo cool!

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