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writing scores increasingly dropping by the numbers. They blame it on the schools and the parents who raise and teach the children. They say its there fault our children are uneducated and not wiling to work. I feel it is the lack of interest in the books and class rooms. The world is evolving around today's children. New cars, technology, more money, and better foods. I feel the children do not read and write due to lack of interest in the schools. They rather be home more or outside at their friends where their attention is always grabbed and pulled into the direction of their liking.
ReplyDeleteSo the materialistic world is what is stealing away the attention and respect of the students. I agree and am also frightened, but I guess we all are in a way.
DeleteI'm still not sure if that source we read was reliable and without Bias. Either way, if our scores are dropping, maybe we have finally hit the point where we need to switch things around a bit. Like when asking questions was first introduced, or when corporal punishment was finally banned.
ReplyDeleteWe need something fresh, something new to entertain and to help kids think, not mimic, to teach but yet give choices.
One way, which I came up with only a week ago because of a dream, is Role-playing games.
They’re not as hard as they look (as long as you leave the big ones alone), and are not a secret Satan recruitment project, or created to cause people to do suicide.
They can teach all sorts of things:
1. Math: The more complex games come with a lot of math, but many aren’t to hard. It's good to learn how to add, subtract in your head.
2. Character creation: the Character you’re playing is one you made, everything about it you chose, origins to clothes.
3. Story creation: While the GM (gamemaster) makes up the skeleton of the story, the players can easily twist it around in hundreds of ways.
4. Choices: To play an Rpg, you get to decide what you do, you don't have someone telling you what to do, something a lot of kids need to learn how to do.
5.Etc...
Some people have already tried teaching with role-playing as a tool.
http://www.theescapist.com/rwrpg/ -A site to learn more.
http://screamingargonaut.com/2009/08/23/6x-the-one-page-role-playing-game/ -A really easy, one page rules, free Rpg, perfect to learn how to make a story, make choices, and deal without comes.
I realize that I sound like a complete and utter Geek, but since it says I'm supposed to be, I feel justified in doing so.
You are justified, but need no justification. I am checking out those sites right now.. I am always looking for new way to place responsibility on my students especially since it will help them, but there is no greater feeling than having created something yourself!!
ReplyDeleteI and so many others will miss your insight in this classroom!!
ARoss
DeleteThanks, and feel free to inform me if you ever do something like that, no one I know is geekey enough, and it will ecpessilly fun if it gets me out of gym.