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Commented on Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal
What about the parents who have their kids in private schools and pay to have the teachers read to their children. Are they then guilty of purchasing an audio performance of a book?...
Commented on Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal
OMG! All those years I sat in those tiny chairs reading book after book to preschoolers - passing along my love of reading and literature. Do I need a lawyer? "What would you do if your mother asked you?" Dr....
Commented on The case against Candy Land
Candyland is a beginner game for 3-4 year old non-readers that teaches taking turns. You graduate to hi ho cherry-o where they need to be able to count to 3, and chutes and ladders where they need to count to...
Commented on Uncertainties in amateur media for 2012
Sorry to burst your little anti-liberal bubble, but many, many kids see their parent's and their lives going in the direction of a downward spiral. Dad laid off, not enough money for food, clothes etc. These kids - especially age...
Commented on Malcolm Gladwell on how to spot potential star teachers
As a teacher, I'm pretty good at spotting potential stars too. I am out of the classroom right now, training adults in the corporate environment. I can tell within 5 minutes of starting a class with adults, who had a...
Commented on Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity cards and will put us in a huge, Orwellian database: the rest of Britain will be next
And why are you living there ?????? Why would anyone leave Canada ????...
Commented on How Children Fail: angry lessons from failures to teach
Can we also give the parents some responsibility here. As a parent, I see myself as an advocate for my child in school, so when learning isn't happening, I expect to hear it from the teacher. As a teacher, I...
Commented on How Children Learn: classic of human, kid-centered learning
I see that someone mentioned the Montessori method earlier, but to see the beauty of the method go to the source. Read Maria Montessori's books. Her observations of the development of children and learning are beautiful in their simplicity. As...
Commented on Why Are Projector Bulbs So Expensive?
When I was teaching middle school, someone donated a projector. I was teaching a 6th grade computer elective where the kids were creating powerpoint presentations. This was a big deal considering all most of them knew was how to play...

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lolarusa commented on The case against Candy Land
@Robulus That's a blanket dismissal of a rich and diverse form of entertainment that is enjoyed by millions. A point well taken. I am only stating my own preferences here, in reference to the comparison in the post of board games and video games. The suggestion is that video games are a richer experience and teach more complex skills, which hasn't been my experience....
Spats MacGee commented on The case against Candy Land
I understood even as a child that the moves were random occurrences and that the game would be the same with or without me. As I realized this, the only solution seemed to be to cheat, which my father noticed, leading me to become a better cheater. As my father refused to be outdone by his six year old, it escalated into a full scale cheating arms war, both sides becoming more and more devious. The only childhood game I still play besides strategy games like risk and stratego is guess who, which I play with my girlfriend and a...
cycle23 commented on The case against Candy Land
More from SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=164#comic...
incredulous_ commented on The case against Candy Land
its just for tiny little kids so they can feel included and learn to take turns...
SandraDodd commented on How Children Fail: angry lessons from failures to teach
I'm late to the discussion, but when the review is a book from the 1960's, a year doesn't make much difference in this century. Neither of those books is about unschooling. John Holt's book about unschooling is "Teach Your Own," from 1981. The older books were school reform books. Just because unschoolers like to cite John Holt doesn't mean John Holt was an unschooler. He didn't even have children. And just because he later wrote in support of homeschooling in very non-schoolish ways doesn't mean every book he ever wrote is about that. http://sandradodd.com/johnholt has some links to online interview...

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