tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.comments2024-03-18T10:20:04.643-04:00Steve HargadonSteve Hargadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-50911998114218147842022-04-25T01:37:20.072-04:002022-04-25T01:37:20.072-04:00The impact of overloaded matarials on students lea...The impact of overloaded matarials on students learning at elementary schools level: Dear Mam I want to thesis of this topic can you help me. Bilal Ahmedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283549485335081002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-42293633383103582172019-10-22T20:44:22.897-04:002019-10-22T20:44:22.897-04:00Loved your comments. Game has three connotations, ...Loved your comments. Game has three connotations, and thanks for helping me think through this: 1) a game as in a challenge, helping the learner/player to improve skills through challenge and motivation; 2) a game as in something rigged, something that most students don't know is going on, and where winning isn't necessarily virtuous (as in "gaming the system;" and 3) a game where *really* winning is not necessarily winning the particular immediate game, but rather discovering through the game that which one really cares about and which is most important in life. Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-85047096262725594662019-10-22T12:32:19.277-04:002019-10-22T12:32:19.277-04:00Steve-
This was such a great read.
The idea of sch...Steve-<br />This was such a great read.<br />The idea of school becoming a game- or the Game of School- is brilliant. A simple concept, but is it that simple? It took all this time to put it into words. This post spoke volumes to me. I am currently a coach for two of my son's soccer teams. I love the game, but I also played softball, a little bit of basketball, volleyball, and this thing called life. Your idea of playing the game of school is important for young learners and older learners to understand. It can be a musically in-tune learner, it could be a voice for the mute or deaf, this thought can register to those with any disability, any learning curve, any emotionally damaged or perfect student has played a game before; This concept can come into place in any part of the child, teen, adult’s life. The fun for learning and the competition between one's self between a singular person or group is important. When we play solitaire the idea is to win and get all the cards flipped over and ultimately get the four suites matched in numerical order; the more we think about those directions and the fight to beat the cards, group of people, singular person, or self in any game we can imagine the feeling of victory. The same feelings come when we learn a new language, new skill, new move, new system and apply it to Real Life situations. All of these are crucial for a learner to improve their abilities. The more we collaborate and anticipate the elements that contribute to the learner or “player” the easier and more effective motions can be put into place when providing a better education system. Your four pillars or Levels of learning- are important, but I am unsure if they work side by side to help the game or is this a ladder approach. I do believe that those four are important and in order to win the game whether in school or during life changes we need to adapt to the world around us. I will be looking at your link provided. I appreciate your views, and I am glad I could reflect on my own thoughts. This game we play allows the excitement for learning, the collaboration of parents, staff and communities to come together as one and support the “player or team,” and the heightened motivation for oneself is important. As a coach I often ask how my students are in school and use references to their class activities; I do this to compare their practices for math are just as important for their foot skills when playing soccer. I also add that I continue to grow as an adult and use my children as and family as my team members. We need to all support each other and look at a loss of battle, hurdle over an obstacle, or failure to a test all steppingstones to get to the Wining platform. We need to learn how to cope and grow from these losses and use those experiences to shape how we can do things differently next time. I believe our lives are a game and we need to play to win, digitally, physically, intelligently, and emotionally. We can do this by our self, for ourselves, or with others and/ or for others. Thank you for your thoughts again and I look forward to more posts in the future.<br />Cori Smith<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119095171763666615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-34257987003655776232019-10-16T14:44:26.612-04:002019-10-16T14:44:26.612-04:00There's a chicken-egg thing going on here, Joh...There's a chicken-egg thing going on here, John. If you look at the history of mandatory public schooling, there are pretty clear statements at the time (late 19th / early 20th century) that the goal was to reduce the role of the family and increase loyalty to the state. It's a fascinating thing, goes back to Plato's Republic. I'm not sure I'd blame the parents as much as I'd suggest that the solution lies within them... schooling is an institution, and institutions are good at maintaining their roles. You've hit at the heart of why I'm spending time on this--we're so much in the mindset of reforming schools, I'm thinking what we need more is the power of an idea: parents and students reclaiming their agency. Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-33983060737043298732019-10-16T14:20:56.565-04:002019-10-16T14:20:56.565-04:00Thought provoking notion that I've heard kicke...Thought provoking notion that I've heard kicked around for a few years. School is a game with rigid rules because it is usually overseen by a bureaucracy. In the case of public schools it is school boards and state and national regulations. In the case of private schools, parents often act as de facto school boards. I'd place the blame on parents, who are the customers in K-12 education. If their kids were doing any real-world work that they could observe, then they would see that most students are not getting important life skills. They are content to see terse scorecards in the form of report cards and cut-and-paste comments.John Faighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123014542224971461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-7941782731432258112019-10-04T10:03:43.927-04:002019-10-04T10:03:43.927-04:00Really appreciate the feedback. Regarding parents ...Really appreciate the feedback. Regarding parents pushing kids: I believe that the things that we have in control in our own lives, the places where we have learned mastery, are the areas where we know how to help others (including our own children), and so we are patient and can map out plans for providing long-term help and support; but where we, ourselves, don't feel in control or are struggling, is where we find ourselves impatient, frustrated, and emotional--and often resort to force or "because I say so" methods. I'll think about your feedback on the levels of learning--it's more an explanation of the words "school," "training," "education," and "learning" than anything, which are often used interchangeably and contribute to muddled thinking. Finally, as much as I'm a fan of alternative and learner-centered schools,I have come to the conclusion that trying to build the better school isn't the solution, it's helping to change the idea of learning from being school-centered to individually-driven. Cheers! Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-21120838014463748512019-10-03T12:14:59.389-04:002019-10-03T12:14:59.389-04:00Great read! It was so powerful to hear that studen...Great read! It was so powerful to hear that students and other folks are giving you this information that they never felt smart but just succeeded at school by playing the game. This is true for me and at least my brother. I think so much of what drives people’s decisions as adults is that they secretly believ they are not smart so they push themselves in their careers or they push their kids to be smarter than they are. This is a great item for me to reflect on personally. Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />I am not completely picking up the levels of learning. I like sir Jen Robinson’s definitions of some of those. It ultimately see them as different entities so it’s a bit of work for me to wrap by head around them as levels.<br /><br />As the lions share of kids are in “standard schools” it’s great to see that you are creating tools for their success. We need more alternative learner centered school! But we also need existing schools to be better!<br /><br />Again thanks for sharing and for having the courage to put your work out there. Keep it up!Lori Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463283780924916081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-15062119362476294812019-09-29T21:41:07.525-04:002019-09-29T21:41:07.525-04:00I must say I don't think I ever understood the...I must say I don't think I ever understood the 'game' in all levels of education and due to illness during the primary school years I didn't quite understand the basic grammar skills required for completing higher education course work. As I now work in a library surrounded by training guides I taught myself these skills and my last degree (I have a couple) I ended up in the top 10% of results for the course. Just saying it is never too late to self-train and I still score better in online courses than within the classroom as I never learnt the subtle art of providing constructive criticism to my trainers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-37644296216425823972019-09-27T11:46:34.968-04:002019-09-27T11:46:34.968-04:00Shout-out to Jim Gerry for pointing out the good f...Shout-out to Jim Gerry for pointing out the good focus by some schools to help students "learn how to learn." I personally include that in the self-directed learning category, so I updated that section to incorporate this as well as the phrase "life-long learner." Most appreciated.Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-52986969508497969262019-09-27T07:50:36.766-04:002019-09-27T07:50:36.766-04:00Thanks. It was an important influence, and I didn&...Thanks. It was an important influence, and I didn't reference it in my original post not out of disrespect, but just to be able frame the story a particular way "out of the gate." I will spend some time today reviewing it--I reached out years ago to Robert had had agreed to be on my original Future of Education interview series but I never heard back from him and repeated unsuccessful attempts to contact him left me sad to not have been able to really drill down on his work. I suspect that I've come to two conclusions that are different (I'll check later today and let you know!): 1. That school being a game is a "feature not a bug," and that it's actually more than just school--it's how the world works, so that 2. The answer is not tinkering with the institution but empowering the individual. Thanks!Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-24485028125185525292019-09-27T07:36:25.016-04:002019-09-27T07:36:25.016-04:00Thanks. I think you missed my point. For me, telli...Thanks. I think you missed my point. For me, telling them about the game is actually telling them the truth--they can decide how much they want to play it. By not telling them the truth they often believe they are failures when they are just not good at the game. Second, if I'm right, the kind of wholesale reform you're wanting to push for instead is the kind of work I've watched and admired for decades and wondered: why do things stay the same? My conclusion is that public schooling, like other institutions, has an advertised narrative which is different than the role it actually plays--and so reform efforts designed to appeal to the advertised narrative end up being futile. Another example would be the narrative that banks are there to help us be financially stable, but what banks and banking really do is to get people into maximum debt in order to make a profit. So trying to reform banking is likely as much of a futile task as reforming education. My answer is, instead, to work to empower individuals, as I see this as the only way around the dilemma.Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-57878250558326102022019-09-27T07:27:07.123-04:002019-09-27T07:27:07.123-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-45249336067536644442019-09-26T21:34:14.697-04:002019-09-26T21:34:14.697-04:00You may also find Robert L. Fried's The Game o...You may also find Robert L. Fried's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Game-School-Change-Jossey-Bass-Education/dp/1119143594" rel="nofollow">The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How it Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It</a> (2005) of interest.Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681447140442959892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-71816753927176254882019-09-26T18:41:59.328-04:002019-09-26T18:41:59.328-04:00While I enjoyed this read - and there is no questi...While I enjoyed this read - and there is no question that school is a game - I find your response to the concept, i.e. helping students "win" at the game, chilling. The idea that school as game is somehow acceptable and should be encouraged is simply buying into a system that we know doesn't work. This will do nothing but further the problem. And it is a real problem, becaue while it may supply the economy with the worker drones we need, it also turns out thinker drones.<br /><br />We should be pushing for school to stop being a game. For example, eliminating A, B C grades in favor of substantive comments would immediately start the shift away fom the game and towards real learning. There are many ways this can happen, and both individual students and our society would benefit.<br /><br />If you want to help students win at the game, start a tutoring company.jrollehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081771369706088953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-29452632567275636642019-09-26T16:44:16.233-04:002019-09-26T16:44:16.233-04:00Great blog!
I have been using the same term for so...Great blog!<br />I have been using the same term for some time. It really is about figuring out the teacher and giving them what they want. <br />Very little REAL leaning is in those textbooks! That is why I teach Problem Based Learning. <br />It's nice to find someone else that thinks this way!<br />Keep it up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532104460545576772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-52019447600074907042019-08-27T06:03:42.659-04:002019-08-27T06:03:42.659-04:00Thx for sharing all of these!Thx for sharing all of these!Dogtraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079631702744063837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-31010822852882875752013-04-26T08:39:28.527-04:002013-04-26T08:39:28.527-04:00Really looking forward to Matt's talk, hope it...Really looking forward to Matt's talk, hope it will be rescheduled soon!Joolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420781697398768674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-17196268798125459942013-04-23T17:47:16.590-04:002013-04-23T17:47:16.590-04:00Yes, sorry, Joe! I sent a second, corrected email...Yes, sorry, Joe! I sent a second, corrected email, but perhaps it got caught in your spam filter. Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-77866614377181976632013-04-23T16:11:29.863-04:002013-04-23T16:11:29.863-04:00Having logged in when your email said to log in, a...Having logged in when your email said to log in, at 4 pm. EST, I note your time, on the Future of Ed page, is at 8 pm. Can't spend the day, so if you could make it more consistent the next time, I might be able to synchronize.Joe Beckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878771242280456836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-36567917144747549212013-04-22T02:41:13.308-04:002013-04-22T02:41:13.308-04:00Great post. Lot of insight, views and lot of infor...Great post. Lot of insight, views and lot of information. I will be getting back to your blog to get more of you knowledge.Pratik Chavanhttp://www.raptivity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-57150921266889865082013-04-17T20:03:46.132-04:002013-04-17T20:03:46.132-04:00Dear Elliot and Charles,
Well done, a wonderful an...Dear Elliot and Charles,<br />Well done, a wonderful and unique contribution to personalising learning in our schools. Here in Australia we know the power of Big Picture Learning and the importance of connecting our young people to real world learning . We are part of a great movement that you have been central to starting! And you have done the work with young people in schools...the best lab for learning about young people and their learning...Viv whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-37619598021539253322013-04-17T12:13:57.942-04:002013-04-17T12:13:57.942-04:00Matt had the wrong time on his calendar, so he did...Matt had the wrong time on his calendar, so he didn't show up until too late! We're rescheduling!Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-26668876895986773372013-04-17T10:54:45.279-04:002013-04-17T10:54:45.279-04:00Hi! When will the recording be available for viewi...Hi! When will the recording be available for viewing/listening? I was unable to attend last night, and would see what I missed.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />DavidTeacherMasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526895621557309846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-89413026664823152632013-04-06T21:31:35.530-04:002013-04-06T21:31:35.530-04:00Having trouble with the Publish program for Bb Col...Having trouble with the Publish program for Bb Collaborate, having to downgrade Java in order to publish, and have been traveling to trying to figure it out! Sorry for the delay.Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-77040231850831173912013-04-06T20:23:53.992-04:002013-04-06T20:23:53.992-04:00I don't remember... I'll see if it comes ...I don't remember... I'll see if it comes to me. You might check the Mightybell group to see if someone (probably Peggy G!) put a link in the space. https://mightybell.com/spaces/33335<br /><br />Can you remember the context of the reference?Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.com