The Pedagogy of Play and the Role of Technology in Learning The goal of the videogame “Civilization” is to build a civilization that stands the test of time. You start the game in 4000 B.C. as a settler and, with successful gameplay, can create a civilization that lasts until the Space Age. Throughout the game, you need to manage your civilization’s military, science, technology, commerce and culture. One doesn’t read “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” to develop strategy before playing the game. This model of learning is not only effective for videogames but for all digital tools, and I would argue that play — especially in the digital sense — is emerging as a pedagogical keystone for education in the 21st century. Stuart Brown, M.D., explains in his book, “Play,” how a range of scientific disciplines have revealed the importance of lifelong play. The power of play The iPad has been hyped as a device that will revolutionize education. Creating a ‘sandbox’ Play is vital for normal cognitive, social and emotional development. Joichi Ito
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Basketball Super Teacher Tools How to make a mariionette Here is a picture of the marionette we make in this tutorial. It is a knight. We do a simple stringing on this marionette. This picture gives you a good idea of how the marionette is made. Making a humanoid character is a great way to start out with marionettes. But, as you are working more with them you should keep in mind that you can create all kinds of different characters and creatures. This picture shows a dragon marionette during a performance. Can You make a marionette like in this tutorial? This picture shows the basic segment of the marionette. You create a segment like this by forming a piece of wire so it has loops on each end then putting it on a strip of newspaper. Simple as that! After that you crumple newspaper and wrap it in tape to make the head and the torso. Now that each limb segment has a wire in it you can assemble these limbs together with a small piece of wire or even twist tie. Here is a large picture to show you where the various joints are. OK!
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