Comments on: Permission to Play http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/01/09/permission-to-play/ A teacher-to-go blogs about teaching, technology, and education in general Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rob Jacobs http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/01/09/permission-to-play/#comment-1932 Rob Jacobs Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:22:42 +0000 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/01/09/permission-to-play/#comment-1932 The greatest tragedy of our education system is not allowing teachers time to create, innovate, dream, imagine, or play. What could our educational system look like if our teachers had time to "act like a kid" and get excited about their own learning. Oh to dream. The greatest tragedy of our education system is not allowing teachers time to create, innovate, dream, imagine, or play. What could our educational system look like if our teachers had time to “act like a kid” and get excited about their own learning.

Oh to dream.

]]> By: Louise Maine http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/01/09/permission-to-play/#comment-1929 Louise Maine Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:47:42 +0000 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/01/09/permission-to-play/#comment-1929 I would love time to play! One day last year I had students play with Scratch (from MIT). They could not believe I was letting them play. I did not have time to learn but had an educational goal. I played along side them. The lesson I used it for was much smoother as a result. I would love time to play! One day last year I had students play with Scratch (from MIT). They could not believe I was letting them play. I did not have time to learn but had an educational goal. I played along side them. The lesson I used it for was much smoother as a result.

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