"The major barrier to learning anything is not intellectual, it's emotional..."
This is a great TedTalk on how to be good at anything you want. It only takes 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice. Listen for an entertaining explanation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY
The journey begins at home
Did you know?
Did you know?
Isaac Newton figured out the law of universal gravitation while sitting under a tree. Thomas Edison came up with the light bulb filament while idly rolling kerosene residue between his fingers. Albert Einstein pondered the riddle of the universe with a cat on his lap. So don't get up. Contribute to science. Stay relaxed as long as you can.
~Veronique Vienne
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Video Games Are Great!
As many unschooling parents know, trust is the key to living the unschooling life. Learning to trust my 17-year-old son's osmosis-like learning journey hasn't always been easy. But I always trusted that his playing video games was a wonderful and fun way to learn all sorts of things.
All I had to do to validate myself was play the games with him. I learned firsthand the amount of complex thinking involved. There is so much to consider and to be aware of in order to play the games that my
I continue to be awed at his ability to create and problem-solve his way through the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) he so enjoys. But rarely do I get a lot of cheers from other parents when I advocate unlimited digital gaming for all.
The article titled, "The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games," cites a study by the IBM Corporation that concluded the leadership skills exercised within MMORPGs are essentially the same as those needed to run a modern company.
So I thought the article by Peter Gray might be a great read for any parent still struggling with all the fears around this issue or for any parent who may find themselves being the only one in a circle of moms who thinks video games are great. :) The link to the article is at the end of this post. The quote below is Gray's response to the most common fears around playing video games.
Click on link below:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201201/the-many-benefits-kids-playing-video-games
All I had to do to validate myself was play the games with him. I learned firsthand the amount of complex thinking involved. There is so much to consider and to be aware of in order to play the games that my
I continue to be awed at his ability to create and problem-solve his way through the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) he so enjoys. But rarely do I get a lot of cheers from other parents when I advocate unlimited digital gaming for all.
The article titled, "The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games," cites a study by the IBM Corporation that concluded the leadership skills exercised within MMORPGs are essentially the same as those needed to run a modern company.
So I thought the article by Peter Gray might be a great read for any parent still struggling with all the fears around this issue or for any parent who may find themselves being the only one in a circle of moms who thinks video games are great. :) The link to the article is at the end of this post. The quote below is Gray's response to the most common fears around playing video games.
"The most common complaints about video games are that they (1) are socially isolating, (2) reduce opportunities for outdoor activities and thereby lead to obesity and poor physical health, and (3) promote violence in kids, if the games have violent content. On the face of it, of course, the first two of these claims should be truer of book reading than of video gaming. Concerning the third claim, I don't see any obvious reason why pretend murder of animated characters in video games should be any more likely to provoke real murder than, say, reading Shakespeare's account of Hamlet's murder of his stepfather. Yet we make kids read Hamlet in school."
Click on link below:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201201/the-many-benefits-kids-playing-video-games
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