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Who invented Playful Learning?

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 17:20

Playful learning, trial and error, tinkering around just for the fun of it, is the motor of biological evolution. Without producing large numbers of variants of self-replicable nucleic acid molecules, bacteria would never have populated the planet.

Playful learning was therefore not invented by anyone. But it sure was formulated as a concept numerous people. For example, Charles Darwin and Maria Montessori wrote about it from different perspectives.

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Playful Learning

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 17:01



創りたい気持ちを育ちましょう

Fostering Explorative, Playful Learning

through computer programming for kids

  • Do you like kids?
  • Do you want to help them explore?
  • Do you want to enable them to imagine and shape tomorrow's world?
  • Have you kept an inquisitive mind yourself?

Come join us as a volunteer!
(prior computer knowledge not required)

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スクラッチ小野原のブログ

Submitted by scratchonohara on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:27

ブログはまだ引っ越していません。
しばらくこちらへどうそ：
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/scratch_onohara/

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Animated Birthday Party Invitation

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 13:05

For our birthday barbecue party, we made this little animation in Scratch. It is a family co-production and an example Scratch can be used for story telling.

You need to have Java installed to play it. Click on the parrot to change scenes. (Don't click the parrot right away. You may cofuse him and so he flies upside down. Wait until he is done!)

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Let's bring Passion back to Learning!

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 22:06

The following thoughts were initially intended as comment to a blog post on "Computational Thinking" (as a scholarly discipline).

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Try Something NEW and Tell Us About It!

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 18:08

あなたの考え、アイデリアー、プロジェクトなど、こちらのページでどんどん書いておいて下さい。ただ、変なことを書かれてしまうと困りますので
ユーザー登録する必要があります。ティンカーランドのウェブサイトをどうやって見つけたか、何のためにユーザ名が欲しいか、簡単に説明して下さいね。

This is the Community page where you can tell us about what you are up to.

Have you written a cool Scratch program and uploaded it to the Scratch website?

Do you have new ideas on your mind? Or questions?

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Tue 6/28: Scratch group in Nagoya

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 23:36

On Tuesday, June 28, we will visit the Nagoya Scratch Group, organized by Yoshiro Miyata, with will meet at the Toyota Museum from 18.00 - 20.00.
Details to follow.

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Rescheduling: Seminar in Osaka

Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 15:11
When?
CANCELED - to be rescheduled for autumn 2011
What?
Seminar on Playful Learning and creative use of Media
Who?
Students - guest listeners very welcome, but RSVP!

Whether you study English or Java, Physics or Business: What is the best way to study?

Does the answer depend on the age of the student? On the subject studied, personal preference (genetic or learned)?
Which obstacles lead to these differences? Can digital media help us overcome those obstacles?

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