re: a curious turtle / sharing strategies

[mwforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gary McCallister)]

Minds in Play was written by Yasmin B. Kafai about her work at an elementary 
school for her master's (or maybe it was her Doctorate) from MIT.  It is very 
case study kind of approach of her observations of several children who were 
assigned to creat games in Microworlds during the school year and how they 
pursued that goal.
    I did not respond to the Montessori person because I know so little about 
Montessori, and only a little more about Microworlds.  I am involved in 
teaching some Microworlds stuff to my grand children right now and find that 
even the three year old is making progress when her Mom helps her.
>>> wpetti@xxxxxxxxxxxx 08/20/02 09:04AM >>>
There are about 70 members on this list at the moment. =20
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I have not heard about "Minds in Play" but I'm sure the members of this list 
would like to know about it.  Can anyone tell us about it and where it can be 
ordered?
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By the way, an earlier posting from a couple of weeks ago, asking for 
suggestions on teaching MicroWorlds in a Montessori environment, received no 
replies.  I think most of us apparently are not Montessori teachers.  But I 
think that the general approaches to teaching MicroWorlds would be very 
appropriate in that environment, from what I understand.  I hope some list 
members will share with the list how you encourage some individual approaches 
to using MicroWorlds while also covering some of the basic skills.
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Wendy Petti

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Hello, out there!
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I'm a 4th/5th grade teacher, new to this list. Does anyone know how many 
people use this list presently?
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Has anyone read Minds In Play about creating computer games using MicroWorlds?
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Craig in Boulder, Colorado
Whittier International School
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