Gever Tulley's tinkering

Gever Tulley’s tinkering

For my written commutations class I had to watch a short video about tinkering. I thought to myself what does tinkering and education have to do with each other. Gever Tulley’s approach to learning is amazing; he gets kids excited about learning. I mean who really knows any 7 year olds that can build a roller coaster! I think Tulley makes really great points about the learning process, every kid learns in a different way, I know this first hand. I have a learning disability which I struggled with in elementary and middle school. I believe they shouldn’t call it a disability I have a different way of learning, and until I found the way I learned best it was really hard. I’m a hands on and visual learner, reputation also works really well. I think how Tulley makes learning fun is what makes him successful. Getting kids interested in learning is already hard enough but when you’re building tree houses and rollercoaster’s its pretty hard not to want to join in. I also really like how they look a failure. Failure is a part of ever day life and I believe you have to fail before you succeed. Tulley looks a failure by nothing ever goes how it is planned which is very true. He lets kids use their imaginations and their creative sides. While working on these projects the kids actually can see the progress and the steps getting completed. I’m also sure they like playing with all the neat power tools I differently would. I think our society responds to failure in a negative way unlike Tulley’s way of looking at failure. I agree with Tulley in that failure is a part of everyday life.  We learn from our mistakes which I think makes us a better learner. I think there are many ways to improve our education system such as letting kids learn at their own pace, when they feel confident on the subject there working on rather than just jumping to something new right away let them test out of the subject when they’re ready, everyone learns at a different pace. I also feel very strongly about how teachers teach us, I feel it’s their job to think of new and better ways to teach us. I’ve have some really great teachers think of new and interesting ways to teach new material and teachers who I think just do their job. I think that they should want to get kids excited about learning the way Tulley does. Teachers can learn by his example, by improving what they already know. I don’t think that I would want to attend Gever Tulley’s school for a couple of reasons. It seems to be that you just bulid things I need more than just using power tools and rulers. What about literature or science I see how Tulley incorporates different subjects. Also I think I would get bored with building things after a while its something that im really not interested in, a few projects would be fun but not all the time.


http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

labor day weekend

This past Labor Day weekend I went camping with my family up north. We usually go up north every Labor Day weekend. Some of the things we do up north are fishing, shopping and hiking. I love to hike and explore new places. I enjoy going up north very much, it's a nice way to relax and have fun with your family.


The town we went to is Hayward WI. It's a neat little town and I’ve been going there for years. They have a huge musky that you can walk in and there’s a balcony in its mouth, the big musky is a museum it’s still kind of neat. There are also a lot of neat little bars and restaurants on the different lakes around Hayward. That was my Labor day and I hoped you enjoyed you labor day as much as I did.