Tim Tyson says kids aren’t stupid!!! October 20, 2009

I loved this man. He really focuses on the fact that the children in his class WANT to learn. I think as future educators we all hear these horror stories of kids hating school and hating knowledge, and Tyson steps up and says “Not all of the hype is true!” I loved the idea of the film festival. By pushing the kids as far as he thought they could go he really learned that kids want to learn. Not only that, they want their work to be seen. Kids want to be acknowledged. While new technologies can be dangerous, we have the rare ability to share ‘ work with the world. The kids know that their work will be seen not only by you or their classmates, but also with the entire world, which makes them strive to have high quality work. Also, the children want to help people. Young children want to save the world. They want to make a difference. We underestimate children all the time. We assume that they ae self-centered and that they dont want to learn, but thats WRONG! They want to learn! They certainly dont want you to dumb things down. I think that if you monitor the kid’s progress you can give your students a bit more tha they can chew. It makes them struggle, and when they succeed they feel 100 x’s smarter and 100 x’s more confidant!

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