http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/ A Blog For and About Learners, Designers, and Teachers Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Melissa C. Tran Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:21:45 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=199#comment-452 I read and enjoyed all of your articles this evening but I really identified with this one. There is a popular song by Jason Mraz that includes the lyric “I reckon it’s again my turn to win some or learn some” and the 1st time I heard it I thought about what a great perspective that is and that I hope that young people really hear it when they listen to that song. I'm big believer in \problem as opportunity\ and in teaching kids that it's better to try and fail than not to try at all, and that failure is just an invitation back to the drawing board. Thanks for a great read! I read and enjoyed all of your articles this evening but I really identified with this one. There is a popular song by Jason Mraz that includes the lyric “I reckon it’s again my turn to win some or learn some” and the 1st time I heard it I thought about what a great perspective that is and that I hope that young people really hear it when they listen to that song. I’m big believer in \problem as opportunity\ and in teaching kids that it’s better to try and fail than not to try at all, and that failure is just an invitation back to the drawing board. Thanks for a great read!

]]> http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Diigo University- Day 1 « Life in the Renaissance Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=199#comment-176 [...] A wonderful post that challenges us to look at school as a place where failure is acceptable, perhaps even celebrated. It is through these failures that we learn. Scientists and inventors are wrong far more than they are correct. Let students learn to learn. http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/ [...] [...] A wonderful post that challenges us to look at school as a place where failure is acceptable, perhaps even celebrated. It is through these failures that we learn. Scientists and inventors are wrong far more than they are correct. Let students learn to learn. http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/ [...]

]]> http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/08/failure-is-not-an-option-but-it-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Mike Fisher Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:14:11 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=199#comment-174 This is great--and I just wanted to add my two cents. What about shifting the kids out of their comfort zones--shifting their preferred modalities in order to do the work they need to do. I agree that sometimes gifted kids appear lazy, but what if it's the teachers that are lazy--and are not giving them the appropriate differentiated activity? Perhaps this comes down to choices and tiered learning and motivation/engagement. (Like everything else?) I love what you've shared here, and I will be sharing it this coming school year as I work with teachers around designing curriculum with the gifted child in mind. Thanks! This is great–and I just wanted to add my two cents. What about shifting the kids out of their comfort zones–shifting their preferred modalities in order to do the work they need to do. I agree that sometimes gifted kids appear lazy, but what if it’s the teachers that are lazy–and are not giving them the appropriate differentiated activity? Perhaps this comes down to choices and tiered learning and motivation/engagement. (Like everything else?) I love what you’ve shared here, and I will be sharing it this coming school year as I work with teachers around designing curriculum with the gifted child in mind. Thanks!

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