http://sabigames.com/2010/04/the-fun-to-work-ratio/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sabigames.com/2010/04/the-fun-to-work-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Dr Marty Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:03:10 +0000 http://sabigames.com/2010/04/the-fun-to-work-ratio/#comment-49 I love this topic. For those interested, check out Raph Koster's http://www.theoryoffun.com/ . My 3rd grade teacher, Mr. Smith, had a room full of planetary mobiles, gizmos, strange books, and interesting objects. He played guitar for us and encouraged us to write. It was a great year for me. I can't think of anything in learning that cannot be made entertaining. I love this topic. For those interested, check out Raph Koster’s
http://www.theoryoffun.com/ . My 3rd grade teacher, Mr. Smith, had a room full of planetary mobiles, gizmos, strange books, and interesting objects. He played guitar for us and encouraged us to write. It was a great year for me. I can’t think of anything in learning that cannot be made entertaining.

]]> http://sabigames.com/2010/04/the-fun-to-work-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Diana Sharp Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:15:20 +0000 http://sabigames.com/2010/04/the-fun-to-work-ratio/#comment-48 How great -- I love these fun theory folks! Yep, ItzaBitza and ItzaZoo sure fit right in. Here's a great quote from the National Reading Panel Report (2000) that in my opinion is the most overlooked sentence in the report (it appears on page 447 of the 449 page report) : The teacher’s job is to create or allow situations where children want to read and are willing to work hard at it. How great — I love these fun theory folks! Yep, ItzaBitza and ItzaZoo sure fit right in. Here’s a great quote from the National Reading Panel Report (2000) that in my opinion is the most overlooked sentence in the report (it appears on page 447 of the 449 page report) :
The teacher’s job is to create or allow situations where children want to read and are willing to work hard at it.

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