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There was a nice project done in Chile using Ipacks: the "teacher" would pose a problem and the children would formulate an answer. Then they'd gather in groups of four and pool their answers. Each group of four would then reach consensus on an answer they thought was correct. All of the group answers would be shared with the entire class. Then a class discussion would ensue: why did Group A come up with that answer? The role of the computer and the teacher was to facilitate the discussion among the students and to focus discussion around problem areas that revealed themselves in discussion. A nice use of collaboration that has nothing to do with taking control or "all eyes forward". - Walter Bender

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3. Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.

We, here in India are taught the alphabet when we are 4 or so. I was having trouble making the letter 'f' in running hand, all the loops and the curves were abstruse for my tiny little brain. It was then when my mother associated the whole hand motion ~~associated with~~ making the letter 'f' with a story, how a thief escaped from the prison and how the police caught the thief. I still don't make perfect 'f', but I look back at it and wonder...had it not been for that the thief, the quick brown "ox" and not the "fox" would have been jumping over the lazy dog!

We, here in India are taught the alphabet when we are 4 or so. I was having trouble making the letter 'f' in running hand, all the loops and the curves were abstruse for my tiny little brain. It was then when my mother associated the whole hand motion involved in making the letter 'f' with a story, how a thief escaped from the prison and how the police caught the thief. I still don't make perfect 'f', but I look back at it and wonder...had it not been for that the thief, the quick brown "ox" and not the "fox" would have been jumping over the lazy dog!

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-There was a nice project done in Chile using Ipacks: the "teacher" would pose a problem and the children would formulate an answer. Then they'd gather in groups of four and pool their answers. Each group of four would then reach consensus on an answer they thought was correct. All of the group answers would be shared with the entire class. Then a class discussion would ensue: why did Group A come up with that answer? The role of the computer and the teacher was to facilitate the discussion among the students and to focus discussion around problem areas that revealed themselves in discussion. A nice use of collaboration that has nothing to do with taking control or "all eyes forward". - Walter Bender
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 . Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.
-We, here in India are taught the alphabet when we are 4 or so. I was having trouble making the letter 'f' in running hand, all the loops and the curves were abstruse for my tiny little brain. It was then when my mother associated the whole hand motion associated with making the letter 'f' with a story, how a thief escaped from the prison and how the police caught the thief. I still don't make perfect 'f', but I look back at it and wonder...had it not been for that the thief, the quick brown "ox" and not the "fox" would have been jumping over the lazy dog!
+We, here in India are taught the alphabet when we are 4 or so. I was having trouble making the letter 'f' in running hand, all the loops and the curves were abstruse for my tiny little brain. It was then when my mother associated the whole hand motion involved in making the letter 'f' with a story, how a thief escaped from the prison and how the police caught the thief. I still don't make perfect 'f', but I look back at it and wonder...had it not been for that the thief, the quick brown "ox" and not the "fox" would have been jumping over the lazy dog!