http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2010/02/01/teaching-girls-to-tinker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-girls-to-tinker Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2010/02/01/teaching-girls-to-tinker/comment-page-1/#comment-142693 Sylvia Martinez Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:14:03 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1739#comment-142693 Hi Jane, Yes, I agree, that many children don't have any experience with tinkering and playing as they used to. Maybe even more reason for schools to pursue tinkering and play as strategies to enhance learning. Hi Jane,
Yes, I agree, that many children don’t have any experience with tinkering and playing as they used to. Maybe even more reason for schools to pursue tinkering and play as strategies to enhance learning.

]]> http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2010/02/01/teaching-girls-to-tinker/comment-page-1/#comment-142691 Jane Krauss Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:01 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1739#comment-142691 Gracious this came to me through Tina from you, Sylvia. Small world. This is an important report. My husband is a master handyman and he puts it down to tinkering alongside his dad as a youth. I don't think boys tinker much any more either. Tinkering is a natural extension of creative play, the kind of play that helps develop children's "executive functions". http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=76838288 Gracious this came to me through Tina from you, Sylvia. Small world. This is an important report. My husband is a master handyman and he puts it down to tinkering alongside his dad as a youth. I don’t think boys tinker much any more either. Tinkering is a natural extension of creative play, the kind of play that helps develop children’s “executive functions”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=76838288

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