Comments for Tinkering School http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog think of what to build, build what you think of Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 Comment on Playing with scale - Mega-bristlebots by julie http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/playing-with-scale-mega-bristlebots/#comment-4988 julie Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:52:56 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/playing-with-scale-mega-bristlebots/#comment-4988 you forgot to point out that with an age range of 5-12 and a constrained timeframe, it's not quite a classic tinkering school project: you're doing a pre-build to make sure we have successful 1st builds and then the focus is on the tinker/refinement phase. you forgot to point out that with an age range of 5-12 and a constrained timeframe, it’s not quite a classic tinkering school project: you’re doing a pre-build to make sure we have successful 1st builds and then the focus is on the tinker/refinement phase.

]]> Comment on Playing with scale - Mega-bristlebots by Andreas http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/playing-with-scale-mega-bristlebots/#comment-4983 Andreas Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:14:14 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/playing-with-scale-mega-bristlebots/#comment-4983 Great idea! I guess my kids would enjoy it, too! Great idea!
I guess my kids would enjoy it, too!

]]> Comment on The Call of the Sea by Sandra Kearney http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/the-call-of-the-sea/#comment-4789 Sandra Kearney Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:35:10 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/the-call-of-the-sea/#comment-4789 Jiro mentioned your camp to me last night so I just checked out the site. Fantastic! Am very impressed with what you are doing and what these young people are coming up with. Carry on! Jiro mentioned your camp to me last night so I just checked out the site. Fantastic! Am very impressed with what you are doing and what these young people are coming up with.
Carry on!

]]> Comment on Scientific Proof by califmom http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/scientific-proof/#comment-3997 califmom Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:55:21 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/scientific-proof/#comment-3997 I loved hearing you on NPR, and I've enjoyed reading your blog. I'm coming out of lurk mode to let you know I have an award for your blog. If you hop over to my blog, you can pick up the award and pass it along to your favorite blogs/bloggers. Keep up the great work. I love what you do for kids, and hope mine will attend Tinkering School someday. I loved hearing you on NPR, and I’ve enjoyed reading your blog. I’m coming out of lurk mode to let you know I have an award for your blog. If you hop over to my blog, you can pick up the award and pass it along to your favorite blogs/bloggers. Keep up the great work. I love what you do for kids, and hope mine will attend Tinkering School someday.

]]> Comment on Scientific Proof by Jane http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/scientific-proof/#comment-3986 Jane Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:21:23 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/scientific-proof/#comment-3986 Sounds like you should meet these people: <a href="http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Free Range Kids</a>. I'm following your tinkering school adventures in hopes of retaining an open mind as my four year old gets older. Sounds like you should meet these people: Free Range Kids.

I’m following your tinkering school adventures in hopes of retaining an open mind as my four year old gets older.

]]> Comment on How-to: Make a Bottleboat Submarine by syafiqah http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2006/how-to-make-a-bottleboat-submarine/#comment-3980 syafiqah Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:03:49 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2006/how-to-make-a-bottleboat-submarine/#comment-3980 hey dude this is the best experiment i ever read.. (: ..plz have more experiment. hey dude this is the best experiment i ever read.. (: ..plz have more experiment.

]]> Comment on How-to: Make a Bottleboat Submarine by Khai http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2006/how-to-make-a-bottleboat-submarine/#comment-3979 Khai Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:30:31 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2006/how-to-make-a-bottleboat-submarine/#comment-3979 This is so great!! I'm gonna try this right away. This is so great!! I’m gonna try this right away.

]]> Comment on Day 3 - All Bridge, All Day by Rebecca http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-3-all-bridge-all-day/#comment-3850 Rebecca Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:18:18 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-3-all-bridge-all-day/#comment-3850 I, too, heard the NPR story and was thankful that such a thing as the Tinkering School exists, except for the fact that it means that very few kids get to tinker at home. Keep spreading the gospel of not being afraid to try stuff...I find myself afraid to hammer a nail in a wall to hang a picture. Very sad...and my Dad was an experimental physicist! I, too, heard the NPR story and was thankful that such a thing as the Tinkering School exists, except for the fact that it means that very few kids get to tinker at home. Keep spreading the gospel of not being afraid to try stuff…I find myself afraid to hammer a nail in a wall to hang a picture. Very sad…and my Dad was an experimental physicist!

]]> Comment on Presenting at TEDU by Deborah Rose http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2007/presenting-at-tedu/#comment-3844 Deborah Rose Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:37:31 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2007/presenting-at-tedu/#comment-3844 Thanks for empowering me to be the mom I want to be instead of the worry wart I am pressured to be from so many other sources. We are going camping this weekend and I'm going to let Garett (4yrs) and Sawyer (2yr) play with fire! And I just pulled the broken blender out so they can take it apart after their nap! Thanks for empowering me to be the mom I want to be instead of the worry wart I am pressured to be from so many other sources. We are going camping this weekend and I’m going to let Garett (4yrs) and Sawyer (2yr) play with fire! And I just pulled the broken blender out so they can take it apart after their nap!

]]> Comment on Day 3 - All Bridge, All Day by Branton http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-3-all-bridge-all-day/#comment-3843 Branton Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:09:04 +0000 http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-3-all-bridge-all-day/#comment-3843 This summer camp sounds incredible. I am so excited it exists, and I hope it is doing very well. Developing the creativity of our children and therefore our future, should be the most pressing matter in all of our schools. Understanding creates new ideas and new ideas generate further understanding. This cycle should be nutured. I am glad that at least during the summer young people can learn to not be consumed with meeting the so called national standards of education and instead they can learn to create and problem solve without the aid of a text and memorization techniques. Have you considered developing a curriculum for an actual school? I would send all of my children there, course I dont' have any yet. Let me know when you do, and I will get to work on the kids. This summer camp sounds incredible. I am so excited it exists, and I hope it is doing very well. Developing the creativity of our children and therefore our future, should be the most pressing matter in all of our schools. Understanding creates new ideas and new ideas generate further understanding. This cycle should be nutured. I am glad that at least during the summer young people can learn to not be consumed with meeting the so called national standards of education and instead they can learn to create and problem solve without the aid of a text and memorization techniques. Have you considered developing a curriculum for an actual school? I would send all of my children there, course I dont’ have any yet. Let me know when you do, and I will get to work on the kids.

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