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From the video I learned that students are afraid to take risks because they are penalized for failing. In my future classroom I will not penalize my students for failing because I want them to take risks, you learn by taking risks. From the video, I learned that having play in the classroom lets students get creative. Some students are visual learners so letting them play can help spark their knowledge and ideas.

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From the video, I learned that it does not matter how much you know, but what you do with what you know. Even if I am not the smartest teacher, I can still teach better than someone smarter than me if I apply myself. From the article, I learned that play is just as important with high school students as it is for elementary students. -Julia Pagani

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Something important that I learned in the ted talk was the first central respect which talked about celebrating and awarding individual achievement. I think it is super important for students to be rewarded for their accomplishments. In the article I learned that students like school more when they are given responsibility. This helped me understand the importance of giving students choices in school because little things like that help them enjoy school. -Caitlin Tushnet

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Something important that I learned in the ted talk was the first central respect which talked about celebrating and awarding individual achievement. I think it is super important for students to be rewarded for their accomplishments. In the article I learned that students like school more when they are given responsibility. This helped me understand the importance of giving students choices in school because little things like that help them enjoy school. -Caitlin Tushnet

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From the article the first thing is how mental health affects children's opportunity in play. Since they are in the learning development and learning how to use their imagination, mental health declines that for them. Another thing I learned is about intellectual playfulness and how it's too common for adolescents.

The first thing I learned in the video is no matter how much knowledge you can still be successful. Also I learned that to be a successful teacher is to make them feel welcomed and grow from the learning and not look down if they aren't correct.

- Nancy Saetern

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One takeaway I have from the video is to make sure students feel that it is okay to take risks because taking risks lead to creativity and innovation. Students should not be scared to fail but instead encouraged to learn from their mistakes. The other takeaway I have is to incorporate classroom jobs into all grade levels. These jobs can allow kids to play an adult role and teach them responsibility from an early age.

-Megan Elower

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“Play is the source of development” by Vygotsky

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“Play is the source of development” by Vygotsky

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In the article by Hilary G. Conklin about Playing isn’t Just for Preschoolers - Teenagers Need it, too, on TIMES magazine maintained that the education system is threatening play and creativity on students of all ages. The problems of mental health after the pandemic of Covid-19 has left students with social-emotional issues and mental health problems. In other countries students can choose to learn allowing to explore the different roles in their imaginative and mental abilities challenging their ideas and concepts. Educators should allow students make choices to their interest in their learning. Moreover, play fosters creativity, problem solving, independence, determination, collaboration among peers, ownership, and engagement. The most important point is implementing play in lower and upper-grades, so students can drive their learning. As Vygotsky mentioned, “Play is the source of development and creates the zone of proximal development.” In my future practice as an educators whether I am in lower or upper-grades I will incorporate play.

In the TED webinar by Tony Wagner on Play, Passion, Purpose revealed his findings about the need for reinventing the educational system. He emphasized that half of college graduates are unemployed or underemployed and one-third are living at home. Another issue stated was that more than 70% of our economies are based on consumer spending on items they do not need. This economy is not sustainable for the planet or our civilization. However, Wagner stated clearly that CEO and managers of corporations do care about what you do with what you know not what you know, which is concerning knowing that educational system has failed. I value education, but I was not aware on the analysis of the educational system and how affect the whole community and its repercussions. Now, in the digital age, education can be obtained if students are willing to have the initiative to pursue their dreams and value education. The future of our global economy is innovation; then, young people should have an innovated mindset and we as educators have to incorporate project-based and self-directed learning.

According to Wagner, young people should work on a set of competencies or seven survival skills before finishing high school which they have not developed. Skills like critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, adaptability, initiative, curiosity, imagination, and effective oral and written communication are important for the future of the coming generation. The importance of innovation should be at the forefront of the curricula with play and its purpose.

The five central respects to produce innovators are:

1. Culture of innovation is teamwork among peers. Implementation of collaboration conversations in groups are important.

2. Culture of schooling in innovation is problem-based interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to learning.

3. The world of innovators is about taking risks, mistakes, and learning from it. Innovation goes hand in hand with trial and error. The F should be the new A. Also, educators should be implementing a project-based curricula. As he stated, “the real source of self-confidence is mistakes.”

4. “Culture of innovators is creating real products for real audiences.”

5. Innovators are intrinsically motivated and want to make a difference in the world. Educators should made time to do projects, research, and experimentation like in math, science and ELA across multidisciplinary content. Children should discover a passion and we should supporting them. As they mature, they will develop a sense of purpose.

As a future educator, I will implement teaching practices encouraging exploratory play, play-based structure, project-based learning, research-based approach and the culture of innovation.

Source:

“Creating Innovators”: Raising Young People Who Will Change the World

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/creating-innovators-raising-young-people-who-will-change-the-world/

by Maria Vargas

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Article: “Playtime Isn’t Just for Preschoolers-Teenagers Need It, Too”: A key takeaway from this article is how beneficial intellectual playfulness can be. This is a tool I would like to use in my future classroom. Students of all ages can learn and have fun at the same time. There is a stigma that learning is not fun but we educators need to be the change. I plan to include educational games, fun sing-along songs, imaginary play, and acting out. Video: “Play, Passion, Purpose”: After watching the video something that stood out to me was “The culture of schooling is radically at odds with the culture of learning that produces innovators”. I liked how he mentioned the importance of teamwork and collaboration skills. Group assignments can help students feel connected while learning in a collaborative environment. This allows students to showcase their creativity and ideas with each other. Students who struggle can ask a peer for help or an idea. I plan to use lots of groupwork and pair share in my classroom.

- Roselia Herrera

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1. From the video, I learned about the five central respects to help future generations become innovators: celebrate and award individual achievement, specialization in American education, culture of schooling is all about risk aversion and penalizing failure, culture of learning is so much about passive consumption, and extrinsic incentives for learning. These central respects will be helpful in my future teaching because I could motivate and encourage students in learning and assignments by using their intellectual or artistic passions.

2. From the article, I learned that implementing play in school at any grade levels is important for learning. I never thought about play beyond elementary school and I learned that it is important to implement play. This play perspective will be helpful in my future teaching because I can implement play in lessons to keep students interest and motivate them to want to participate in learning activities and lessons. I still wonder, how will I implement play and what types of play can implement with Common Core State Standards?

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Article: “Playtime Isn’t Just for Preschoolers- Teenagers Need It, Too”-

From the article, I learned that students of all ages will enjoy and benefit from integrating play into the classroom. The research results the author discussed, make it clear that students enjoy educational play and become more interested in learning. It also stood out to me that we should be cautious when studying serious issues in the classroom. However, in my future teaching, I will integrate play into my classroom whenever possible, regardless of grade level.

Video: “Play, Passion, Purpose”-

From the video, I learned that teachers and schools must encourage students to take risks and recognize student effort. The speaker mentioned that school culture is all about risk aversion and penalizing failure, which pushes students to not engage with their learning. In my future teaching, I will make students feel good about their success and mistakes because, in school, students are meant to learn from taking risks and making mistakes as well. Creating a safe school culture for students will result in higher student participation in learning.

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One thing that I learned from the article is that students are more engaged when adding play. This is helpful for my future teaching practice because if I see towards the end of the year that students aren't as engaged then I will have this tool that I can use to bring them back. Adding play will make it more fun for students and that is what they want. One thing I learned from the video is that educators are not encouraged to take risk, but that is how we learn. As a future teacher I will take risk because this is how I will learn what works and what doesn't work. -Taylor Bell

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Things I learned from the Reading and Video - Lang Thao

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Things I learned from the Reading and Video - Lang Thao

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Reading: I enjoyed reading about the different opportunities that educators can still teach and help students learn through play to help foster creative thinking, problem-solving, independence, perseverance, ownership of one's learning, and competence. One of the types of play I want to try out in my classroom is researching and preparing a survival kit for different climates, which can help foster all the above skills listed.

Video: The main key point I took from the video and one of the central respects of producing innovators is pushing the students to take risks. I liked the motto the Ted Talker saw at one of the Universities he researched that said, "Fail Early and Fail Often". One thing I would like to practice in my classroom is encouraging more exploratory play with less screen time and more unstructured time, so the students can use their creative thinking skills to develop new games by themselves or with their friends.

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From the video, I learned that we must let children make mistakes and then learn from them. We are causing them to not take risks, which only means that when they fail later in life, the lesson will be harder for them because they haven't learned it yet. Just this week, a teacher I was observing told me that the middle school refuses to call "Advanced Math 8" what it is, which is Math 1. Math 1 is what freshmen in high school take, however you can take Advanced Math 8, then move on to Math 2 as a freshman if you pass. But the school doesn't want to call it Math 1 in middle school, because if the student fails, they'll be repeating the class, and the admin doesn't want them to feel like they are repeating. The teacher and I agreed that it was an absurd idea, because once you reach high school, if you fail the class, you do take it again. The admin at the middle school level seems to be trying to protect the student's feelings, yet they need to learn the lesson. They're going to learn it eventually!

From the article, I learned that play doesn't have to look like play, in order to give the benefits of play. We see younger children engaging in traditional play, and we see the benefits from it; social-emotional learning, and creativity growth. Older students (and adults) don't play in these same ways, and thus we assume they simply don't play. But they do! They can and should still use their imagination and creativity to play in a way that suits them. I came across a post from the UU church in Fresno recently, about how everyone needs to find some play in their day, but that it can be hard to identify what that looks like for older people. I'll share the link. But I just found it poignant that we read this article for this class and then I saw that post; we need play from birth to death, really.

https://www.facebook.com/100064291105554/posts/pfbid0iPCPBcwKEzb69VdPnF1P91wRhhpvmxyiMji3Q31uXJcyRue1DgPBZLvKxcdhD2Yl/?mibextid=cr9u03

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From the article I believe that one of the ideas that stood out to me was that students need to be curious about their education. Allowing students to learn through play can help students take control of their learning and then in turn find ways that help them learn more effectively. For the video, the idea that I found of great importance is that teachers need to help students learn that mistakes are a part of learning. In the kindergarten class that I am currently observing, Mrs. Zamora always tells the students that it’s okay to make mistakes or to not have the correct answer. I see how this helps students take risks in answering questions on reading texts and math problems. Mrs. Z also tells parents to stop telling their kids that messing up is bad. I see now how important it is to let students take risks and make mistakes.

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One thing I learned from the Video was one of the central respects to produce innovators was agility and adaptability. I think that as future teachers we have to remember that we are also lifelong learners. With that being said, we have to be able to use our experiences whether it is from teaching conferences or seeing others use it in their classroom and be able to perform it in our classroom to see if it will benefit the student's learning. We also have to be willing to adapt with trends and embrace the changes that may come overtime so that we can also still be able to connect with our students and change our teaching styles when needed.

Another thing I learned from the article is that play shouldn't only be limited to young children or Elementary aged children. As students age, play can still be adapted into their learning. Teenaged students may go through phases in their lives that can cause depression or anxiety, having some form of play in the classroom can give them a positive school experience. According to the article, "When classrooms activities allow students to make choices relevant to their interests, direct their own learning, engage their imaginations, experiment with adult roles, and play physically, research shows that students become more motivated and interested, and they enjoy more positive school experiences." (Conklin 2015). I agree that this can motivate and keep students engaged and interested in that they are learning.

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One thing I learned from the article is that students get grow in their creativity in ways that now only teaches themselves, but others as well. For example, through play, middle schoolers got to create a game for social studies. Usually, social studies does not grab my attention that much. We had debates sometimes, but I would have learned a lot more through other kinds of play. Games can be created in other subjects for students' engagement. Play also lets students be their own person and enhance their cognitive skills.

From the video, I learned to praise students' accomplishments and motivate them to use their knowledge to enhance more knowledge. A lot of students get discouraged when they do not know a lot of one subject, but encouragement and motivation, and play can get them to reach their academic goals and even become leaders teaching their classmates.

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One thing that I learned from the article was the correlation between the rise in young students mental health issues and the decline in students opportunities to play. Everyone needs time to play, from children to adults, and a parallel connection in the decline in these opportunities to play with a rise in mental health issues shows we need to allow for more opportunity to play. In the video, I learned more about groupwork, and its importance and effectiveness in the classroom. From every assignment I have done so far regarding groupwork, the consensus has been overwhelming in how beneficial it is, and thus the video also added to my understanding of its effectiveness. -Justin Beal

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Monique Velazquez

Playtime Isn’t Just for Preschoolers—Teenagers Need It, Too,

As a substitute, I noticed how students spend most of their time on computers. I have interviewed teachers who have only viewed play as a primary school component and only turn to technology. I think technology can be a useful tool to explore new information during creative projects for older students. What I've observed is that, at a certain point, students become so acclimated to a strict learning environment, that they claim to have no creative ability. They sometimes even have an aversion to it due to the typical possibility of failure. Having play in classrooms for all age groups removes the fear of failure and engages students of every background. This article taught me new ways to incorporate play for older students in my classrooms.

Play Passion Purpose video:

This video examines how the US American education system inhibits innovation in a nation fueled by consumerism. The reason for this is because failure is punished in general education. Failure is crucial to innovation. Failure should be allowed to cultivate confidence and critical thinking. It gives students a personal purpose to explore and I want to be an innovator in my teaching.

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In the article Playtime Isn’t Just for Preschoolers—Teenagers Need It, Too” By Hilary G. Conklin I learned how important play is for middle and high school students. In the article, they found that mental health problems arose from lack of play. Some activities that older students can do are survival kits, board games, and imaginary scenarios connected with what they are learning. As a result of implementing play activities, they found that students were happier and interested in the topics that they learned.

In the video Play, Passion, Purpose: Tony Wagner, I learned that it's important to teach students skills that matter. In addition, the culture of schooling penalizes mistakes and students are afraid to take risks.I also learned that Its essential for students to learn from their mistakes and take risks to become innovators.

In my future classroom, I'm going to integrate play into my lessons and activities, For instance, If I'm teaching 3rd grade and students are learning about the solar system I would create an activity where they could pretend they were an astronaut on a planet and make a scenario.

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From the video, I have learned that educators have instilled fear in students' willingness to take risks and mistakes. Students want to get things correct to please their teachers. But for educators to foster innovators, critical thinkers, and creative students they must be willing to see risk as a positive thing. We all learn from our mistakes because, without trial and error, there is no innovation. I want my future students to know that making mistakes is part of the learning process it's not something to fear.

From the article, I learned the importance of play in older grades too. Allowing students to have control over their learning will keep them engaged and you can do so with play. Play is not just for the younger kids, we see that it is very beneficial for older students as well. It brings out creativity, interest, and motivation, and can enhance their cognitive skills.

-Brianna Cazares

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Two things I learned that are helpful for future teaching practice. 

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Two things I learned that are helpful for future teaching practice. 

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One helpful insight that I took from the article is the importance of incorporating play and creativity into the learning environment for adolescents. I will make sure to incorporate play and joy in classrooms, in order to have a positive effect on mental health and engagement of my students. An insight that I will take into consideration for fututre teaching is understanding that it is okay to take risks. As an educator I would make sure to encourage it and also learn from our mistakes.

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From the article, I learned the importance of implementing play

in learning. Typically in elementary schools we see that teachers still

try to do fun activities or focus on making the learning engaging and interesting.

Yet, when you reach middle school or high school teacher's main focus is just

teaching the material that you need to pass. Implementing play allows for students to creatively think,

problem solve, independency and perseverance. It also allows for enjoyment of positive school experiences.

From observations and personal experience, I see that the only play students experiences is playing through

their computer. As a future teacher, I understand now the importance of learning through play and will implement this in my classroom.

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From the video something that called out to me was No. 3 "the culture of schooling is all about risk aversion and penalizing failure" that as educators we are not encouraged to take risks when the world of innovation is all about taking risks. In the article I learned that there are many ways in where a teacher can involve playtime in upper grades. That many of them can be more interested in their work instead of thinking that they're too old for playtime. I think that this helps my future teaching because playtime is always important no matter the age. Important for the students to feel more engaged, and more connected to their learning as well as making it easier on the educator and even entertaining too seeing how the students take initiative in their learning.

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Looking back through my education experiences, I realize that I feared making mistake or even raising my

hand because I feared to say the wrong answer. In the video, I learned that educators have programed this connection

between a student's decision in taking risks and making mistakes, and fear. If a student raises their hand and the teacher

says wrong answer or show any signs that the student answered incorrectly, this already will affect their willingness to

engage. We as future teachers must break this installment of past teachers and start fostering the student's will to make

a mistake. If a student answer is wrong encourage their will to try to answer and allow them to discover a new answer.

If a student is heasitant to try something new, foster that creative thinking and encourage them to take a risk! These are

small ways we can break the fear and see positive change to allow our students to explore their creativity.

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In the article, Playtime isn't just for preschools-teenagers need It, too, students can actually benefit more than we anticipate when incorporating play into their lesson in a classroom. It's known that students enjoy educational play and become more engaged and active in their learning. This is something that I will take into consideration when I am in my own classroom.

In the video, "play, passion, purpose" teachers are influenced to encourage students to take that risk and acknowledge students effort because this can make a difference in a students performance. I agree with this due to the fact that a lot of students who are in a classroom feel that they are not being seen or feel that they don't need to try because no one's paying attention to them but once they get that recognition from the teacher they will feel seen and want to do more of the work. In the future when I have my own classroom this is something I would like to incorporate in my classroom it's that way every student feels encouraged and not discouraged to make a mistake.