Spln_Sir in the classroom!

[Spln_Sir]

http://http://www.weareteachers.com/ideas/partnerask/teachingidea?app=21924&grantId=85 (http://www.weareteachers.com/ideas/partnerask/teachingidea?app=21924&grantId=85)

Vote please:grin:

[bobbysocks]

you ought to post this on the BoS sight...

http://forum.gaijinent.com/index.php?/forum/23-birds-of-steel/

[haitch40]

Nice. What age range are you teaching this too? I believe stuff like this is how teaching should develop. The worst way to teach IMO is read this answer these questions which so many teachers do.

[McQ59]

It's an absolutely great idea mate. I tried to sell it to my sons teacher - and offered him a cpl of hours leave while I told the class about BoB and use BoP as an asset, but nope... Headmaster won't allow ps3 in teaching. Wonder why boys at around 14 struggle in school!
Hope you make it! Go get'em :-)
Btw... I voted for u ;-)

[haitch40]

It's an absolutely great idea mate. I tried to sell it to my sons teacher - and offered him a cpl of hours leave while I told the class about BoB and use BoP as an asset, but nope... Headmaster won't allow ps3 in teaching. Wonder why boys at around 14 struggle in school!Hope you make it! Go get'em :-)
Btw... I voted for u ;-)

Because there are so many traditionalists. Read this answer these questions.

Like the maths teacher at college for A levels. It doesnt matter how well I teach it if you put the time in and do thousands of questions you will learn it. which I know for a fact is utter BS

[bobbysocks]

thats a real shame McQ!!! maybe you can talk olife into making you a slide show that you can do on a laptop projector or something. you guys have a rich history in ww2 aviation....a little creativity might spark a whole lot of interest and creativity from minds that young.

[Gilly]

Whilst only available over here Im happy to sort the necessary shipping!!
http://www.airfix.com/project-airfix/
And if you haven't seen the James Mays Toy Stories which it referenced then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-gjJIbBEBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[McQ59]

The thing is I showed a few of my sons friend BoP and not only where they impressed of the old man being a gamer(!) they loved the graphics, the planes, the lot! And they did it pretty well in sim too!! Then I asked if they were interested in wwii and they were ofcourse. When my son got his jacket stolen on school I called up his teacher and we took it from there, but the headmaster is a woman, forgett me if I sound sexistic on this - I know I work myself up sometimes on that one - but it seems so typical. The prjudices against games, "violence" and all that stuff... The little guys were cheering the idea, but the school didn't want it. I was a teacher for a cpl of years as well. Kids loved me... ;)

Norwegian kids and boys especially struggle in midschool from 12-15. They are bored to death! Every thing a little boy could do back in the 60, 70 are killed by prohibitions because they can hurt themselves!! That's what boys are ment to do for criss sake...

[bobbysocks]

"Every thing a little boy could do back in the 60, 70 are killed by prohibitions because they can hurt themselves!! That's what boys are ment to do for criss sake... "

funny you should mention that. i got an email...chain mail nonetheless. and while i usually delete them i did look at this one. it relates to what you were saying. i editted out all the religious comments at the end for those who may take offense... but its an interesting read.

Those of You Born
1930 - 1979

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!

First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were
Pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.

We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon..
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?

Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.

No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones, No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good .

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?

[Spln_Sir]

I have support from my school. PBS listed a different version of my plan on their innovation awards site. This will be the 3rd year I have used the flight sim in class. A lot of my former students have informed me that they went to see Red Tails because of my lesson. Others were asking me about the Nevada disaster last semester. I wish it was mandatory that every kid in my high school has to vote but I lack that kind of power. I appreciate the support from the BOP community.

[olife]

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Vote please:grin:

hello bud!!!
that's ok ,u are my vote!!!

very very very good idea my friend!!!
my best wishs for u!!!!

friendly
olife