[Edu-sig] School Instruction [Andy]

[Darren Payne]

I have a great deal of sympathy and empathy for you
Andy. I teach in a large selective (read magnet)
school in NSW, Australia and I FIND EXACTLY THE SAME
TRAITS.

Note: I have also taught some really TRULLY gifted
kids at my current school - and I am constantly
bedazzled at their capacity to learn, digest and DO
the most amazing things. I have been really lucky with
some kids where I know just enough to keep pointing
them in directions which they (a). enjoy and (b). are
beneficial for them and (c) continue to develop their
interests.

I could ramble on ... going round & round on this
topic for ages. Suffice to say i have turned to
Gamemaker since last year (term 4) to capitalise on
the motivation of being able to make REAL games -
using that as a lever to introduce higher order
concepts because it is REQUIRED in order to achieve a
certain outcome. I hope to be able to make a move back
to Python +PyGame in future years - have to see, at
present it seems our interests will be fulfilled using
Gamemaker.






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regards 
Darren Payne 
Hurlstone Agricultural High School 
Ph: 9829 9222 Fax: 98292026



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