Participatory Divides

• What would your ideal school look like?
• My ideal school would be very similar to a charter school.  By this I mean a public school but run on an admissions basis.  This way the students are there because they want to be there, not because they have to
• Would your school have a specific focus like a magnet school?
• Yes, my school would have a performing arts magnet or focus
• Who would be in charge of the school? What would their role be?
• I would be in charge of the school as the principal
• Is it big or small? One room? Two hundred?
• Fairly small, but not too small
• Where would it be located?
• Los Angeles, CA
• Would it be year-round?
• No
• What would a typical day for students be like?
• A typical day would begin around 7:45 am and students would rotate on a block schedule, meaning they would have 4 different classes every day, about an hour and a half a piece.  Students will have a 20 minute break time, and a separate lunch time.  The school day will end at approximately 2:45 pm and students will proceed directly to after-school or extracurricular activities.
• What criteria would you use to hire people to work with the students?
• The staff would have to undergo an intensive and very selective application process, to prove their potential.
• How would student work be assessed?
• What role would digital media play in your school?
• What role would parents and community members play?

Learning Journal

5 Questions based on article

1. Why do you think so many more males play video games than females?
2. Do you think that making video games with an educational purpose would be beneficial/successful?
3. In what ways can you make video games educational, yet fun and interesting?
4. What is you opinion on this statement? "62% of parents of gamers say video games have no effect on their child one way or the other."
5. Do you think children these days are playing too much video games?