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Re: [Edu] Need some teacher advice please

  • FromFred Poutre <cloven-fruit@xxxxxxxx>
  • DateThu, 29 Mar 2007 17:56:22 -0700
Hmm, pyramids as music notes?


Thanks
Fred Poutre
Cloven Fruit Games


On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:41:03 -0400 "Juanpablo Amado"
<cardzmaster2004@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'm not usually talkative on list, but I'm about to post something, 
> so I 
> figured I should chime in.
> 
> I'm not a teach yet, but will be doing a field experience and 
> student 
> teaching this coming year.  As such, I'm trying to figure out where 
> LL games 
> could fit within a Music Ed. classroom.  So far, I figured out a 
> Fluxx 
> adaptation with new goals and Keepers (to be posted) and have some 
> other 
> ideas for Fluxx adaptations.  I love Pyramids, but jsut don't see 
> the 
> classroom use as of yet (still working on that).  And the rest of 
> the games 
> jsut don't seem to fit well.
> 
> I own EcoFluxx but, since I probably won't be teaching any Science 
> classes 
> within the next five-ten years (at least), the deal really doesn't 
> work for 
> me.  That doesn't mean the deal isn't great.  If I had the extra 
> money, I'd 
> jump on it and use the decks some other way.  But as for an Earth 
> Day 
> lesson, I just can't figure out how to use it in a music class (high 
> school 
> is my focus).
> 
> And, yes, end-of-year projects are loming over me and I am ever 
> getting more 
> and more leery of the the multiple papers, projects, lesson plans, 
> conducting exams, etc. that will soon own my life.  Suffice to say I 
> 
> probably won't be existing for about the two weeks leading up to 
> finals.
> 
> I do think the Looney Academy is doing a great job, though.  It's 
> jsut 
> getting started but I can see it being a great resource to any 
> teacher 
> trying to figure out just where Looney gaming fits in their 
> curriculum.  And 
> I think that telling teachers about this at the Looney for Education 
> seminar 
> at Origins will boost site hits quite a bit.
> 
> 
> >From: "Carol Townsend" <edu-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: Looney Labs Education Discussion List 
> <edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: "Looney Labs Education Discussion List" 
> <edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [Edu] Need some teacher advice please
> >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:28:03 -0500
> >
> >Hey all
> >
> >Two weeks ago, I posted here about the new Academy page that had 
> just gone
> >up:
> >http://www.looneylabs.com/Academy/index.html
> >
> >... and then last week I'd asked if anyone was doing anything for 
> Earth 
> >Day.
> >
> >I've gotten almost no response.  Yes, Kimberly and Kate did chat 
> for a
> >moment - but it's been really quiet here lately.
> >
> >And there's been no nibbles on the Teacher's Special that I talk 
> about on
> >the Academy page.
> >http://www.looneylabs.com/OurStores/product.html?ProductID=302
> >
> >Nobody's ordered any EcoFluxx for their classroom.
> >
> >So... here's the question - or the advice I'm looking for:
> >
> >1) What's up?  Is it the time of year that everyone is so crazy 
> busy?
> >2) Is the special not "special" enough?  What would you like to see 
> 
> >instead?
> >3) Are we just not getting the word out enough?  If so - where else 
> should
> >we go (we're talking "free" here too - not asking if we should pay 
> for ads
> >in educational publications...)
> >4) Was the content of the Academy posting not meeting needs?
> >
> >It's been a big echo of nothingness here folks - what do I need to 
> 
> >change???
> >
> >thanks!
> >Carol
> >- she who is just trying to figure out how best to help 
> teachers...
> 
> 
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