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The day is finally here!
I am thrilled to announce that my first book, THE LEARNING GAME, is available for pre-order 🙌🏻
Ana Lorena Fabrega
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Ana Lorena Fabrega
@anafabrega11
Author of 'The Learning Game' | Former teacher known by little ones as Ms. Fab 🤸🏽♀️ EDUpreneur & Chief Evangelist @synthesischool
- I’m confused. How did we conclude that the best way to prepare kids for the future is to cluster them into a setting where they are organized by age, into grades, and forced to learn the same things, at the same time and pace, 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 12 + years? Huh?
- Being "good at school" is a skill that doesn’t transfer well to real life.
- Video Games are proof that kids *are* willing to work hard on things that matter to them.
- I've noticed video games make kids more tolerant to making mistakes. "I've failed 50 times, but I'll get there" You don't see this in school.
- 7 dangerous lessons taught in schools:
- 6 things kids know by heart that adults forgot 🤸🏽👇🏽
- Fitting in pays off in school. Standing out pays off in the real world.
- Most online learning platforms are designed for teachers and administrators, not kids. Game designers should be in charge of this.
- Over 70% of kids play video games every day. Everyone thinks they should play less… …but here’s an interesting case for why they should play MORE 🎮👇🏼
- No one likes to fail. But when it comes to video games, kids can spend most of their time failing and still LOVE playing. What is it about video games that keeps them optimistic in the face of failure?👇
- Fitting in pays off in school. Standing out pays off in the real world.
