[Edu] Need some teacher advice please

[Juanpablo Amado]

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 at looneylabs.com>
>Reply-To: Looney Labs Education Discussion List <edu at lists.looneylabs.com>
>To: "Looney Labs Education Discussion List" <edu at lists.looneylabs.com>
>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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