Young children have the world of imagination. Their world of imagination and real world overlap each other. Sometimes young children cannot separate which one is true or which one is imagination. Last week I asked my students to tell their activities during a long holiday to their classmates. I heard one student said "I bought a whale and fed it in my house." Another boy said "I went to the zoo. I saw a mother dragon was giving birth." When his friends asked "How many baby dragons are there?"He answered "Fourteen!".
A week later, I assigned the students to write a passage "My Favorite Cartoon Character". First, I talked to them about their favorite cartoons. Later, I guided them to search for information about those cartoons from Wikis and search link from Wiki references. Finally, the students presented in front of the class. After I assigned this task, I overheard my students talking about their favorite cartoons. It's funny. One student said "I've thought that Superman was a human but in fact it is just a cartoon." Another student said "I won't cry anymore when Doraemon was hurt because it is only a cartoon character."
It seems my imagination will be absorbed by my students. I may have to search like my students "Is Wiki true? or It's just a cartoon character like Doraemon!!".
One of the very famous quote from Albert Einstein is "Imagination is more important than intelligence" (If I am not mistaken). I do agree with this quote. The world of imagination is very important for children right now. True or not doesn't matter. Imagination is not always true but its connection with reality is more important. Wikis cannot be true or fault, it's like an ocean of knowledge. Sometimes there is something we have to be careful before taking, something is really useful! However, I still like Wikis....!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Thinnakorn that imagination is very important for children. Teachers should guide student to the right way and teach them to be careful before taking information from internet. For me,Wikis is still really useful and I like it.
ReplyDeleteI looked at Wikis I liked you could use them or organize projects instead of sending separate emails. There is a good youtube video about that: Wikitubia
ReplyDeletehttp://youtube.wikia.com/wiki/YouTube_Wiki
Pisutr
I love every time you share your class with us! Kids are innocent and creative. We are always told that we should have the children's imagination. Because the great inventions are all start from imagination.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Vivi- she is ahead of me with the comment that I love hearing about your students and how you are learning about Wikis with them!
ReplyDeleteperhaps we could hear about teaching experience in American schools?
ReplyDeletePisutr
Bro. Pisutr, what kind of experiences from American schools would you like to hear more about? Do you mean encouraging students to use their imaginations?
ReplyDeleteI agree with brother too. If there are no imagination , we have no doraemon.
ReplyDeleteDear Bro. Thinnakorn
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about good points of imagination. Personally, I like to imagine when I'm alone or when I talk to others. It makes the world happy and be positive.
Dear Benjamas
ReplyDeleteThank you very much to remind me about the teachers should teach the students to select carefully when using technology.
Dear Bro. Pisutr
ReplyDeleteThank you Bro. to share me about youtube. You're expert in searching information from the internet!
Dear Vivi
ReplyDeleteIf you have opportunity to talk to young students, you may fascinate in their imagination. Their imagination is innocent and lovely.
Dear Leigh
ReplyDeleteThank you again to follow my blog post.
Dear paponpat
ReplyDeletePositive magination makes the world be happy and full of love and unity.