One of the EBL challenges last week was to visit the website “scribble scoop” and use creative tools to communicate one new thing that was learned. The kiddos weren’t really sure what to do at first and their interest was slow going. “what do you do on scribblescoop.com?” “I don’t know.” They were invited to visit the website and simply explore – look into the various posts, watch interesting videos, read short articles, and view images. But they were not told what specifically to watch, look at, or read. So they stumbled a bit. Sometimes we forget how often children are told what to do, even despite our best efforts to offer choices. Once they got comfortable with the website, what it had to offer, and the idea that they were not going to be told “how” to interact with the website, they gradually grew more and more excited. “Look at this blob fish! That is disgusting.” “Octopus escape! Look, he’s moving the cap off!” I observed them happily sharing their new knowledge with the people next to them and to friends across the room. “What if you went swimming and you see this!” “That is very scary. What did you click on?” “They have go-pro’s on their helmets so they can film the whole thing!” As I was getting ready to leave, the kids were engaged in their creative descriptions of what they learned. Many were drawing images of scenes from videos or still images and writing down some ideas: “scribble scoop makes fun of stuff.” “I’m drawing that thing – it’s a Pokémon.” “I’m not a very good drawer.” While I certainly love children using drawing as a means of communication, the experience the kids had exploring this site was certainly not fully communicated via their drawings this time!
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