1绘色瓷砖添学习动力RyanMartinezknowshowtoencouragehisstudents."Ifthere'ssilence,thereisanopportunityformusic.Ifthere'sawhitesurface,thereisanopportunityforcolor."MartinezteachesFrenchatWalterJohnsonHighSchoolinBethesda,Maryland,outsideWashington.Hisclassroomisdecoratedwithcolorfulceilingtiles."Asateacher,youwanttomakeyourclassroomspaceonethatreflectsyourownapproachtoteaching.Andwhenyoumakethataninviting,stimulatingtypeofatmosphere,itmakesitamorepleasurablelearningexperience."Itstartedwithonetileayearago."IbroughtithomeandIjusthadsomebluepaintandsortofjustcovereditandthenIinstalledit.Thestudentsnoticedthat.Imean,immediately,itjumpedoutbecause,inanotherwisewhiteceiling,allofasuddenwhenyouhavesomecolored."Martinezpaintsathomefortenhourseachweekendandbringsthetilesbacktoschool.Hehasexpandedtheprojecttootherclassrooms.MaggieMesorlyteachesmath."Studentsoftenthinkthatmathisboring,buttheycomeandtheyseethisartandtheythink,'Ah,maybemathisn'tgonnabesoboring.'Itcaninspirecreativityintheirproblemsolving."瑞安•马丁内斯知道如何激励先生们。“若有沉默，那么将是播放音乐的时机。若有一块白色表面，那么色彩将派上用处。”马丁内斯在位于华盛顿外的马里兰州贝塞斯达市的华特•强森高中教法语。他的教室装璜着色彩斑斓的天花板。“作为一位教师，你希望你的教室空间是能够反应本人的教学方法的地方。当你将它赋予一种引人注视且令人兴奋的气氛时，它也使得学习经历变得更加愉悦美好。”这都因一年前的一块瓷砖而起。“我将它带回家。当时我只需一些蓝色油漆。我涂了一些在瓷砖上，随后将它安装。先生们留意到了这件事。我觉得，它之所以立即就显得突出，是由于在其他白色天花板的映托下，大家出乎预料地具有了一些其他色彩。”马丁内斯每周末要花费10小时在家喷涂瓷砖并将它们带回学校。他还将这项工程扩展到了其他教室。玛吉•麦索丽教数学。“先生们经常认为数学枯燥，但是他们过来看到这项艺术行为后会想：‘啊，或许数学并不会如此无聊。’它能够激发他们在解决问题中的创造性。”2电玩或成美外交老手段TraceEffectsisanonlinegamegearedtowardchildrenandyoungteensfarfromU.S.shores.IttakesthemaincharacteronavirtualadventureacrosstheUnitedStates,fromtheGrandCanyontoNewYorkCityandbeyond.ButwhatistheStateDepartmentdoingwithavideogame?"Wewannagowhereyoungpeopleare.Moreandmoreyoungpeopleareonline."Onlineandreadytoengage,shehopes.WetookthegametoSandraCalvert,directoroftheChildren'sDigitalMediaCenteratGeorgetownUniversity.Shestudiestheimpactofvideogamesonchildren."Ithinktheplanitselfisamarvelousidea.Ithinktryingtoengagechildreninthekindsofactivitiestheydoisjustthewaytoapproa