While I was watching “Caine’s Arcade” I was astonished by how creative Caine was when it came to creating arcade games out of cardboard. Caine was inspired by a visit to Shakey’s when he earned a basketball hoop as a prize after playing arcade games. He told his father that he wanted to build his own arcade and his father did not tell him that it was a silly idea, but rather supported him and encouraged Caine to move forward with his idea. We as educators need to analyze this video and acknowledge that our students can be extremely creative. However, if we ignore their ideas students may become unmotivated. Caine’s father enabled Caine to let his imagination run wild and he built an amazing arcade by simply using cardboard. Caine was not having success with his arcade initially and he went awhile without having any customers. However, one day Nirvan walked by Caine’s arcade and noticed that Caine was an extremely talented and intelligent kid with an enormous imagination. Nirvan noticed the lack of success that Caine was having and wanted to help him. Nirvan made a Facebook event page to promote Caine’s arcade to people in Los Angeles. After making the Facebook page and utilizing other social media sites, Caine’s Arcade went virial. This shows the power of social media and how it can be used to develop and grow an idea.
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Edgar AyalaI love mathematics and how everything in mathematics can be proven going back to simple axioms. I am a mathematics educator at heart and I hope to make learning mathematics fun for all my students and hope to instill the value of education in all my students. Archives
April 2015
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