Play, Simulation, and Performance

Play, simulation, and performance are all interelated, yet each focuses on its own way of learning. Which of these speaks most to you in terms of your own learning or the learning your observe in your classroom? Explain.

I like to play. Give me anything to sit alone with it, figure out, see what it can do, try to take it past its limits, and more. Looking at my personal life I've always played with technology, and reflecting on it I can see it was done with things I was heavely interested and on my own time. When I think about this in the classroom, I wonder if I've really ever given students this same chance. The underlined statement links back, I feel, to the core of learning.