Tinkering: I agree !!

I love the teaching method of cooperative learning -- Tinkering is (in my opinion) a kind of very elaborated coop learning theory emphasizing creativity -- so I love Tinkering :) While watching John Seely Brown's video, I realized that my practicum associated teacher is nearly using Tinkering method. Her students were always encouraged to use their creativity for every kind of activities. They were also always working in groups and criticizing others (in a constructive way) and I really enjoyed her way of teaching. I'm pretty sure that this way of teaching will be quite popular by the time we become real teachers, and thats a nice thing ! Well if not, I will use it myself ;)