Each month we will introduce a PLA member through 5 photos telling their Playful Learning journey. Darren Edwards, Senior Library Assistant, Destination and Culture, BCP CouncilBCP Council is responsible for local government services in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. I have been interested in games and play all my life. My interest developed from Choose your …
Meet Jenn! Each month we will introduce a PLA member through photos telling their Playful Learning journey. This month we feature Jennifer Smith. Jenn’s story features beer, balloons and sack racing, what else! Upcoming Playful Opportunities: Our next Playful Learning Association face to face event is Nov 21st/22nd at the University of Manchester, focussing on the Role of …
Each month we will introduce a PLA member through 5 photos telling their Playful Learning journey. Jennifer Smith, Instructional Design Officer, Durham University Business School I was introduced to playful learning by Nic Whitton and went to my first conference in July 2019 and I haven’t looked back! Learning to give yourself and others permission …
Hello Playful People – for those in the Education world it’s the start of another academic year…so with open arms we welcome you to this months round-up! Upcoming Playful Opportunities: Our next Playful Learning Association face to face event is Nov 21st/22nd at the University of Manchester, focussing on the Role of Playfulness in Health …
Presenters from the Playful Learning 19 conference have been starting to add resources, reflections and challenges to the main conference site: seehttp://conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/programmehttp://conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/activities You can add your own thoughts, reflections and comments on the challenges by commenting on this post.
Each month we will introduce a PLA member through 5 photos telling their Playful Learning journey. Samantha Clarke, Research Assistant, Disruptive Media Learning Lab, Coventry University Thanks for sharing your story and your photos Sam. If you are unlucky, you might be selected as next month’s sacrifice chosen member – we will be in touch!
The next Playful Learning Association meetup will be from 12pm on Thursday 21st November to 12:30pm on Friday 22nd November, 2019. We will be hosted by Jane Mooney at the University of Manchester. Activities will be on the theme of playfulness in health & wellbeing. Sign up now on EventBrite Our theme will be the …
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Hello Playful People – welcome to our first round-up and the official launch of our new website! Upcoming Playful Opportunities: The next Playful Learning Association face to face event is Nov 21st/22nd at the University of Manchester. Booking will open in October. Game Library Camp – Leeds Central Library, Sat 9th NovemberMember Darren Edwards says …
Each month we will introduce a PLA member through 5 photos telling their Playful Learning journey. Giskin Day, Principal Teaching Fellow, Imperial College London Thanks for sharing your story and your photos Giskin. If you are unlucky, you might be selected as next month’s sacrifice chosen member – we will be in touch!
You know playful learning works, but struggling to find the words to explain the approach to colleagues? Here’s a starter to 10 to help you – let us know what you think in the comments. Safe Failure Play enables the creation of safe learning communities and activities in which learners can take risks, fail, learn …
