Seeking: Individuals Who Want to Play Jennifer Blackwell, M.S. Owens Campus @blackwje [email protected]
Jun 22, 2015
Playground Rules
• To play. • To reflect. • To collaborate.
Traditional Paradigm
Learning-as-play
Approach
What is Play?
• A response to new experiences where content & meaning are uncertain
• Hands-on problem-solving
• Collaboration in action
Let’s Play!
Time to Reflect
Ideas!
Are we learning
?
• Builds problem-solving, persistence & collaboration skills
• Play = reflective learning strategy
• Positively contribute to society
Resources• PlayMaker
schools of Santa Monica, CA– Play, Make, Discover in Interest-Driven
Curriculum
• MIT Media Lab – Lifelong Kindergarten– Playful Systems
• EdSurge– Do, Design, Discover Training
Workshops
• THNK.org– Google, Zappos
Resources• Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of
the Oppressed (1970)– Generate experiences from
within
• 50 Ways to Use Your Noodle / Chicken & Noodle Games– Games with innovative
equipment
• The Processing Pinnacle– Educator’s guide to processing
experiential learning
Questions?
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Jennifer Blackwell, M.S. Owens Campus
@blackwje [email protected]