Category: Learning & Education
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Three Things that Play can do in a University (or indeed anywhere) Part 3: Focus
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In the first of this series of 3 blogs I identified 3 things that play can do to help bring university students to a place where they are ready to learn: Play can help people bond with each other; to relax in each other’s company…
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Three Things that Play can do in a University (or indeed anywhere) Part 2: Energising and Awakening
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In my previous blog I identified 3 things that play can do to help bring university students to a place where they are ready to learn: Play can help people bond with each other; to relax in each other’s company Play can energise and awaken…
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Three Things that Play can do in a University (or indeed anywhere) Part 1: Bonding
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Counterplay was a brilliant experience for me in so many ways, and made a big difference to how I approach things both as an artist and a teacher. I’m going to focus in a series of 3 short blogs on some ways it has affected…
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A Playful space – What a nice place to be!
“To give each other permission to play” is one of the main points which have stuck with me after participating in CounterPlay Festival 2016″ – By Heidi Hautopp
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Playful Learning
Playful Learning is where I’ve spent a large part of my time the past 5-6 years. This track is about all the many, many ways, in which learning and education can benefit from working with games, and, perhaps more importantly, becoming more playful. One popular approach is using actual games to support and facilitate the…