Seeking: Individuals Who Want to Play

Jennifer Blackwell, M.S. Owens Campus

@blackwjejblackw3@dtcc.edu

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 j.blackwell@dtcc.edu