Presenter: Bud Hunt Location: Longmont, Colorado USA Twitter: @budtheteacher Presentation Description: The Center for Make/Hack/Play grew out of a system asking itself questions about the purpose and role of schools as institutions of learning. In this presentation, Bud Hunt unpacks the terms that guide his inquiry about and work within schools. iPod video – mp3 audio [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Play’
Make/Hack/Play – Lenses for Learning
Posted by Wesley Fryer on October 25th, 2012
Posted in 2012, Visioning New Curriculum 
Tags: agency, hack, inquiry, k12online, k12online11, learning, make, Play, school 
3 Comments »Scratching Kids Brains
Posted by Jose Rodriguez on December 5th, 2011
Presenter: Geoffrey Derry Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China @gderry Presentation Title: Scratching Kids Brains Presentation Description: Scratch is a Programming language designed to be very powerful yet easy to use. It is the perfect way to introduce programming and programming concepts to school students of any age. It is easy to get started with but powerful enough to [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Sandbox Play Tags: 2011, k12online, k12online11, Play, programming, scratch 24 Comments »SANDBOX PLAY KEYNOTE
A Teacher’s Journey
Posted by Jose Rodriguez on December 5th, 2011
Presenter: Dr. Christopher Craft Location: Columbia, SC, USA @crafty184 Presentation Title: Sandbox Play Keynote: A Teacher’s Journey Presentation Description: Take a look inside the classroom of Dr. Christopher Craft and explore what sandbox play practically looks like. Chris teaches kids in a variety of courses such as World Languages, Media Technologies, and Broadcast Journalism. iPod [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Sandbox Play Tags: chris craft, christophercraft, dr christopher craft, drchristophercraft, education, k12online, k12online11, Play, sandbox 6 Comments »Transforming Education
Posted by Susan van Gelder on December 1st, 2011
Presenter: David Truss Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada @datruss Presentation Title: Transforming Education Presentation Description: There are really only two messages in this presentation. First, Education is NOT broken! So let’s start using language that is constructive rather than counterproductive. And secondly, as educators we are inherently leaders, no matter what our role is, and so [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Team Captains Tags: connect, DavidTruss, engage, explore, k12online, k12online11, lead, pairadimes, Play, TeamCaptains, Trans4mEd 45 Comments »Get in the Game – Learning, Leading and Play
Posted by Wesley Fryer on November 29th, 2011
Presenter: Shannon Smith Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada @shannoninottawa Presentation Title: Get in the Game – Learning, Leading and Play Presentation Description: This presentation explores the role school leaders assume in promoting play within learning environments. Play is intimately linked to creativity, the development of cognitive flexibility and a sense of belonging — all things critical [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Team Captains Tags: Cognitive Flexibility, creativity, innovation, k12online, k12online11, Play, Risk-Taking, School Leadership 9 Comments »
