{"id":254,"date":"2019-09-04T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/?p=254"},"modified":"2019-09-04T15:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T15:17:40","slug":"playlearn-september-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/04\/playlearn-september-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#PlayLearn September Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello Playful People \u2013 for those in the Education world it&#8217;s the start of another academic year&#8230;so with open arms we welcome you to this months round-up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.29-1024x310.png\" alt=\"A group photo from the Playful Learning conference with everyone showing open arms.\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.29-1024x310.png 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.29-300x91.png 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.29-768x232.png 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.29.png 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The Playful Learning Association &#8220;a little community spilling out awesomeness into the world&#8221; &#8211; Sam Clarke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upcoming Playful Opportunities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Our next Playful Learning Association face to face event is Nov 21st\/22nd at the University of Manchester, focussing on <strong>the Role of Playfulness in Health and Wellbeing<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/pla-meetup-university-of-manchester-november-21-22\/\">Booking is now open<\/a> and we&#8217;re asking for session ideas.<\/li><li>What do you think about adult playfulness? Members are asked to complete this survey about <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk\/adult-playful-literacy\">the value of play in higher education<\/a> by researchers at the University of Edinburgh.<\/li><li>The next <a href=\"https:\/\/play14.org\/events\/london\/2019-09\">UK Play14<\/a> (unconference on play) is Sept  27-29th in London but also has <a href=\"https:\/\/play14.org\/events\/\">other European dates<\/a> coming up.<\/li><li>For anyone in the Denmark area (or planning a trip) check out this digital\/toy <a href=\"http:\/\/interactingminds.au.dk\/events\/single-events\/artikel\/playtrack-bootcamp-technology-toys-and-the-future-of-play\/\">bootcamp event from Playtrack<\/a> on 9th Sept in Aarhus:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What else is coming up this year?&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/07\/21\/2019-2020-diary\/\">Check the 2019\/20 diary<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 and look out for the bi-annual&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/about\/\">elections for PLA Chair<\/a>&nbsp;coming up in October<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What did you miss?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/144603711@N05\/sets\/72157710427138432\/\">The official photos<\/a> from the  2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/\">Playful Learning Conference<\/a>&nbsp;came out a few weeks ago, celebrated with a Twitter caption competition &#8211; here&#8217;s a selection of entries including our winner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPennThomas\">Liza Penn-Thomas<\/a> (prize in the post!).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/144603711@N05\/sets\/72157710427138432\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECpOtVfUEAE-nzq-1024x719.jpeg\" alt=\"Two conference attendees hugging a tree.\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECpOtVfUEAE-nzq-1024x719.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECpOtVfUEAE-nzq-300x211.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECpOtVfUEAE-nzq-768x539.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECpOtVfUEAE-nzq.jpeg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katiepiatt\/status\/1164830010915446785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"861\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-30-at-18.00.39-1024x861.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of 4 tweets with captions for the photo above including &quot;The blue team are accused of cheating when rival contestants are discovered superglued to a tree&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-30-at-18.00.39-1024x861.png 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-30-at-18.00.39-300x252.png 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-30-at-18.00.39-768x646.png 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-30-at-18.00.39.png 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To continue the learning and playing over the year, our presenters are starting to add resources, challenges and thoughts: read them and comment on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/01\/pl19-resources-and-challenges\/\">PL19 Resources and Challenges page<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/programme\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reading and Writing:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>A new article from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/\">Journal of Play in Adulthood<\/a>. The PLA encourages you to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/news\/5\/\">submit<\/a>&nbsp;your work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/article\/id\/632\/\">Ambiguity of (traffic) signs<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Nina Luostarinen&nbsp;(University of Lapland)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meet Sam!<\/strong>&nbsp;Each month we will introduce a PLA member through 5 photos telling their Playful Learning journey. This month we feature&nbsp;<strong>Sam Clarke<\/strong>, Research Assistant, Disruptive Media Learning Lab, Coventry University.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/31\/meet-sam-pla-member-profile\/\">Find out why Sam thinks she used to be a cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/31\/meet-sam-pla-member-profile\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sam1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of person wearing a monster mask\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sam1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sam1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Is that Sam under there?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s all for now, to share your news in the October round-up, just comment below or use&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23playlearn&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">#PlayLearn<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.04-1024x436.png\" alt=\"Photo from the Playful Learning conference of the winning Blue team waving.\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.04-1024x436.png 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.04-300x128.png 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.04-768x327.png 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-31-at-20.09.04.png 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>That&#8217;s all for now folks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Playful People \u2013 for those in the Education world it&#8217;s the start of another academic year&#8230;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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/04\/playlearn-september-round-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#PlayLearn September Round-up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}