{"id":297,"date":"2019-10-02T10:16:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T10:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/?p=297"},"modified":"2019-10-02T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:53:39","slug":"playlearn-october-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/02\/playlearn-october-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#PlayLearn October Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meet Jenn!<\/strong>&nbsp;Each month we will introduce a PLA member through photos telling their Playful Learning journey. This month we feature&nbsp;<strong>Jennifer Smith<\/strong>.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/meet-jenn-pla-member-profile\/\">Jenn&#8217;s story features beer, balloons and sack racing, what else<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JENN.jpg\" alt=\"5 people in a sack race\" class=\"wp-image-304\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JENN.jpg 639w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JENN-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption>Jenn in the number 9 shirt at #PlayLearn19<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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 still open<\/a> for the last <s>5 4<\/s> 3 places! <\/li><li>If you like a Tweet Chat, mark your diaries for Weds Dec 18th, 8-9pm to discuss Playful Learning Technologies with <a href=\"https:\/\/lthechat.com\/\">https:\/\/lthechat.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>If you use games or playful learning in medical education, do consider putting an abstract in to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformmeded.org\/\">Transform MedEd<\/a>. The conference is being held in the awe-inspiring surroundings of the Royal Geographic Society. Abstract deadline is 14 October. There will be a chance to play Medical Monopoly the day before the conference, and quests, missions and mysteries during the conference.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shout out<\/strong> from the #PlayLearn19 conference &#8211; If you attended the <strong>&#8216;Piece of Cake&#8217; <\/strong>workshop, Amanda and Anne-Marie from Dundee would <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KGt6o7C2ERTdqEYKuD29AirIfnKEKipNa6CWcI1sFi8\/edit#heading=h.uvma1vmorh3e\">love some feedback<\/a> from participants on what the thinking was behind the designs they produced in our session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20190723_140159-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Picture explanation of the perfect essay - workshop output\" class=\"wp-image-324\" width=\"454\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20190723_140159-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20190723_140159-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20190723_140159-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20190723_140159.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><figcaption>Piece of Cake workshop output<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reading and Writing:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The PLA encourages you to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/news\/5\/\">submit<\/a>&nbsp;your work to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/\">Journal of Play in Adulthood<\/a>. Any #PlayLearn19 attendees interested in publishing their research\/practice\/thoughts and outputs (in any form): the special issue of JPIA is open for submissions until Oct 31st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Getting&nbsp;involved in the PLA!<\/strong><br>If you would like to take a more active role in the PLA,&nbsp;please <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/about\/\">volunteer for the committee<\/a> &#8211; we&#8217;d love to have your help!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2019-09-28-at-15.07.00-1024x615.png\" alt=\"Photo of 3 different styles of chairs\" class=\"wp-image-314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2019-09-28-at-15.07.00-1024x615.png 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2019-09-28-at-15.07.00-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2019-09-28-at-15.07.00-768x461.png 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2019-09-28-at-15.07.00.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Choose yourself a nice new chair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PLA is holding their first election for a new Chair this month. Every two years, one of the chairs will be rotated (after&nbsp;a four year term).&nbsp;Any<strong> committee member <\/strong>who has attended an event in the last year&nbsp;may nominate themselves &#8211; this year, nominees must take a photo of themselves doing something specifically playful to demonstrate their suitability (e.g. taking a balloon on an adventure, hunting for otters). These will be put to a vote on this website, resulting in an announcement at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/pla-meetup-university-of-manchester-november-21-22\/\">November PLA meeting<\/a>. Send your photos by Monday October 14th to the 2018\/19 chairs Alex Moseley and Nic Whitton.<br><br>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/about\/\">Full details and a list of tasks Committee members and Chairs are expected to undertake<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until November, that&#8217;s all folks &#8211; remember to use&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23playlearn&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">#PlayLearn<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on Twitter to share your news and stay in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Jenn!&nbsp;Each month we will introduce a PLA member through photos telling their Playful Learning journey. This month we feature&nbsp;Jennifer Smith.&nbsp;Jenn&#8217;s story features beer, balloons and sack racing, what else! 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/02\/playlearn-october-round-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#PlayLearn October 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-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","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=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}