{"id":327,"date":"2019-11-06T17:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:25:44","slug":"playlearn-november-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/playlearn-november-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#PlayLearn November round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upcoming opportunities to write, attend and play:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Book reviewer wanted! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/\">Journal of Play in Adulthood<\/a> has been sent a copy of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9789811397646\">Making Smart Cities More Playable<\/a>\u201d for review \u2013 if you\u2019d like a smart hardback copy (to keep) in return for a review of the book (approx. 750 &#8211; 1,000 words, preferably in around 4 weeks after receiving the book), then please drop Andrew (a.p.walsh@hud.ac.uk) a note saying why you\u2019d be suitable to review it for the journal.<\/li><li>The journal also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk\/news\/7\/ \">special call for papers<\/a> out now!  <\/li><li>There&#8217;s a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomecollection.org\/exhibitions\/XSg-7xEAACcAGVXc\">Play Well<\/a>&#8216; exhibition on at the Wellcome Collection now until March. If you get a chance to go along, please tell us what you think! <\/li><li>Abstract deadline fast approaching (14th Oct) for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformmeded.org\/\">Transform MedEd<\/a>. If you use games or playful learning in medical education, do consider putting an abstract in.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pic1.jpg\" alt=\"Darren Edwards dressed for live roleplay\" class=\"wp-image-346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pic1.jpg 495w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pic1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Nice to meet you Darren<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meet Darren!<\/strong>\u00a0Each month we will introduce a PLA member through photos telling their Playful Learning journey. This month we feature\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/meet-darren-pla-member-profile\/\">Darren Edwards<\/a><\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>Darren\u2019s story features uneventful periods, crap games and inadvertent coordination!<\/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\/08\/37136718841_9a47e8ddb6_k-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" width=\"387\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37136718841_9a47e8ddb6_k-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37136718841_9a47e8ddb6_k-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37136718841_9a47e8ddb6_k-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37136718841_9a47e8ddb6_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption>Hooray for the PLA News!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLA News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Our next event is Nov 21st\/22nd at the University of Manchester, focussing on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/pla-meetup-university-of-manchester-november-21-22\/\">the Role of Playfulness in Health and Wellbeing<\/a>. The event is fully booked &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/pla-meetup-university-of-manchester-november-21-22\/\">but stick yourself on the waiting list, just in case!<\/a>\u00a0We will attempt to live blog the event, so keep on eye on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23playlearn&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">#PlayLearn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li><li>Nicola Whitton will be standing down as PLA co-Chair in November. Following last month&#8217;s nomination process, <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/voting\/\">voting is now open<\/a>. Voting will close on Thursday November 21st at 5pm. The results of the vote will be announced during the PLA meeting in Manchester.<\/li><li><strong>Congratulations! <\/strong>Friend of the PLA, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samillingworth\">Sam Illingworth<\/a>\u2019s &#8216;Carbon City Zero&#8217; game has been <a href=\"http:\/\/%20https\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1010climateaction\/carbon-city-zero\">fully funded on Kickstarter<\/a>. Sam has created a deck-building card game where players race to create the first zero carbon city.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope to see many of you in Manchester later in the month \u2013 and if you aren&#8217;t there, 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>Upcoming opportunities to write, attend and play: Book reviewer wanted! The Journal of Play in Adulthood has been sent a copy of \u201cMaking Smart Cities More Playable\u201d for review \u2013 if you\u2019d like a smart hardback copy (to keep) in return for a review of the book (approx. 750 &#8211; 1,000 words, preferably in around &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/playlearn-november-round-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#PlayLearn November 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-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","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=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}