{"id":388,"date":"2020-01-07T14:35:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/?p=388"},"modified":"2020-01-07T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:06:34","slug":"playlearn-january-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/playlearn-january-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#PlayLearn January round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back Playful Learning Association members &#8211; we hope you all had a good break, got some nice new games to play and are up for more playful learning in 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/48579212567_28a18d51bc_o-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/48579212567_28a18d51bc_o-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/48579212567_28a18d51bc_o-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/48579212567_28a18d51bc_o-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/48579212567_28a18d51bc_o.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption>Did you get any new games for Christmas?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And here&#8217;s what you missed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>PLA member Julia Reeve, from De Montfort University, attended the <strong>Lego Serious Play Conference<\/strong> in December and has shared her observations:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writingpad.our.dmu.ac.uk\/2019\/12\/04\/return-to-legoland-international-lego-serious-play-conference-29th-30th-october-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/writingpad.our.dmu.ac.uk\/2019\/12\/04\/return-to-legoland-international-lego-serious-play-conference-29th-30th-october-2019\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/writingpad.our.dmu.ac.uk\/2019\/12\/04\/return-to-legoland-international-lego-serious-play-conference-29th-30th-october-2019\/<\/a> Thanks Julia!<\/li><li>Co-chair Alex Moseley is getting a group together of people who are <strong>already using Lego Serious Play in HE<\/strong>, to share experiences. If this is you, then email Alex on  <a href=\"mailto:am14@leicester.ac.uk\">am14@leicester.ac.uk<\/a> <\/li><li>PLA members Katie Piatt and Rachelle O&#8217;Brien ran a <strong>#LTHEchat<\/strong> on the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/lthechat.com\/2019\/12\/17\/lthechat-162-playful-learning-technologies-with-katie-piatt-katiepiatt-facilitated-by-rachelle-obrien-rachelleebrien\/\">Playful Learning Technologies<\/a> in December. A full record of the chat is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/21095861-7e5f-4cce-b2f4-bb95b1227a60\">Wakelet<\/a>. <\/li><li>For our members in (or due to visit) <strong>Ireland<\/strong>, TU Dublin Blanchardstown are hosting the one-day <a href=\"http:\/\/gamestoteach.ie\">Using Games to Teach 2020<\/a> symposium on 13th February. It&#8217;s free to attend &#8211; but is filling up fast apparently!<\/li><li>For those interested in the use of games in the teaching of <strong>History<\/strong>, Warwick are hosting a symposium on 28th February on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ispr.info\/2019\/09\/30\/call-the-present-and-future-of-history-and-games-one-day-symposium\/\">Past and Future of History and Games<\/a>. No registration details yet, but watch that space (or contact Esther directly).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Member Profile: Carmen Ionita<\/strong> &#8211; this month we introduce PhD student Carmen and learn about her interactive learning experiences, like Twister&#8230;with a Twist! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/02\/meet-carmen-pla-member-profile\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" width=\"243\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Capture.png 409w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Capture-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Meet Carmen Ionita<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s coming up this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The next PLA in-person meet up in booked for 26\/27 March at City University, London. The event will run from lunchtime on Thursday 26th until lunchtime on Friday 27th. More information and booking instructions to follow, but block it out in your diary now! <\/li><li> July 8th \u2013 10th is the 2020 Playful Learning Conference, held again at the University of Leicester. <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/\">Call for sessions is now open<\/a>: get your playful ideas in before the 7th February deadline! Registration is also now open at Early Bird rates.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cropped-PL-Logo-2020-1024x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" width=\"403\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cropped-PL-Logo-2020-1024x201.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cropped-PL-Logo-2020-300x59.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cropped-PL-Logo-2020-768x151.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cropped-PL-Logo-2020.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What\u2019s going on with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This round-up comes out during the first week of each month. If there is any playful activity\/event\/book\/idea you\u2019d like to promote to members in February, then email or Tweet Katie and we\u2019ll include it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back Playful Learning Association members &#8211; we hope you all had a good break, got some nice new games to play and are up for more playful learning in 2020! And here&#8217;s what you missed: PLA member Julia Reeve, from De Montfort University, attended the Lego Serious Play Conference in December and has shared &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/playlearn-january-round-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#PlayLearn January 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-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","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=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}