One of the playful ideas shared, was to ask students to share their interests or living arrangements through an emoji challenge. We tested this out in the session, and your challenge this month<\/strong> is to describe your own household in emojis… eg<\/p>\n\n\n\n To find out more about the event read our summary<\/a> and explore the resources contributed in the event Padlet<\/a>. And yes, feedback was really positive, so we plan on running a similar online event in September – watch this space and we’ll post details nearer the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet Rachelle<\/strong>. Our featured member for July is Rachelle O’Brien<\/a> who tells us about growing up in a family of storytellers and hunting for dragon eggs in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breaking out of lockdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A number of established, and some new, escape room companies and teams have rapidly developed online versions of their games, and we\u2019ve been hearing from PLA members who\u2019ve tried these out as a way to \u2018escape\u2019 from lockdown and work meaningfully as an online community. Some of the games we and our members have tried and can recommend include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until August, stay safe, playful folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katie & Alex x<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello Playful Pals – and welcome to your July round-up. On Friday 26th July we held our first #PLA online event\u00a0\u2018Playful Approaches to Remote Teaching and Working\u2019. One of the playful ideas shared, was to ask students to share their interests or living arrangements through an emoji challenge. We tested this out in the session, … <\/p>\n![\"5](\"http:\/\/pla.playthinklearn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-04-at-16.55.22.png\")
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