I'm pleased to announce that Alice Taylor, a commissioning editor in the education team at Channel 4, will be speaking at this event (please see below). There are now only 25 places left...so if you would like to attend please register at www.cemp.ac.uk/play
On 14/07/2010 13:19, "Jonathan Wardle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Playful Learning Symposium
Organisers: The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University & Futurelab.
Date: 14 September 2010
Venue: The Royal Institute of British Architects, London
Times: 9.30 - 2.00
Join leading figures from schools, colleges and government to debate how to make learning more playful.
Research suggests that UK learners are some of the unhappiest in Europe and performance suggests that they may be some of the least engaged too. Although ICT and new media have brought play into learning from the outset, secondary school age children mourn the loss of play from their primary years. New consumer and community learning technologies hold the potential to bring back playfulness and engagement.
Since the earliest days of Space Invaders the desire to engage children in learning as fully as they are engaged in their game play has been a significant part of ICT but the debate has become a lot more complex. Our increased understanding of cognitive development illustrates how the problem solving of games can aid other learning tasks; children playing games at the beginning of the school day can start a cultural change whereby "being smart is cool"; children as games' designers learn to deconstruct and critique new media; and the design of hardware, software and new learning environments embraces the need for playfulness too.
Speakers
Lord Jim Knight, Former Schools Minister
Mark Prensky, Writer and Scholar
Stephen Heppell, The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice
Kieron Kirkland, Futurelab
Registration
Early Bird (before 26th July 2010) £85
Full Rate (after 26th July 2010) £135
For more information or to register online visit www.cemp.ac.uk/play
jon wardle
director, the centre for excellence in media practice
the media school, bournemouth university
01202 965907
www.cemp.ac.uk
jon wardle
director, the centre for excellence in media practice
the media school, bournemouth university
01202 965907
www.cemp.ac.uk
BU - the UK's Number One New University
The Guardian University Guide 2009 & 2010
This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.
--------------------------------------------------------
MeCCSA mailing list
--------------------------------------------------------
To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1
-------------------------------------------------------
MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies.
This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members.
For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/
--------------------------------------------------------
|