Tag: Play
Down the Lane: Socialising and Socialisation
Most Saturday mornings we have a family visit to Dojo Bakery in Braidwood.
I was particularly aware of it being a family occasion this Saturday.
My...
Playing, Building, Flourishing
I listened to Radio National's Future Tense program this morning.
By good fortune I heard Daniel Donahoo talk about the Robots in School project.
I was...
From Gambol to Gamble and Back Again
I have been thinking about gambling and drinking recently.
Not as personal life choice but ...
I have been wondering what I can do to support...
Openness and Curiosity: Oceans Apart
Yesterday my wife Sue received an alert to an Economist blog post about James Heckman.
James had given a talk at the Centre for Economic...
Play and Playfulness
I have written a good deal about play and playfulness in this blog. In June I wrote about Sliding to Catch a Train and...
Play and Display
Two items this week have prompted me to think again about Gregory P. Stone's distinction between play and display (American Sports: Play and Dis-Play,...
Play: Sliding to Catch a Train
Last year I wrote a post about playfulness inspired by an installation at the Odenplan train station in Stockholm.
Seven moths later I have...
Hometown Memories 1: Buckley in the 1950s
Dean Shareski was my most recent prompt to think about hometown memories. In his post he points out that:
Inspired by Doug Peterson, who...
"We stand most securely when we stand connected"
Stephen Downes' OLDaily (23 March) led me today to a detailed post by Mark Pesce, The Unfinished Project: Exploration, Learning and Networks. I was...
Playfulness
One of the delightful aspects of sharing ideas is that others reciprocate in sharing. Today I received a YouTube link from a colleague that...