playful learning design

What do video game development and inkblot testing have in common? The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas facilitated this engaging question and challenged their audience at the live-event to share the connections they made between the two. This lecture series caught my eye as it focuses on creating opportunities for people to engage in the "mashing up" of two seemingly unrelated ideas. I chose to view the Video Game Development & Inkblot Test video, but there are other s

Chapter 7 of Lankshear & Knobels New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning features a lot of information about social learning theory that is very relevant to contemporary museum education challenges and initiatives. With the recent shift in visual and performing arts standards in schools, museums are working to better align their school visits and interactions with families and groups to the framework. Interactions with groups at the museum can be a helpful wind

It's been a busy week. Getting the logistics of my summer course in digital storytelling down, producing all of the content for my first week's tasks, and solving the technical challenges that inherently come with the work I do was no small feat. Accompanied by my developing role with the non-profit I work for and six days of documenting installation of the museum's next show, my week was non-stop. I took last night off to watch the Game of Thrones season finale (no spoilers