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Creativity review

There is a continuous stream of research studies and articles about creativity that catch my eye.  Here are some recent pieces that have caught my attention.  Hope you find them useful. Creativity and children Despite less play, children’s use of imagination increases over two decades according to research Looks into the reality of the idea […]

What type of social gamer are you?

The folk over at NakedPlay and Playnomics have just released this infographic describing 8 gamer archetypes and their motivations to play. The 8 they define are: Scientists – who try new things and apply learnings Politicians – who getting ahead by adapting to people Socialites – who connect to others at all costs Habitualists – who seek repetitive pleasure […]

Creativity review

Here are some recent articles that I’ve read about creativity.  It’s a thriving area of concern and I’ll continue to track items that catch my eye – a collection of theory and practice. Please let me know if you see any others of note that I can add! Creativity and children Ten Suggestions for Raising […]

Twitter 2012

Found this interesting infographic over at Infographic Labs.  It says a lot about Twitter except that the average lifespan of a Twitter user is less than 30 days.  The numbers belie the fact that it remains dominated a small number of prolific Tweeters.   Twitter 2012: The Freshest Statistics on the King of Microblogging Services […]

Let the children play, it’s good for them

I read this fascinating article by Alison Gopnik on Smithsonian.com and I wanted to share the main thrust of it because I think it reiterates the importance of play. “Walk into any preschool and you’ll find toddling superheroes battling imaginary monsters. We take it for granted that young children play and, especially, pretend. Why do […]

Crowd-funded media

I’m chairing a panel discussion about crowd-sourced funding at this year’s Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield. This is what session producer, Becky Palmer, says about subject: “In Commissioned by the crowd we will hear from four people who have put their ideas on Kickstarter and Indiegogo to get funding for them from the public. Some were more […]

Reforming education

The reason I do the job I do, is because I believe that education can change lives. I believe that is a universally applicable truth. For some though, the importance and potential impact is more significant. I am privileged to work with a host of organisations helping them develop and deliver their learning provision. One […]

The Gamification of Education

We often think that gamification is a new idea but we forget, we’ve been turning exams and tests into games for a long long time. Here’s a really good infographic on the subject from Knewton and Column Five Media    

The neurology of gaming

There is ongoing debate about how our brains respond to gaming.  I found this infographic from the Online Universities blog interesting. I particularly like the information about which parts of the brain are stimulated by playing video games but I think the jury is still out regarding the effects.  What do you think?