Interest Driven Learning

The Keynote speaker at the 2012 Digital Media & Learning conference was John Seely Brown, self procliamed “chief of confusion” and author of many books, most recently “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change” one that I am soon to eagerly devour. I was interested to read an interview [...]

Play without structure builds skills

Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills

I was introduced to a fantastic article this week, it is a news story from Feb 2008, however it’s message is just as relevant today “Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills” claims the headline. Fascinating to learn that it seems Mattel is one of the companies who were at the forefront of ‘toy’ advertising and thus [...]