Purposeful Play With LEGO
Session Info
Come ready to make things happen. In under one hour we will discuss how and why to weave in purposeful play into our learning spaces. We will dive into the importance of focusing on the culture of learning spaces. Additionally, the audience will undergo a build, play, and share cycle through a hands on immersive challenge to experience the culture of purposeful play. Audience will learn how to apply these ideas into any classroom and school. This will be the launch of a free 6 week massive Purposeful Play with LEGO course to keep the learning alive!
The slidedeck is available here.
ITEC 2019 Purposeful Play with LEGO https://www.slideshare.net/aarmau/itec-2019-purposeful-play-with-lego
Creating Creators - new report on the importance of creativity in education systems.mp4
Research on Play
More research from LEGO Foundation - https://www.legofoundation.com/en/
Something to think about
LEGO Audio & Braille
Starts 12/2019
Critical Thinking Challenge: Marble Maze
Marble Maze Submissions
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Think About:
How can an activity like this be applied in your current role and learning space?
My Maze Progression
Maze Submissions
Progression of Learning
- Single level maze with just standard LEGO pieces
- Single level maze with obstacles built into the design
- Single level maze with obstacles that change angle of ball(base plate has to be tilted on side)
- Obstacles that require a person to use gear mechanism to move ball to second story level
- Two story level maze
- What else?
Think Abouts
- Sketch design on graph paper first?
- What size of baseplate are you going to use?
- How many levels are you building?
- How wide does the path need to be?
- What type of obstacles are you going to make?
- What ramps could you design?
- What parts/pieces could you add to make the journey through the maze smoother?
- Will your maze require the marble to escape or to land in a specific spot?
Resources to Get Started
- Simply Marble-ous: An easy guide to building marble mazes using LEGO™ products
- Free book if you have an Amazon Prime account. I would not buy as it is only 35 pages and you can find ideas online if you search!
- YouTube search will give you so much inspiration to take your learning to the next level!
