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Appropriate Forms of Play
Appropriate Forms of Play
Effectively incorporating humor into the classroom and the workplace to ensure we both have fun and work together in a respectful way.
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Skills Day 2023
Example #1: Hospital Clinic
Example #1: Hospital Clinic
A hospital clinic was struggling with issues such as:
Sexual harassment
Hostile work environment
Lack of empathy for patients
Lack of Coordination of Care
Issues I helped address were:
Appropriate Forms of Play, and cultivating a culture of respect
See Just Culture for measures of improvement
Skills Day 2023
Colleagues got ahold of my phone and took selfies 😄
March, 2020
Example Crossword activity for my colleagues
"Charge Nurse, how can I help you?" July 2021
Example #2: Sneaking cat photos into Earth Science slideshow
Example #2: Sneaking cat photos into Earth Science slideshow
I created Puzzle Time, where students research content, and then present that information to the class.
To model my expectations of slide shows, I provided examples of silly photos to meet these goals:
They were silly, but they weren’t distracting, and they didn’t take away from our learning, which is one of our classroom expectations.
They provided a structured amount of fun, which made it easier to concentrate on the task at hand
I verified that my students were okay if part of the expectations of the assignment were that fun cat photos were the only distractions allowed in their Puzzle Time presentations, and the response was unanimously positive
Providing that humor in the classroom was an opportunity for us to experience something as a community of people who enjoyed something together.
See also Social Emotional Learning
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