“Design is thinking made visual.“ — Saul Bass This quote cuts to the heart of what good design shows–when everything in a space just “clicks” and feels comfortable, it’s really because the design is just reflecting the philosophies and beliefs behind it clearly. How do we get to that point when redesigning educational spaces? Most [...]
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Research as play
February 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Play
Following up on my post on research and play a few days ago, this experiment described in a New York Times article today, “Powerhouse School District Reaches Beyond the Elite” is a perfect example of how authentic research can also incorporate play. At the middle school, the entire seventh grade is taking part in the [...]
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Playful spaces–some Friday whimsy
February 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Play
A little post about whimsy for a springtime Friday– Another way to add to a sense of play in the library is by using play in your library decor. You aren’t always in the position to remodel a library, but there are lots of ways to add whimsy to your library space. And especially at [...]
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“When the world is puddle-wonderful”
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Play, Web 2.0
e.e. cummings ”in Just spring.” A puddle-wonderful trend has been rising up in blogs lately about playfulness in libraries, which is so serendipitously-excellent! Unbeknownst to me when I wrote my own post about play, the Unquiet Librarian and Helene Blowers have both done inspiring work on this as well. (far better than my post). So I [...]
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Play and libraries
February 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Play, Web 2.0
Libraries focus so much on the serious side of research, (though in actuality many librarians I know have a great sense of humor), that perhaps we neglect the role of play in learning and creative thinking. (Past the elementary level, that is). After spending some time yesterday in an online blog discussion of Whole New [...]
The library is everywhere
November 8th, 2007 · 5 Comments · libraries, Play
Recently, David Warlick had been exploring metaphors for the library, and has posited that librarians are like viruses, “infecting their schools with the desire to evolve.” While I think that is an interesting metaphor, I’m not sure I want to be a virus I had been thinking that the library is like a heart, permeating [...]
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Of cabbages and kings and random things…
August 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Play
A fun way to end my summer blogging today(I am back to work in the physical sense tomorrow!) – I was tagged by two folks for the 8 random things “meme” or game, including one high school blogger, Ethan Bodnar, and also by Clay Burrell. Here are the rules: THE RULES 1. Post these rules before [...]
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Inviting students in
May 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Play
Yesterday was a unique event which the library hosts every May — Dylan Day. If you aren’t familiar with it or aren’t from our campus, Dylan Day is a celebration of community and music, where teachers and students play and share Bob Dylan music for an entire day. It is the brainchild of one of our [...]
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The power of play
May 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Play
I’m reaching the point in the school year where I’ve been driving hard and am getting pretty worn out, as I’m sure a lot of people are, even though I love what I’m doing. So I was really interested to run across this post at Fischbowl regarding the role of play in education. Karl [...]
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