Updates: Playposium and More
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David Thomas
May 14, 2025, 4:46:13 PMMay 14
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Hello all:
We hope your semesters have come to a satisfying end, your quarters are sailing in the direction and your terms and modules have treated you well as we transition into summer.
As for us, we've been working hard getting the Playposium ready to go. And there is still time to join us.
SIGN UP FOR THE PLAYPOSIUM
If you still want to join us, we'd love to have you up in the mountains in Colorado, June 23-26. The details are here: https://www.playposium.com/
And if you can't be there, don't worry! We will be working hard to capture as much of the magic and content as possible. Right now we are planning some sort of publication produced by the attendees and will share as much as we can, after the event, thought our socials and on YouTube.
PROFESSOR AT PLAY SOCIAL MEDIA
Speaking of social media, are you following all the fun we are having there?
@professors-at-play.bsky.social
PLAYPOSIUM PLAY LEADERS
Back to the Playposium, we have announced a group of folks we call our "Play Leaders". Unlike a regular conference, a Playposium is a semi-structured experience meant to provide time, space and resources to help attendees explore their playful side through the lens of their role as educators. To that end, we don't have facilitators versus attendees, and many of our attendees are going to be leading a variety of content sessions! Instead, our Play Leaders are attendees who have been asked to help us frame out some of the key activities and moments we want to provide during the event. Here's the current list of these fine folks:
Dr Maarten Koeners and Adam Lusby of Innoplay, a project out of the University of Exeter that combines playful pedagogy with design thinking, mindfulness, project-based learning and more!
Daryll Edwards' work through Primal Play helps people rediscover the joys of movement. You don't have be an athlete to enjoys Daryll's take on embodied play.
Dawn Daria and Paul Miller rebranded their Flopball work as the Playful Campus. And we are delighted they will be on hand to provide an energetic approach to learning (and embracing failure along the way).
Finally, Stuart Brown might be the greatest living play scientist. He is certainly the Playposium's guiding play spirit.
And of course, Lisa and I will be there to sing the praises of playful pedagogy and the inherently magical transformation possible through playful rebellion.
PLAY STORY PRESS PUBLISHING HOW-TO
You still have time to sign up for this 90-minute Zoom Roundtable, which is scheduled for this Friday, May 16, at 1:00PM (Eastern).
Are you curious about how Professors at Play produces its published work, including the recently released Professors at Play ONLINE PlayBook? Are you interested in the future of academic publishing or want to hear how people are tackling the emerging world of scholarly sharing? This roundtable should provide practical insight and advice and inspire you to make your work available to the world!
Panelists include:
-Drew Davidson & Brad King - Editors at Play Story Press
-Lindsay Grace - Knight Chair in Interactive Media at the University of Miami
-Zoe Wake Hyde - Director at Radish Press
-David Thomas - Co-Founder of Professors at Play
Sign up today!
WHAT'S NEXT
As we move into the summer and start thinking about what's next for Professors at Play, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch through social or send us an email: he...@professorsatplay.org. What could we do to help you be more playful in life and in your teaching? What do you need to transform your approaches and escape the golden cage of expectation and higher education tradition? What would you like to see P@P work on in the coming year? Get in touch!
For now, get out and have some fun, change your mind, try something new and play with all those problems that seem impossible to solve. Play is the ultimate solvent.
David
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