Report for April 2019
- Report Date
- April 2019
Achievements
- Co-presented with Melissa Highton on the Playful Engagement strategy at the UCISA Leadership end of March.
- Liaised with ISG Disability Officer Viki Galt to collaborate on Healthy Working Lives competition as part of Mental Health Awareness week May 13th-17th. Event is to encourage and record ISG staff use of playful provisions on Trolleys and boxes. Additional materials have been ordered and are going out to site library locations as part of this action.
- Received approval of Staff Development form for attendance at Playful Learning conference. Once approved will book attendance and accommodation now booked.
- Met in late March with Daphne Loads of IAD who will promote our Playful Engagement page and approach to other areas in IAD and outward to staff.
- Met in April with Brian Lamb, Director of Innovation at Thompson Rivers University to discuss playful engagement approaches in HE.
- Virtual coffee meeting with Keegan Wheeler, Educational Technologist at the Office of Digital Learning, University of Oklahoma. Keegan has also used Twine for digital and creative playful education purposes, and has created a five week / five session course on how to utilise playful games in education and technology.
Issues
- Still awaiting data feed from the IoT project.
- Still awaiting finalisation of EIT in order to send payment to the IoT project.
Next Steps
- Book travel to and from Playful Learning conference in Leicester.
- Write up blog posts about interactions during MH Awareness week & collaboration with HWL.
- Present at Playful Learning conference in July.
Budget Information
- Budget is still within expected costings
- Re-allocated UCISA attendance funds into materials and prizes for the collaborative competition with Healthy Working Lives.
- Expected spend for May:
- Playful Learning Conference Travel £100
- IOT costs to go through £492
- Additional playful materials for site locations £457