Best-Practice_Guidelines_for_Physical_Activity_Mc_Williams_etal_(2009)

Improving_parent_child_relationships_through_block_play,_Lin_(….)

Make-believe_play_versus_academic_skills_a_Vygotskian_approach_to_today’s_dillema_of_childhood_education,_Bodrova_(2007)

The_Alarming_Disappearance_of_Play_from_early_Childhood_education,_Nicolopoulou_(2010)

The_Powerful_effect_of_play,_Rivera_(2009)

The_Wages_of_Playing_are_Fun_and_learning,_Siffagoos_(1999)

utopian_visions_in_educationA_CONVERSATION_WITH_Vivian_Gussin_Paley_(interview)

What techniques can we use?

Selection process: Which elements are most important?

Example game: Speelbord[1]

http://fablab.waag.org/node/2852

De inloggegevens zijn hetzelfde als op deze blog, dus mocht je notulen maken van een sessie bij het fablab, doe het dan daar als fabmoment.

Student business studies and psychology

Why do you find Innovation interesting?

Everyone seems to talk about innovation, it’s supposed to be everywhere, so naturally I’m interested in the phenomenon. I like to get to know the antecedents of interesting phenomena and conditions under which they occur and what form they take. First of all it’s to get rid of the ambiguity surrounding the concept. Secondly to understand the process and from that look for ways to manage and guide it.

Am I innovative?

I am innovative in a way that I have proven (up till now anyway) to be able to combine conflicting views to solve problems and generate a new view. Every creative idea that I have generated has been build upon existing ideas.

What do you want to learn?

Understand the process of innovation. Also I am working on starting my own company and I believe understanding innovation will help me with this.

Strong points.

Being able to coordinate, delve deep into problems, analyze them and generate solutions. Having an eclectic view on things.

Weak points.

Taking too much risk. Being too critical and competitive. Saying what’s on my mind, without too much tactfulness. Focusing too much on details.

Experiences.

Have worked in a (assistant) managing position at a young age. Have done many projects which thaught me a lot about myself and others. For example, organized parties and events without external funds; formed, coached and played for the Amsterdam football team for the Dutch championships (2nd place); written classical piano pieces for ballet schools and played at performances.

Student Business Information Systems.

Why do you find Innovation interesting?

My interest for innovation lies in the possibilities that I perceive in technology and change in society. I like to ponder on how people will find use for products like twitter, facebook or google wave but also mobile phones and ubiquitous computing. That will give me insights how we can solve contemporary problems with the broad selection of technologies that have evolved over the years.

How am I innovative?

Creativity is to me a inspiration. I like to do things differently and prefer diversity in what I do. In my free time I study birds, history, art, globalization and Middle Eastern & Central Asian culture. Such a broad interest allows me to pick a perspective from a different angle. This broad interests allows me to combine methods and tech in new ways.

What do you want to learn?

How can we improve quality of living in the broadest sense? What will be the next successful service? What is so ‘obvious’ but are we yet missing? Those are questions that I would like to answer. I think this course will give me insights in how to manage the process of solving these questions.

• Read your email!!!!
• Respond to questions addressed to you within 2 days!
• Respond to assignments tasked to you within the allocated time or indicate why you can’t make the deadline!
• Read required literature before attending classes!
• Reference required literature in documentation whenever possible!
• Stay motivated or propose a break!
• Contribute to the project!
• Be honest and fair (voice criticism on persons by voicing your own feelings)!
• Do not voice criticism on ideas by negative feedback, rather express your doubts and then propose alternatives or come with a better idea (ideo)!
• Reach your deadlines!

Decisions taken by the project leader are final, unless a majority vote (4 people vote against it).

My name is Diego Wolf, I study Information Science at the University of Amsterdam. I’m 26 years old.

Why do you find Innovation interesting?

I find Innovation interesting because you have the ability to work in interdisciplinary groups and creativity is on of the pillars in the innovation process. The innovation process is most of the time frustrating because the group members are forced to think out of the box, but when you have the final idea it’s most of the time fulfilling. These are the challenges that I like to work in innovation groups.

How am I innovative?

I’m innovative because I like to be creative and think out of the box. I courage people their wild ideas and build upon these ideas to build an innovative product or service.

What do you want to learn?

I want to learn how the process for innovation can be structured in an effective way. The innovation process can be chaotic because the teams are most of the time interdisciplinary and wild ideas are encouraged.