The Fun of Teaching and Learning

With a little help from friends and bloggers, I'll be launching a new series of programs about the Fun of Teaching and Learning. The programs will include presentations and workshops that focus on the psychology, sociology, and dynamics of fun in learning and teaching.

As advertised, they will be about the fun of teaching as much as the fun of learning, and I hope to offer them at every level of education.

Some of the concepts and experiences I'll be including in the program:

• Muska Mosston's Slanted Rope theory
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theory of Flow
• My theory of Coliberation
• Ralph Koster's Theory of Fun for Game Design:
• Gary Schwarts' Group Games Model of Learning.
• My collection of Pointless Games.
• My Junkyard Golf game/event.

For me, being in a position to make education more fun has been a lifelong goal. I figure that's a far more sustainable goal. I'll be offering the program for modest, negotiable fees, wherever I can.

I could most definitely use your assistance in word-spreadage.


from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith