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Design Process

Watch this video to understand the inspiration and "aha" moments from my action research.

Initial Prototyping

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You might know this student.  The student that has their "head in the clouds" so to speak, enjoying the whimsical aspects of life.  They enjoy being playful.  They also can be so focused on the play in their environment that they don't focus on anything else around them, like the teacher or sometimes their peers.

My initial prototyping came from a previous student who was least engaged during whole or small group lessons, but he was very engaged during play-based learning.  This student loved playing games. Games increased the frequency of interactions with his peers, he often would talk about the content of the game, he would demonstrate target skills during game-play, and off-task behaviors decreased during play.

Play was a "game-changer" (pun intended) for this primary student, as I had seen in so many other young learners.  My action research began with this premise, that play-based learning would best serve young learners to increase engagement and talk between peers during game play.  

Click here for the Initial S.I.T.E. Analysis of my action research 

Logo Design

Capturing the ideas I had in one visual needed to encapsulate key factors of my action research:
1. The distance between peers during the pandemic
2. The communication that they shared
3. Technology as the platform for their interactions.  
4. Expressionless figures used because it was unknown how satisfying play-based learning was in a virtual setting

I wondered how their communication would be impacted when they were in distance learning, would they experience play & learning in the same way through the screens, and were they satisfied with the play when virtual vs. in-person. 

Initial Prototype Logo Design Created by Erica Reeves

Final Logo Design. Created by Erica Reeves on canva.com

Research

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