by Jinnie Templin | Mar 20, 2015 | MA Project, Process, Projects, Reflection
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″] I’ve been working on creating these toyls (toy-tools) with simple circuits and using interesting materials that prompt playful interactions. As I was creating them and started sharing them, I realized that they were...
by Jinnie Templin | Jan 28, 2015 | MA Project, Research
I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to come up with a solid definition of “play” that assimilates all of the research I’ve done and fully and accurately describes my use of the word/idea in my research endeavors (and in life in general). As Brain Sutton-Smith...
by Jinnie Templin | Jan 22, 2015 | MA Project, Process, Projects, Research
Paper circuitry is something I’ve only worked with tangentially before, and I’ve always thought it was a really cool idea. I chose paper circuitry as a medium to explore primarily because I was interested in the idea that paper is something you find in...
by Jinnie Templin | Jan 11, 2015 | MA Project, Research
Rather than provide a concrete list of play activities (e.g. go for a bike ride, tell a story, sing a song, etc.) this list of playful verbs allows the reader (and the author) to use their own imagination to decide how these verbs can be used to create play states....
by Jinnie Templin | Nov 2, 2014 | MA Project, Research
First and foremost, I plan to make the toys/tools I create through this project accessible on a website (either a subpage of my personal website, or a new website with the project’s title). This website will not only include access to the tools/toys I develop, but...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 27, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Through my research experiences thus far, I have discovered that employing a playful attitude contributes to my overall grasp of play theories. I have started to identify some ways in which work can be approached playfully in my own life. This project aims also to...
