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In this episode, we talk with the Scaling Learning through Play with Technology (Tech and Play) research collaborative team at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC). The research collaborative supports the Lego foundation's extensive work promoting learning through play (LtP) globally. Through the Tech and Play research collaborative, EDC brings together research and implementation partners to work in Brazil, Denmark, Kenya, and Rwanda to (1) increase our knowledge about the benefits of LtP with technology in diverse national contexts and (2) enable the establishment of sustainable LtP with technology programs.

Today's episode features Anna Netto, Research and Pedagogical Innovation Coordinator for the Creative Schools Program. The conversation focuses on the role of communities of practice in the Creative Schools program dedicated to supporting local and regional governments in Brazil in transforming public schools into more playful, hands-on and stimulating environments for all students.

In Episode 2, the team from the Plug in Play initiative in Rwanda joins the Participate team to discuss the impact of communities of practice. The conversation focuses on both in-person and the the online community of practice, Tinkerspace, that joins partners across countries participating in the Learning Through Play initiative funded by the Lego Foundation.

Since 2021, the Tech & Play community of practice, TInkerspace, has provided a space for research partners to share their experiences, resources, and insights with one another. Now that we are in the final year of the program, we are taking the opportunity to invite implementers, researchers, and specialist partners to reflect on their journey within this community.This podcast series has two main goals. First, to have partners look back and reflect on their experience in the community – what worked well and what could have been done better. It's a learning experience for the whole community. Secondly, partners are invited to look forward and think about how they want to leverage the networks and relationships they have built over the past four years.

Host Julie Keane and recurring guest, Kimm Murfitt, come back to discuss highlights from the Sustainability series with partners from Learning LEGO Foundation's Tech and Play Initiative. Participate is supporting the initiative with an online Community of Practice, Tinkerspace, that brings together a diverse group of partner organizations across the globe dedicated to the Lego Foundation's goal of supporting Learning Through Play. This episode includes a discussion and highlights from each of the four partner projects: The Creative Schools team in Brazil, KPLAY team in Kenya, the Play@Heart team in Denmark, and the Plug in Play team from Rwanda.

Welcome to a four-part series of Participate podcasts on the topic of sustainability with partners working with the LEGO Foundation's Tech and Play Initiative. Participate is supporting the initiative with an online Community of Practice, Tinkerspace, that brings together a diverse group of partner organizations across the globe dedicated to the Lego Foundation's goal of supporting Learning Through Play. On today's episode we'll meet the team at Play@Heart In Denmark!Play@Heart is a school development project focused on playful approaches to understanding technology. The goal is to equip schools to enhance children's creative and experimental approach to the world. Through a pedagogical exploration expedition, the project investigates the interaction between children's play with digital technologies and their development and learning.

Welcome to episode 4 in the four-part series of Participate podcasts on the topic of sustainability with partners working with the LEGO Foundation's Tech and Play Initiative. Participate is supporting the initiative with an online Community of Practice, Tinkerspace, that brings together a diverse group of partner organizations across the globe dedicated to the Lego Foundation's goal of supporting Learning Through Play. On today's episode we talk to the team at the Creative Schools Program that is dedicated to supporting local and regional governments in Brazil in transforming public schools into more playful, hands-on and stimulating environments for all students.

This is episode 2 of a four-part series of Participate podcasts on the topic of sustainability with partners working with the LEGO Foundation's Tech and Play Initiative. On this episode we talk to the team at Plug-in-Play (PiP) project that introduces Learning through Play and Technology (LtPT) through innovative approaches to support the delivery of Science Elementary Technology (SET) to improve learning outcomes for upper primary students in Rwanda. These approaches include making and tinkering, coding and robotics. Responding to the Government of Rwanda's commitment to leverage technology to promote holistic skill development among children, the PiP project works in partnership with key stakeholders at the national, regional, and district levels to implement LtPT approaches in upper primary classrooms.

Welcome to the first episode of a four-part series of Participate podcasts on the topic of sustainability with partners working with the LEGO Foundation's Tech and Play Initiative. Participate is supporting the initiative with an online Community of Practice, Tinkerspace, that brings together a diverse group of partner organizations across the globe dedicated to the Lego Foundation's goal of supporting Learning Through PlayOn Today's episode we talk to the amazing team from The Kenya Play (KPLAY) program whose approach is to integrate Learning Through Play with Technology (LtPT) in Kwale and Kilifi counties of coastal Kenya.

The Right to Play project, named the Plug-in-Play (PiP) introduces Learning through Play and Technology (LtPT) as an innovative approach to support the delivery of Science Elementary Technology (SET) to improve learning outcomes for upper primary students in Rwanda. Responding to the Government of Rwanda's commitment to leverage ICT and technology to promote holistic skill development among children, the PiP project works in partnership with key stakeholders at the national, regional, and district levels to implement LtPT approaches in upper primary classrooms.For a recording with English subtitles check out this link

On the this episode of the Participate podcast, we will talk to the amazing team at The Brazilian Creative Learning Network (BCLN), supported by Lemann Foundation. They have extensive experience transforming public schools in Brazil, and are now partnering with LEGO Foundation to bring playful learning to school systems in Brazil through the Creative Schools Program.LINK TO BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE TRANSCRIPTIONLINK TO ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We talk to them about what they do, how they do it, and why it's important. We'll also talk to them about how they're building their community and the ways they're helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/When National Writing Project was looking to develop a community of practice to support their College, Career, and Community Writers Program they reached out to Participate to help them make that happen. We'll speak to National Writing Project's Rachel Bear about how they're building this community to support amazing writing learning opportunities. Also, we'll wrap up the first season talking about some of favorite moments.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We talk to them about what they do, how they do it, and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate for a new series on the feed. Julie and Mike take a deep dive into community building and communities of practice. On this episode, the concept of "Value Cycles" and how you can use them to judge the health of your community!

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate for a first! An upskilling roundtable! We’ll have a discussion about the future of upskilling, about diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in upskilling and the role communities of practice can play in upskilling. We’re thrilled to be joined in the discussion by Don Fraser from Education Design Lab, Tiffany Delgado from Innovate-Educate, and Carol Carter from Global Minded.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Shelly Bell, the founder of Black Girl Ventures. Shelly has worked as a K-12 Educator, Patent Examiner, Spoken Word Artist and a Computer Scientist. Her non-profit, Black Girl Ventures Foundation, transforms entrepreneurship by reimagining the way black and brown women founders get access to financial and social capital.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Mark Otter, the CEO of Participate. Mark dives into the impact of CoPs. We’ll talk through some examples of stellar communities and how various communities work together to build landscapes of practice.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Dr. Andrew Tagg - Dr. Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. He’s the co-founder and website lead for Don’t Forget The Bubbles. With over 70 authors and more than 600 blog posts, this community has become an amazing resource for medical professionals all around the world.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Gyasi Ross from LA Works - a non-profit focused on volunteerism and hands-on community service in the LA Region. We’ll talk about how they’ve engaged communities in the past and how, during COVID 19 they took a chance and leaped into the virtual world - literally - to spearhead an amazing Martin Luther King Jr Day in Minecraft.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Emma Hardley from Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria. For over 30 years, The Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria has been working towards their vision of creating a world in which women and their children are thriving, respected, and free from violence. Emma Hardley works across all elements of the organizations prevention of violence against women program, focusing particularly on respectful relationships education through coordination of Partners in Prevention (PiP). We’re excited to talk to Emma about how communities of practice inform her work.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Cheri Sterman from Crayola. As the Crayola Director of Education, Cheri helps educators understand creativity and build creative capacity. She translates research and best practices into professional learning experiences. She’s passionate about STEM, Equity and creative teaching.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Kristina Ishmael from Open Education Global. Kristina Ishmael is an educator, learner, advocate, and truly an agent of change. currently serves as the Director of Primary and Secondary Education at Open Education Global. In this role, she is leading the development of a comprehensive effort to build global networks, infrastructure, and practices to support OER adoption and implementation at the primary and secondary level around the world. Before joining OEG, Ishmael was the senior project manager of the Teaching, Learning, & Tech team as part of the Education Policy program at New America in Washington, DC. Prior to this, she was the Digital Learning Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Education and an early childhood and elementary teacher of emerging bilingual students in Omaha, Nebraska. Kristina was recently named to President-Elect Biden's Department of Education Transition Advisory Board.

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Tavia Clark, who is a Learning Experience Designer for Clarity Innovations. Tavia works with a team to create content that leads to meaningful learning experiences for students and educators. Prior to working for Clarity Innovations, was the Digital Learning Coach at The Friday Institute at NC State University and was previously a school librarian for eight years and a high school English teacher for five years.

Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Corina Angheloiu from Forum for the Future. Corina Angheloiu is a design strategist, researcher, and facilitator in pursuit of ways to foster systemic change and perpetually curious about the role cities can play in enabling this. We’re excited to talk to her about how Communities of Practice can be a catalyst for change.

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Heather LaGarde from Switchpoint. If there has been any sort of upside to our global pandemic experience the last 10 months, its that we’ve been forced to reimagine things we’ve been doing for years, sometimes decades, in person. Switchpoint proves that this reimagining can happen for in-person events and the result is a beautiful, diverse virtual experience. Through switching to a virtual setting, Switchpoint was able to reach a global audience and spark meaningful conversations in real-time. Julie and I were thrilled to play a role in helping them pull it off and we’re excited to have Heather join us.

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Mia Pumo from Constructive Learning Design. In-person trainings and events can be reimagined into virtual experiences. Through switching to a virtual learning setting, Constructive Learning Design has been able to grow their reach, business and impact. They’ve learned that moving things online doesn’t have to be daunting. Joining us to chat about that today is Mia Pumo from Constructive Learning Design.

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Anamaria Knight and Michelle Macumber from Participate Learning about the United We Teach community on Participate. Participate Learning wanted to create a space that took learning beyond just resource sharing and lesson plan creation and wanted to encourage educators to share stories and create new knowledge together. The result was United we Teach - a community aimed at finding solutions to remote teaching and learning through live chats, discussion threads, virtual events and resource curation.

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.Follow us!Instagram: @insideparticipateTwitter: @participateFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Participate-Inc-320098865296027/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/participate-edu/

Welcome to Participate. Participate is a platform where the world collaborates. We believe that people should be able to learn when, where, and how they want. Great podcasts tell great stories, and our partners at Participate have stories to tell. We’ll talk to them about what they do, how they do it, and why it’s important. We’ll also talk to them about how they’re building their community, and the ways they’re helping us all learn together.The first episode of Participate comes out next month. See you then.