Harvard has announced an AskWith forum on “The Power of Playful Learning: Creating educational settings that bring “school” and “play” together.” The free event which is open to the general public will be held at the Harvard Graduate School on October 21 at 5:30pm-7:00pm. It will be moderated by Benjamin Mardell and feature an impressive group of panelists: 

“ • Susan Harris MacKay, Pedagogical Director, Museum Center for Learning and Opal School, Portland Children’s Museum

• Jack Shonkoff, Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development, HGSE and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital; Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

• Lynneth Solis, Ed.M.’10, Ed.D.’18, Senior Research Manager, Project Zero, HGSE

• Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Global Head of Research, Vice-President and Head of Centre for Creativity, Play and Learning, The LEGO Foundation”

You can learn more about the event at the link below: 

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D134038894