Friday, November 11, 2011

Learning Innovation, Nov. 15, 2011

Learning Innovation: The Future of Play in Education
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: The Regional Learning Alliance, 850 Cranberry Woods Dr., Cranberry Township, PA 16066

This unique event features presentations from Diana Rhoten, the Senior Vice President of Strategy for News Corp, and Andy Russell, the co-founder of Launchpad Toys.

Come out and discover the changing landscape of children’s education, and find out the new criteria for great kids products and creative play. Learn about new frontiers in the design process, and how leading-edge companies are researching play patterns, kid testing and education technology in general. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event at the intersection of innovation and education.

Diana Rhoten
How is existing knowledge shared? How is new knowledge created? As a researcher and strategist, Diana has dedicated her professional life to exploring these questions and testing their answers. Diana has been designing and evaluating educational policies and programs, organizations and technologies since she began her career as an educational analyst in Massachusetts. ...

Andy Russell
Andy is an educational media producer and a co-founder of Launchpad Toys, creators of Toontastic for the iPad. Inspired by the movie BIG and a lifelong obsession with small brightly colored plastic bricks, Andy is a graduate of Learning Design programs at Stanford and Northwestern and has worked for companies like Hasbro and Sony PlayStation to design playful learning experiences for kids. One day when this start-up thing is over, he hopes to rebuild his family's ice cream business. 

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