<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-0cbc5558-8729-2c79-9ac0-171272bb7577"><br><img style="margin-right: 0px;" src="https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/10897978_328174664048124_9055379036454670709_n.png?oh=d474d94c0b7d9fa41133161b6785c574&oe=56DDE280" alt="" class="" height="138" width="347"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We are pleased to invite you to submit a proposal for the 3nd Annual Playful Learning Summit at Ohio University, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">in beautiful Athens, OH on </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, March 26th, 2016. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Share your knowledge in using playful learning strategies, resources, and pedagogy for teaching and learning.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Playful Learning Summit brings together creativity, fun, play, and learning. The Summit is free to attend, but registration is required. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Visit us at </span><a href="http://www.ohioplayfullearning.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">www.ohioplayfullearning.com</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> to register or submit a proposal. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Summit seeks to connect educators who share a passion for engaging and playful classroom practices via</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> design, research, and teaching. We are continually looking for meaningful feedback, understanding, and user experiences to improve upon classroom practice. The goal of the Summit is to encourage educators to come together and investigate such questions as: How do I know students are learning? What do we look for? What helps us to measure the effectiveness, appropriateness, and potency of our playful learning spaces? </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We encourage you to submit a presentation, demonstration, or workshop for one of our 45 minute blocks. Cont</span></b><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">act Audra Hilterbran (<a href="mailto:hilterbr@ohio.edu">hilterbr@ohio.edu</a>) or Jeff Kuhn (<a href="mailto:kuhnj1@ohio.edu">kuhnj1@ohio.edu</a>) for general questions about proposals and programming. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Important Dates:</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Registration Opens/Call for Papers: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">December 1st, 2015</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Proposal Submission Deadline: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">January 31st, 2016</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Decisions Announced By: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">February 15th, 2016</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Playful Learning Summit: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">March 26th, 2016</span><br clear="all"></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.ohioplayfullearning.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">www.ohioplayfullearning.com</span></a><br><br><br></span>-- <div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Audra Hilterbran<br></div><div>Distributed Instructional Technologist<br></div><div>Academic Technologies<br></div><div>Ohio University<br></div><div>Stocker Center 130<br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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