Comments on: Caterpillars can fly, if they just lighten up… https://ludogogy.professorgame.com/article/caterpillars-can-fly-if-they-just-lighten-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caterpillars-can-fly-if-they-just-lighten-up Games-based learning. Gamification. Playful Design Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sarah Le-Fevre https://ludogogy.professorgame.com/article/caterpillars-can-fly-if-they-just-lighten-up/#comment-20 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:40:20 +0000 https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/?post_type=article&p=283#comment-20 In reply to Scott Simmerman.

Thanks Scott. That’s really useful. Do you want to paste this comment into the Ludogogy LI group and/or the FB page – maybe with a link back to this article?There may be folk there that would find these resources useful, but who haven’t seen these comments. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13826762/ https://www.facebook.com/ludogogy

]]> By: Scott Simmerman https://ludogogy.professorgame.com/article/caterpillars-can-fly-if-they-just-lighten-up/#comment-19 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:18:42 +0000 https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/?post_type=article&p=283#comment-19 I wanted to also share some resources for people to explain how to use the Square Wheels and the metaphor of Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly. You can see a lot more ideas around this metaphor of caterpillars and butterflies in a blog post called “Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly.” Find it at https://performancemanagementcompanyblog.com/2013/07/10/teaching-the-caterpillar-to-fly-thoughts-on-change-part-two/

“The Finger, Arm and Leg Exercises” and something I have used in hundreds of workshops to help decrease resistance and generate some playfulness around change.
See a lot more details and delivery ideas around this exercise here: https://performancemanagementcompanyblog.com/2020/02/01/decreasing-resistance-to-change-the-finger-arm-and-leg-exercise-for-facilitating-discussion/

One can find the Serious Playing with LEGO Facebook site here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/227462904498264/ And there are many similar pages of resources online.

]]> By: Sarah Le-Fevre https://ludogogy.professorgame.com/article/caterpillars-can-fly-if-they-just-lighten-up/#comment-18 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:41:59 +0000 https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/?post_type=article&p=283#comment-18 Great points, Scott. This sounds very much the same as the way I like to use playful activities in learning, as a way of seeing the issues in a new way, and facilitating deep reflection. I think that distance is important as it helps people to finally see things more clearly – from a different perspective, instead of just from ‘within’. Abstraction and analogy are really powerful tools – I can really see how the square wheels would help folk to reflect on dysfunction, for example. How does the ‘Finger, Arms and Legs’ exercise work? I’d be fascinated to know.

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