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		<title>Have you played FOUR CORNERS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most flexible, adaptable and modifiable Frame Game/activity which I use extensively in my programs, is the popular game of Four  Corners.
 
In one of the versions of the game, Four Corners in the room are identified. The music is played and players all move around the room. When the music stops, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=303&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can you use childhood activities to augment your training session?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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When one is designing games to meet the learning objectives of the session, one doesn’t always need to think: Complicated!
 Simple childhood activities or games played at home or elsewhere can be creatively modified to create fun and enthusiasm in a training room in a very easy yet impactful way

Some childhood activities/games which I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=282&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z Game of review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This simple game from childhood makes a very good game of review or a recap.
It can also be used as an assessment test of gauging how much have the participants learnt and understood from the session.
Time required for this activity is a minimum of ten to about thirty minutes.
Number of participants can vary from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=275&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So you want to do activity-based training?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some years back, there was a Team motivation Training Workshop which I was a witness to!
The venue of the Workshop had been chosen with great care – verdant Goa in rains&#8230;
The training weekend was planned carefully: loads of group, pair and individual activities to keep the participants engaged, Sales Presentations (loaded with enough figures to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=142&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PowerPoint Frame Game  ( PART 1)</title>
		<link>http://learningthrufun.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/powerpoint-frame-game-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PowerPoint Presentation is that ubiquitous tool which is used and sometimes overused   by all.
In my later posts, I will share about different ways in which this powerful tool can be used creatively and with great impact, as a support to connect with the audience!
In this post and the next few ones I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=194&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SO, what is a Frame Game?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply put A FRAME GAME is an instructional game very consciously created and designed to allow easy loading of the current content and replacing the same with the relevant subject matter.
Just as you can mount any picture in a frame, you can load any content in a frame game to suit the needs. So a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=227&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Experimenting : The biggest joy of learning!</title>
		<link>http://learningthrufun.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/experimenting-the-biggest-joy-of-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children are not afraid of experimenting and failing.
Perhaps  that&#8217;s why there is so much joy in learning amongst young children, who play and LEARN so effortlessly!
Watch this simple video which illustrates this beautifully&#8230;

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		<title>If you dump too much content&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://learningthrufun.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/if-you-dump-too-much-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.on the participant, the participant dumps you!&#8221; 
Dr. Palan
I have seen many a training session where information is crammed &#8211; in the workbooks, the handouts , the notes , the Powerpoint. 
More is better, seems to be the mantra here.
 Let&#8217;s give them their money&#8217;s worth in these two days of Workshop! 
&#8230;and the spirally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningthrufun.wordpress.com&blog=7616432&post=201&subd=learningthrufun&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magic of designing FUN in training!</title>
		<link>http://learningthrufun.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/magic-of-designing-fun-in-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo from the recently concluded Magic of Designing FUN in training , in Mumbai.

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		<title>The Learning Triangle : Which side do you think is the most important?</title>
		<link>http://learningthrufun.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/the-learning-triangle-which-side-do-you-think-is-the-most-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atuljog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my earlier post, ‘Who is the V.I. P in the Classroom?’, in any training set up :  the trainer, the learner &#38; the learning ( content) are the three elements which interact.
Ideal learning happens at the meeting point of these.
Alternatively, let us suppose that these three elements form a triangle.
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