Lifelong learning - Thing #2

There are several different ways to look at lifelong learning. One is basised on 7 tools of effective people - 7 1/2 steps to life long learning. The easiest one for me is the last 1/2 one - play. For me play can be physical but I find that I am enjoying playing - online. It takes many different forms - interactive websites, writing fan fiction, and several others. What I have found is that my own writing skills have improved greatly over the last two years. Of course, it helps that I am writing about one of my very favorite books - Pride and Prejudice. Once in awhile it is another book from Jane Austen.

I have also begun to work on several different interactive websites - and it is fun to learn new things that you didn't know - just by "playing around."

I did want to comment about how important this aspect of play is in learning. I think that often we forget how much that aspect impacts the retention of knowledge. When you learn while playing - you really may not realize that you are learning and what you learn seems to stay with you as it becomes a part of you while you are playing. I love that part.

So, how do we delve more into making learning "play."