The question “why are we learning this?” answers itself when the learning lives inside a real…

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The question “why are we learning this?” answers itself when the learning lives inside a real situation.

— From the Tyto framework

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Abstract ideas become tangible — a waterway that might be contaminated, a population behaving strangely.

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Field notes · Serious Play Conference

Pedagogy first

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Title slide: “A new codesign model for story-driven, inquiry-based learning: our first year,” Lindsey Tropf, Founder & CEO, over a Tyto game scene.

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Field notes · Serious Play Conference

A year of codesigning with teachers and students

A conference session on the Tyto co-creation model drew a small group — and became a working conversation about what its first year has and hasn’t solved.

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Lindsey role-playing an NPC in front of middle-school students in a Buffalo Public Schools classroom, with a colleague taking notes beside her and a game screen showing “Talk to: Shopkeep…”

Field notes · Codesign LARP

Why storylines get LARPed before they get built

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Apr 28, 2026Read note