All posts by Laure Hislop

Laure Hislop is a member of the Learning and Development Team with KU Children’s Services. An advocate for learning opportunities that enable the braiding of traditional experiences with digital affordances, Laure promotes children’s engagement with digital initiatives that both complement and sustain children’s capacities as thinkers and theorists, problem makers and solvers.

‘I wish I was small enough’, How could a green screen make this a reality?

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Laure Hislop

‘I wish I was small enough to go inside the house!’ (Audrey, age 4) Statements like this open the door to think differently about how children engage with technology. Why couldn’t they shrink and jump into or out of an imaginary world they may have thoughtfully constructed from blocks or boxes? Why can’t they insert […]