https://benteaches.com/blog/ Recent content in Blog on BenTeaches Hugo en-AU Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://benteaches.com/blog/how-concertina-unfolded/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://benteaches.com/blog/how-concertina-unfolded/ <h2 id="the-swisp-placement">The SWISP placement</h2> <p>In mid-2025, I spent two weeks in the <a href="https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2025/09/05/from-hak-io-to-imperfect-games-finding-structure-in-speculative-play-blogtakeover/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreffer ">SWISP Living Lab</a> as part of my Master of Teaching at the University of Melbourne. The lab sits at the intersection of arts, science, and speculative pedagogy - its researchers explore how creative play can open up thinking about complex problems like climate change. I walked in as someone more comfortable with code than craft, and left having designed games, written comedy, and questioning many of my assumptions about the value of unstructured play in learning.</p> https://benteaches.com/blog/first-post/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://benteaches.com/blog/first-post/ <p>First post. The blog is live.</p> <p>This was written in Obsidian, published by setting <code>draft: false</code> in the frontmatter. The date and title are derived from the folder name - no explicit metadata required beyond that one field.</p>