Saturday, July 23, 2011

Aquarium by Poisson Rouge

Poisson Rouge by design interested me greatly...mainly because it gives NO instructions for any of the activities on the site. I found it a refreshing approach as websites often "instruction" people to death. I like that this site trusts the visitor to "play" to find out what happens.

This particular game is called "Aquarium". I won't give away any of its secrets...only that moving the mouse and clicking on the submarine may help :-)

I love how this site enourages curiosity, discovery, and play rather than telling the visitor/learner what should be happening for him/her.
I plan to use this model the next time I design a learning experience for the kiddos in my life. Provide the opportunities for exploration and let them make the meaning that is relevant to their world at that place in time. Cool.