"A Fun First Experience" with Vince Siu and Whizpa.com

Vince is the Founder and CEO at Press Start Academy, an edtech startup reimagining Learning Through Play and Games, and Co-founder and Managing Partner at Press Start Hong Kong, a leading games consultancy. He is also Principal Consultant at Epiphany Labs, a boutique innovation consultancy with a social conscience. He is an expert in gamification and learning experience design, overseeing all curriculum strategy at Press Start Academy and consulting organizations on developing blended learning strategies. We get into the detail in the podcast. His experience is extensive and diverse, leading innovation summits and design thinking workshops working with organisations in different industries and sectors. With companies including but not exclusively IBM, EY and Hang Seng Bank.Timings3:48 I was born in the States but I grew up in Hong Kong ...5:31 A fun first experience...6:21 How do you make it fun? That is something I kinds lose sleep about... That's the central obsession behind my work...7:50 They [the students] feel invested in the game...8:50 I grew up on shows like Captain Planet...10:18 All of our instructors ... are story tellers... all the students are characters in the show...12:20 What is actually means to deliver an educational experience..... what does actually learning mean...14:50 We are on the way to delivering a platform agnostic delivery method...15:50 We are not bound or restricted by a particular delivery method...19:20 We are always constantly trying to figure out what we can add...21:35 Different preferences for different students... 22:33 Learning at your own pace...24:06 We have a program called "Food Heroes" ages 4-6 ... Different emphasis depending on age...29:00 How do you develop story telling skill... building creative confidence ... we do not fixate on spelling.. spelling stuff can be fixed...31:24 We try to remove those barriers... we should be having fun...33:50 You can set fun games and challenges... develop confidence...36:30 Teaching kids it should be and can be a reciprocal process...38:47 I grew up playing Sim City...I know so many urban planners and architects... they grew up playing Sim City...40:05 I recently found there is a deep corner of YouTube... focus on long form content...how writers rooms work... add levels to a game ...I recently started watching No Clip....44:49 Basically everything we do I am passionate about...MTR Quote : Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun - Albert Einstein46:35 It encapsulates what we do ....Contact VinceEmail: [email protected] : https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentsiu/https://pressstartacademy.com http://www.pressstart.com.hkContact VincentNewsletter: https://vincent1cd.substack.comPodcast: https://overfortywellness.buzzsprout.comPro Coach: https://procoach.app/vincent-hiscoxhttps://www.optimosqauare.comEmail: [email protected]: Vincent Hiscox