Pilots & Toolkits

Pilots
As part of our development process we are working with several New Visions schools to pilot curriculum along three technology strands: game design, mobile media, and virtual environments. The goal of these pilots is to discover strategies for integrating game-like learning into a standards-based framework and to build curriculum that can be used both in Quest to Learn and in other schools without a dedicated gaming thematic. The focus of these pilots is to develop and test curriculum, as well as to begin to develop models for teacher training, teacher recruitment, and professional development.

Teacher Institute
Gamestar Mechanic

Toolkits
An additional focus is on building, refining, and implementing “toolkits” that can be used by students and teachers to design activities and experiences aligned with particular curricular objectives.

MiLK: Mobile Informal Learning kit
Developer: Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID)

Gamestar Mechanic
Developer: Gamelab

Game Bucket
Developer: Institute of Play