If we can teach kids to make fun learning games (fun can indeed be measured, and learning can indeed be fun), then we’ll be helping them create experiential learning opportunities for others that have characteristics of narrative (plot, characterization) and informational texts (GUI, games manuals), as well as scripted expository texts that rely heavily on [...]
I wanted to share a few updates on our arts-infused work.
First, here’s an example of a completed citizen-artist project.
Here’s is the student’s writing about corporate citizenship – the student wrote about a video game production company as a citizen-artist.
Bioware Is a Canadian electronics company. It was founded In February of 1995 by Ray Muzyka, Greg [...]
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To help formalize a process for negotiating curriculum I am going to pitch project-based units to students.
Each pitch will have four pieces.
The Vision: The first part of the pitch will be a presentation of my vision for a unit, including its goals and an overview of the steps or activities involved in the unit. Each [...]
