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[assessing learning] Real-time assessment at quest : <p>Embedded assessment is a way for teachers to judge student learning in real-time -- supporting the teacher’s ability to provide support in the moment and improve outcomes. Eliza Spang, Learning Design Strategist at Institute of Play, describes how it’s used at the Quest schools and why. </p> : Read More » [we are observing innovators] Students Re-imagine History : <p>Two teachers in Houston, TX had such great succes with games in their classroom, they revamped their entire year-long curriculum into one large game. Historia creates a link between knowledge and experience in a way that matters to students and creates for them a need to know. By understanding historical events, students can succeed at the game.</p> : Read More » [we are launching programs] Taking Flight! New pilot programs : <p>We’re excited to announce the launch of two new after-school programs this fall! GREEN MACHINE participants identify and develop sustainable solutions to critical environmental challenges. In EXTRA, EXTRA!, students produce a school newscast and in the process, learn about journalism, design, video production and more. </p> : Read More » [We are designing schools] Quest Community Doubles : <p>This fall we welcome the newest member of the network: CICS Chicago Quest! Teachers from Quest to Learn school in NYC contributed to a three-week professional development intensive workshop to help get new teachers in Chicago up to speed on the Quest curriculum model.</p> : Read More » [We are going mobile] Noobs Catch ARIS : <p>Rising 6th graders learned basic principles of game design at MOBILE QUEST, a mobile game design day camp in its third year. They used those principles to create mobile games for the iPhone using ARIS, a GPS-enabled mobile game design platform. Meanwhile, older kids dug deeper into programming at the DESIGN ART CODE camp, held at Quest to Learn in NYC.</p> : Read More »
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