Posted by jwatson on May 3, 2011 in
Design,
In The News The major units of Quest Atlantis (Plague, Taiga, Mesa Verde, etc) are housed in special virtual worlds designed specifically for those experiences. Unfortunately, that means that only those students whose teachers assigned the units get the chance to see those worlds. We always thought that was a shame, because those worlds are some of the most interesting virtual spaces we have in QA. But that is no longer a problem, because now we have invented the tourist month!
Tags: Kids, quest atlantis, transformational play
Posted by StevieS on Mar 21, 2011 in
In The News,
Kid Voices One of our main goals with Quest Atlantis is to position students to be actively engaged in the learning process and not just passive recipients. This still requires quite a bit of intervention and scaffolding from our part and the teachers’; but students still have one place where they have free reign – QVille. And the [...]
Tags: qville, student building, student design, Student Leaders
Posted by dstevens on Oct 22, 2010 in
In The News I’m feeling humbled today. The Biogen Idec Foundation, supporting one of the world’s leading global biotechnology companies and a Fortune 500 company with more than $4 billion in revenue, has awarded a generous grant to help bring Quest Atlantis to schools in Durham, North Carolina, one of its geographic areas of operation. I say I’m humbled [...]
Tags: Biogen Idec, Taiga
Posted by Sasha on Sep 1, 2010 in
Design,
In The News I wanted to share a post because I was feeling so grateful this week. The initial vision six years ago to create a game that would help kids care and learn about academic content while at the same time aiding them to grow into responsible and engaged citizens is becoming a reality. In particular, the [...]
Tags: backstory, Epic Missions, intro, lumination, Maq, OTAK, Social Commitments
Posted by StevieS on Aug 6, 2010 in
In The News We’re quickly approaching one of my favorite times of the year. There is nothing better than when the US and Australian school years overlap. Kids get such a great experience to make friends all over the world. In late March and the month of October, we average over 10,000 lines of chat a day in [...]
Each of the main Units currently have theme parks: Taiga, Virtual Mesa Verde, Plague and Statistics. In the coming months, additional theme parks for Spacenik and Drakos will also be found in Teacherville.
Tags: Ander City, Classroom practice, community of practice, Modern Prometheus, Taiga, teacher contribution, theme-based instruction
Posted by Ed on Sep 29, 2009 in
Design,
In The News QA designers trip the text-fantastic every day. As the primary dialogue writer on the project, I hit the quote mark key on my keyboard more frequently than most journalists. Experience has taught us that students who use QA can benefit in a myriad number of ways from the dialogue we write. Reading skills can improve, [...]
Posted by Sasha on Aug 15, 2009 in
Design,
In The News Just came across this video with QA and World of Warcraft in the same video post! Wow, isn’t that a cool moment for a designer…my work posted in the same video with Warcraft. Not that I have any grandiose visions that this is a meaningful comparison, but big dreams Watch Video. //–< ![CDATA[ $j("a#mesa_verde_trailer").fancybox({ 'hideOnContentClick' [...]
Posted by gmusante on Aug 14, 2009 in
In The News,
Modern Prometheus,
Teacher Voices So many exciting things are in the works with Quest Atlantis and the partnership with One Planet Education Network! A quick example – the cable network television show, “Designing Spaces, Back to School special” will feature a fabulous segment on Quest Atlantis at work at a middle School in Durham, N.C., and the role OPEN [...]
Tags: news
Posted by StevieS on Aug 4, 2009 in
Design,
In The News,
Kid Voices As I’m sure anyone who has been in the OTAK Hub in the past couple of days knows, there are some new changes in QA. We were really excited to see that some of the first people to log in were teachers and that the changes were met with enthusiasm. The students had some mixed-reactions [...]
