Student Leaders

Hello, fellow readers. I’m Karthik, and I would like to share how it feels like to be Student Congress leader. I am very happy to represent my fellow Questers in the Student Congress. I get to talk about our experiences and suggest new ideas. Being a leader is a very responsible job. I try not [...]

Tags: Kids, participatory design, student design, Student Leaders

Bridging the Gaps

It’s been hard to avoid Olympic fever these last two weeks. Certainly the kids have gotten in to it with the cheers for their countries. The Olympics provide an opportunity for people around the world to come together and highlight their talents. The students in QA are going through some of the same experiences; while [...]

QA Student Congress: A Celebration of Participatory Design

Come share your ideas on a Student Congress. An idea had been mulling for some months now about creating a world in Quest Atlantis where students can take up ownership, leadership and have opportunities to share their lifeworld experiences in the QA social commitments. The first formal meeting of our steering group happened this week [...]

Tags: leadership, participatory design, student design, teacher contribution, teacher design

The (Fun) Work of Transformational Play: Shifting Mindsets one Family at a Time

In our work with Quest Atlantis here in Singapore, my colleague Doreen and I repeatedly confront the pragmatic ambitions of a well-run, centrally-organized education system. It is therefore a pleasure for us when the things that kids say as they contribute to QA make us to step back for a moment. In this post, we [...]

Tags: family, home, Singapore, transformational play

Nurturing the Learner with Quest Atlantis

It was exactly twelve months ago that I attended a Quest Atlantis presentation at the Australian Computers in Education Conference in Canberra. Since then, an amazing journey has unfolded for our students, teachers and even parents! Participating in QA has far exceeded our expectations. At first, it was hoped that QA would provide us with [...]

Tags: caring, curriculum, transformation, values

Can’t help feeling chuffed!

I was setting up accounts in the next Teacher Online Professional Development for QA and I got a Skype call from someone I did not recognize. I did not accept the call but instant messaged the person to find out what they wanted. The caller said they were part of the next online course and [...]

Tags: meaning, ownership, transformation, value

New OTAK Hub

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 [...]