Quest to Learn: Developing the School for Digital Kids

by Katie Salen, Arana Shapiro, Rebecca Rufo-Tepper, et al.

Book Overview

The design for Quest to Learn, an innovative school in New York City that offers a "game-like" approach to learning.

Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning. The designers of Quest to Learn developed an approach to learning that draws from what games do best: drop kids into inquiry-based, complex problem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515652
• ISBN13: 9780262515658
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher