Teacher program
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The Scalable Game Design project supports teachers through a grant by the National Science Foundation.
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Teachers will learn
- how to teach computer science through scalable game design
- how to guide students in designing and building games
- how to work with game design patterns
- how game design maps to the ISTE standards
- how to use the AgentSheets software
Teachers will receive
- up to 3 University of Colorado (Boulder) continuing education credits
- a stipend of $25/hour
- travel and subsistence expenses
- support from research team, including lesson plans and other teaching material
- support in the classroom from undergraduate students local to each region (from CU, community colleges, tribal colleges)
Teachers will have to
- attend an all-expenses-paid week-long summer workshop at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Summer 2009 workshop is tentatively scheduled for June 8-12, 2009.
- teach a one-week motivational game-design module in a required (or "forced elective") computer education course using teaching material provided by research team
- teach a four-week in-depth game design module in an elective course using teaching material provided by research team
- administer motivational questionnaires to students
Teachers are encouraged to
- contribute to Game Wiki by improving existing teaching material and submitting new ones
Details
Summer Institute 2009 week 2 schedule (student and teachers)
Goals_for_Week_2_Summer_Institute_Training
Application
- Teacher_application if you are interested in participating please fill out this form
- Teacher Training invitation presentation
