What do students learn from Gamestar Mechanic?
Gamestar Mechanic allows students to learn about how systems work and how they can be modified or changed. Students learn to think analytically and holistically, to experiment and test theories, and to consider other people as part of the systems they create and inhabit. Through the game design process, students cultivate skills involving:
- system-based thinking
- creative problem solving
- art and aesthetics
- writing and storytelling
- STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
Dissertations on Gamestar Mechanic
"Gamestar Mechanic gives students a sense of mastery and confidence. It was exciting to see previously disengaged students become peer mentors."
Chelsea Nilsson, Dean of Instruction, KIPP Philadelphia Charter School