Susan Maynor's Creative Quest

Part One: Gathering Information Reflection Most importantly, I value purposeful play. In everything I do as a learning experience designer, I filter through the lens of “is it meaningful?” “ Is it purposeful?” “Is it designed with intention?” I value games that both entertain and challenge thinking and build problem-solving skills while supporting educational objectives and goals. I appreciate games that blend conceptual learning with critical, even creative thinking, providing opportunities to apply knowledge to real-world or simulated scenarios. Additionally, I value empathy-driven games, ones that encourage perspective-taking and compassion. For learning games, a clear purpose must align with the educational standards/specific learning outcomes. Again, purposeful play. It is also important that learning games provide opportunities to practice skills in a meaningful context, such as computational thinking (per our client), design thinking, or even character education (my brain may ha...

I researched all three topics and identified some games, games simulations, some research, and lesson ideas (that could spark ideas for a serious game).  Part 1: What did you find?  Topic: ISTE Computational Thinker Standard (with 4 sub points):  Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions. Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions. Students collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making. Students break problems into component parts, extract key information and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving. Students understand how automation works and use algorithmi...