5. quest atlantis is a web-based conceptual play space questatlantis.org

9. Teachers Buoys Designers Researchers Facilitators quest atlantis is a community

12. games & play

14. quest atlantis features learning-by-doing “ Tell me and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand” Confucious (450 B.C.E.) “ we learn by doing only after reflecting on what we have done” John Dewey (1929 C.E.) “ learning comes from and with the doing” James Gee (2008 C.E.)

16. quest atlantis curricula

18. quest atlantis features learning-by-doing

19. quest atlantis features learning-by-doing examples of interactions with characters and tools

20. quest atlantis features learning-by-doing examples of student work

21. teacher toolkits organize teacher work

22. teacher toolkits organize teacher work

23. teacher toolkits organize teacher work

24. teacher toolkits organize teacher work

25. quest atlantis curricula

30. For teachers: Scaffolded learning

31. quest atlantis curricula

32. For teachers: What does it mean to teach the discipline?

33. t(35)=6.4, p=0.000 t(37)=5.3, p=0.000 learning with taiga in secondary schools pre-post assessment of learning (5-item multiple choice test)

34. learning with taiga in secondary schools *lower=better subject area common assessment

35. “ As a teacher teaching all 3 classess, I thought that perhaps the experience at QA might have increased their interest/ability in Geography. We would expect the Class A and Class B to perform better than Class C. However, for the Common Test, C had outdone A and B. The period that they did the Common Test was just after the QA experience. That is the basis of my belief. However, the results re-aligned back to what it was supposed to be for the MYE.” learning with taiga in secondary schools subject area common assessment

36. t(35)=6.4, p=0.000 learning with taiga in secondary schools pre-post assessment of learning (18-point performance assessment)