Teacher program

The Scalable Game Design project supports teachers through a grant by the National Science Foundation.

Teachers will learn

 * how to program and design games and simulation (depending on level) using AgentSheets and/or AgentCubes software
 * how to teach computer science and/or computational thinking and critical thinking skills through Scalable Game Design
 * how to guide students in designing and building games and STEM simulations
 * how to work with computational thinking patterns
 * how game design maps to the ISTE standards and other content area standards
 * how to access a large resource of curriculum and teacher support materials

Teachers will receive

 * free training on the highly successful Scalable Game Design curriculum
 * free personal AgentSheets software for as long as participation continues
 * free school AgentSheets software for as long as participation continues
 * a stipend upon completing all steps of classroom research data-collection implementations
 * free support from research team, including lesson plans and other teaching material
 * up to 2 University of Colorado (Boulder) graduate level credits for $60/credit paid by the teacher

Teachers commit to

 * attend summer training at the University of Colorado in Boulder for 2 to 3 days
 * Information on Summer Institute


 * Google CS4HS Institute (Details coming soon)




 * teach students using curricular materials developed by the research team and evaluated and evolved by other teachers, e.g.
 * at least one unit on game design (one to eight weeks in length)


 * administer online motivational questionnaires and computational thinking surveys to students


 * help students upload their games and simulations to the Scalable Game Design Arcade


 * collect and turn in all necessary forms

Teachers are encouraged to

 * contribute to Game Wiki by improving existing teaching materials and submitting new materials
 * contribute to Game Facebook and Edmodo wall by posting comments, ideas, photos

Forms

 * [[Media:Scalable_Game_Design_teacher_training.pdf|Why Teachers Benefit From Learning How to Teach Scalable Game Design]]
 * [[Media:2014_Teacher_Agreement_Form(2).pdf|Teacher Agreement Form]]: once you are accepted into the program, you need to sign an agreement
 * [[Media:Teacher_Consent_Form_2013.pdf |Teacher Consent Form]]: upon acceptance into the program, you will sign a consent form for participating in the research study. A new consent form is signed each year.
 * [[Media:W9_New.pdf | Signed W9 with SS# and current mailing address]] upon acceptance into the program, signed W9 forms must be turned in to receive stipends
 * [[Media:2013_Teacher_Media_Release_Form.pdf | Teacher Media Release Form]]. all participants must have media releases for photos and videos on file.


 * [[Media:2014_CEU_Registration_Form_CSCI_7000-570.pdf | CU graduate Credit Form - coming soon]]: all qualifying participants must complete this form and submit payment to receive graduate credit from the university.

Implementation Guidelines

 * Please make sure you follow the classroom implementation guidelines before, during, and after your implementation cycles.

Past Summer Institute Archive
Follow this link to read about our past Summer Institutes.