Student Program

The Scalable Game Design project supports community college & tribal college students through a grant by the National Science Foundation.

Students 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

Students will receive

 * a stipend of approximately $20/hour based on the hours of attendance at the Summer Institute
 * travel stipend to attend the Summer Institute
 * a stipend of $250 maximum to assist teachers with their classroom implementations
 * travel stipend to assist teaches with their classroom implementations
 * support from research team, including lesson plans and other teaching material
 * (optional) additional paid summer work on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder
 * up to 3 University of Colorado (Boulder) graduate or continuing education credits

Students will have to

 * attend a week-long summer workshop at the University of Colorado in Boulder, most expenses paid
 * assist a new teacher implementing a longer in-depth game design and computational science module in a classroom

Students are encouraged to

 * contribute to Game Wiki by improving existing teaching material and submitting new ones

Details for Summer Institute 2011

 * Summer Institute 2011
 * [Week 1 Schedule: May 31 to June 3: new students
 * Week 2 Schedule: June 6 to June 10: new + already participating students

Details for Summer Institute 2010

 * Summer Institute 2010
 * Week 1 Schedule
 * Week 2 Schedule

Details for Summer Institute 2009

 * Summer Institute 2009
 * Week 1 Schedule
 * Week 2 Schedule

Forms

 * Student_application if you are interested in participating please fill out this form
 * [[Media:Student-Agreement.pdf|Student Agreement Form]]: once you are accepted into the program, you need to sign an agreement
 * [[Media:IDREAMS_Year2_CCStudentConsent.pdf|Community College Student Consent Form]]: once you are accepted into the program, you need to sign the consent form for participating in the research
 * [[Media:Scalable Game Design teacher training.pdf|Teacher Training invitation presentation]]

Payment Protocol
For assistance to teachers during implementation, there is a protocol to be followed for getting reimbursed. For any further questions, please contact Vicki.