Concord student showcases original game at learning innovation event

Por: concord.wickedlocal.com/13-02-2019

The following is from a submission by Kerry Crisley for Acera School.

Concord resident Liam Lurker took the stage at LearnLaunch Institute’s 2019 Learning Innovation Showcase at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on Feb. 1.

The Acera School student and two of his classmates presented “Hail Caesar?” — an online multiplayer game they designed and created using Javascript.

Set in 44 BC, the game enables up to six players to take on the roles of Roman senators at the height of the conspiracies against Caesar. Each player has a unique set of goals that he or she must complete to win. The idea behind the game was to help history come to life for today’s students.

“The game gives us ways to learn creative and technical skills, along with systems thinking, perspective taking, and problem solving,” said Liam.

The Acera team was one of 23 middle and high schools from across New England selected to appear at this education conference showcase. The event is part of an annual national conference where educators, entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers can see a range of edtech tools applied in real learning environments.

“We were very pleased to see the impressed reactions of many attendees who visited our table to play the game demo and learn about its development,” said Danny Fain, the lead educator representing Acera at the showcase. “One conference organizer even suggested these students might soon be ready to launch their own entrepreneurial venture!”

“Hail, Caesar?” was conceived and created by students in Acera’s middle school elective class, “Powerfully Playful Programming.” Acera, a nonprofit STEAM school for kindergarten through eighth grade based in Winchester, features hands-on electives such as science labs, architecture, woodshop and computer science.

For information: aceraschool.org.

*Fuente: https://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20190212/concord-student-showcases-original-game-at-learning-innovation-event