“Something that I accomplished that I am most proud of this year was making a game…it was something that you don't normally get to do and that was very fun to do in class… I got to show my parents and the game was really fun to make.”

"I am a teacher. My son has ADHD. This is the most engaged I’ve seen him with ‘school work’. Ever."

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“I loved the search for Professor Independence … I absolutely LOVED building inquiry games with my friends.”

“What an incredible gamification journey! I have enjoyed every quest and developed new skills that will help me in the future. It is a fantastic way to engage and motivate my students.”

“If you can, make sure other students get to make [games]. They are so entertaining, fun, they helped me learn a ton about my topic, I got to bond with the people I worked with, and it was overall such a great experience. Making the games is probably one of my favorite memories from sixth grade!"

“I believe students learn more through the production of content and by having agency over the outcome. . .students can create more personally meaningful realities when they create the game themselves.”

“I think this . . . is extremely relevant to the current student reality. Students are distracted by many things but often find solace in the cooperative, social experience of games. Adults do it all the time!”

“Engaging in a game can help students confirm understanding . . . in a way that is deeper than passive reception of a lecture. In constructing a game, however, the necessary step of creating structure out of the information and organizing it helps the creator think more deeply about the material and transfer the knowledge into a new context.”

“You taught me how not to fall for fake news which became really helpful this year in 8th grade when we started studying our own independent subjects and I saw my peers . . . getting the wrong information because they weren’t taught truth sleuthing.”