Quest Atlantis

What it is…

Legend of Atlantis

iBurst

1. Multiple-week lesson plans on themes are provided

2. Promotes computer literacy and the use of online media

3. Students create online portfolios that easily organize student work and teacher feedback

4. Work with classrooms from other schools and countries

5. Collaborate through Co-Questing, bulletin boards, blogs, and other group activities

6. Avatar customization and personal homepages

Educational Uses

Unit Plan ExampleTaiga Unit

For whom it’s designed

Students ages 9-16

Educational Example The Taiga Water Quality Unit is an interactive narrative set

within an aquatic habitat where a serious ecological problem has resulted in many fish dying; students navigate through the virtual park and interact with other players and non-player characters who communicate their perspective on the problem. Taiga best exemplifies the potential for connecting content with context by supporting students' experience of the consequentiality of their actions.

General FAQs Standards: McREL Content Knowledge standards

Only for supervised groups

Professional development offered

Modest fee because it’s grant-funded◦ NJ and NC are free

How to use!

Assignment

1. Choose a mission.

2. Tick off at least 2 steps of the mission.

3. Tweet which mission you chose and the steps.

4. Explore the quests available and the different views.

5. Email me what you think about the game (your likes/dislikes) and whether you would try to use this in your classroom. My email is nngreene@gmail.com.

Try it out!Download the program after you receive your password

Use the program and play around

My experience:

Quest Atlantis Video #1

Quest Atlantis Video #2