Institute of Play Inc was a non-profit design studio founded in 2007 by a group of game designers in New York City. They created innovative and accessible learning experiences rooted in the principles of game design, with a focus on transforming education through play. Their interdisciplinary team of designers, strategists, and learning practitioners developed a unique model for schools called Quest to Learn, which engaged and empowered students to thrive in the twenty-first century.
Quest to Learn reimagined school as a node in an ecology of learning, extending beyond the classroom walls and incorporating exciting, empowering, and culturally relevant approaches to education. Their standards-based integrated curriculum mimicked the action and design principles of games, generating a compelling need to know in the classroom. Institute of Play closed in 2019, but their catalog of free resources, including curriculum planning and school design packs, is still available for download.
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