During the pandemic, Rhode Island educator Marielle Burt took up designing escape rooms as a hobby, and when asked to teach a custom two-week course at her school, she infused her new avocation into her occupation.
“In my game design course, students tackled grade-level standards — developing their writing skills as they composed game narratives and embracing logic and math to create puzzles,” Burt writes for Chalkbeat. “They also learned the value of experimentation, revision, and collaboration.”
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