Quest+Atlantis

[|Quest Intro]

[|NBC Story]

Quest Atlantis is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae. Explore our site and learn more about this exciting project.

Quest Atlantis provides a powerful new learning environment that combines academic concepts and meaningful play with disciplinary practices with the goal to create socially committed citizens.

All the work in Quest Atlantis is situated in a backstory that frames the experiences. The backstory creates a narrative backdrop and motivates children as they work on their learning adventures.

 [|The Backstory of Quest Atlantis]

**Quest Atlantis Design Principles**
 * Socially Responsible Games
 * Entertainment
 * Education
 * Social Commitments

[|Quest Demo]

Transformational Play: Why Educators Should Care About Games [|barab_EL_transPlay2.pdf]

