We are excited to announce Full STEAM Ahead – MIT’s new website welcoming kids, parents, educators and lifelong learners to explore resources from K-12 and beyond! Full STEAM Ahead is a website MIT has assembled Read more…
The MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program
And The Education Arcade
PLAYFUL, POWERFUL LEARNING
Our Mission
The MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade focus on creating playful, powerful learning experiences using the affordances of new educational technologies. We leverage design-based research to study and develop solutions to pervasive challenges in teaching and learning
Design and Create New Experiences
We use games and other tools help kids experiment, explore, and build math and science skills.
Implement and Scale Experiences
We use technology to create powerful learning environments in schools, in the home, and in the community.
Develop Capacity for New Experiences
We work with schools, governments, NGOs and other organizations to help them learn new design and development skills and build teacher support capacity.
We Create Games, Platforms and Curriculum
Choose a category to get started. Or see them all on the projects page.
We Teach Teachers
We offer courses for MIT students, professional development and school partnerships.
Courses
We offer courses for MIT students in education, educational technology and games. We also have online course offerings.
Teacher Licensure
We offer an option for teacher licensure for MIT undergraduates. We also offer a range of other course sequence options.
Professional Development
We offer options for professional development for teachers from days to weeks on campus and online.
Latest News
Here is what is going on in The Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade.
BioGraph Summer Course Enrollment
Are you looking for an interesting professional development to participate in that has consistently shown to increase students’ engagement and learning in biology? We want to invite you to join a free online course for Read more…
MIT pSims Launch
The notion of complex systems is central to many of today’s most pressing societal challenges, from tackling climate change to developing new pharmaceutical drugs to understanding the spread of diseases. Yet these complex systems are Read more…
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Cambridge, MA 02139