Community Review of Gamestar Mechanic | Common Sense Education

Write your own review

Teacher Review for Gamestar Mechanic

Susan M.
Blended Learning Coach

My Subjects English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Arts

Save Changes

My Rating

Learning Scores

Engagement

Pedagogy

Support

Classroom feedback

My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Creation
Individual
Student-driven work

Great with Advanced learners
ELL
General

How I Use It

At first, I piloted it with a small group of students and just explored the platform. Once I worked through kinks and figured out what was beneficial, I used it with my class to teach storytelling, systems thinking, and creative problem solving. Students designed their own story for the game, added variables and levels of difficulty, and worked with each other to make their games better.

My Take

This program is about "figuring it out" and systems thinking. It infuses concepts such as cause and effect, synthesis of variables (components, design, space, etc), creativity, and understanding objective/goal/audience. It also teaches balance--elements, hard vs. easy, engagement. My students were engaged, begged for more, interacted with each other offering feedback and help. Students persevered and focused on trying to "figure it all out." This is a great platform for creative problem solving. It also has curriculum for teachers.

1

Excellent platform for teaching systems thinking, creative problem solving, design, and problem-solving.

Learning Scores

Classroom feedback

How I Use It

My Take

Other Teacher Reviews For Gamestar Mechanic