Career Explorer
  
 
 
 

Project Description

In Career Explorer, 5th grade students in Singapore will explore enter a world defined by career interests. In that world, they will engage in a cycle of exploring games and careers based on their interests, and they will earn avatar upgrades and craft their own custom career-based identities. With literally billions of potential ways to create their unique avatars and scaling activities rewarding players for learning about more careers, Career Explorer will help children explore the amazing world of work.

  
 
 
 

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Vocational quiz
Player's avatars can equip special tools they aquire
Customizing a crest with unique 'value badges'
Information minigame
Technology minigame
Masterpiece, anyone?
Creativity minigame
Nature Balance minigame
Now we know what the Filament soccer uniforms will look like
Traditional Singaporean attire
 
 
 
 

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Project Partners

Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin Madison

The Center on Education and Work (CEW) is a research, technical assistance, and resource provider within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Established in 1964, the Center has a rich tradition of assisting educators and career development practitioners with program...

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Project Dev Blog

Micro and Macro Education in Career Explorer

09 Mar 2010 by Dan Norton

What if a game's educational objectives are about exploring rather than formally assessing? What if a game is designed to help a player form an opinion rather than be told an answer?

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