Quandary: Online game that engages students in ethical decision-making and develops skills that help them recognize ethical issue

Quandary, a free game for players aged 8-14, presents engaging situations about how to build a new colony on the planet Braxos.

In Quandary, players must make difficult decisions in which there are no clear right or wrong answers but important consequences – to themselves, to others in the colony and to the planet Braxos. In their interactions with other settlers in the colony, players must consider facts, opinions and solutions, just like in real life.

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Digital Passport: New app for kids teaches important digital life lessons

Played by more than 300,000 kids in schools across the United States, Digital Passport™ is available for both Android and iOS devices. The games and videos it includes teach kids ages 7-11 the essentials for staying safe and responsible online and on mobile devices.

Kids find their favorite kinds of games and activities -- like platform games, tools for creating digital mashups, and other fast-paced gobble 'em up games, all geared toward teaching them important lessons about digital life. When kids complete all of the levels, they'll earn their Digital Passport™ to online safety. 

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DANGER ZONE, an educational online game

Students are faced with serious global issues to tackle in this character-based game. They have to use different skills to solve a challenge like combating a deadly airborne illness using test-samples, note-taking and learning along the way!

A Master's Research Project created in collaboration with the University of Toronto.

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ElectroCity: teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management

A hands-on management style game, Electrocity puts students in control of their own virtual town or city. Helps them get to grips with geographical and social problems like spatial planning, urban development and ecological responsibility.


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Digital Passport For Children: a New Way to Teach Digital Literacy and Citizenship Encourages Responsible Online Behavior

Common Sense Media has launched Digital Passport, a web-based interactive learning experience geared toward elementary schools. 

The service uses videos and games to encourage responsible practices while using the Internet.

Digital Passport allows teachers to set up groups of students with accounts to an online “Passport.” Over time, students earn badges while progressing through game levels. Each game section begins with a short video of an older teenager discussing a situation where their online practices landed them in trouble. 

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