Playing for Keeps     Location: New York, NY, United States Name:Global Kids

Global Kids works “to transform urban youth into successful students and global and community leaders by engaging them in socially dynamic, content-rich learning experiences.”

Through Global Kids’ Playing 4 Keeps program, students at a Brooklyn high school gain the skills necessary to build challenging games about social issues, starting with Ayiti: The Cost of Life, which received the Games for Change Best Awareness Raising Game award. This game is a simulation of the life of a family in Haiti, focusing on the obstacles to education for children in developing countries. TakingITGlobal has partnered with Global Kids to host Ayiti: the Cost of Life within TIGed, so that educators can easily incorporate it into their virtual classrooms.

Best Practice:
Games serve as an engaging and fun learning tool; contextualizing gameplay within a broader unit helps to ensure that the focus stays on learning.