Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game is an Educational program that incorporates game design fundamentals as an approach to teaching curriculum- based units of instruction. This K-12 program provides opportunities for students to create 2D board games that can transition into 3D video and VR games using technology -based applications.

The websites that follow provide evidence of teacher and student created games across 3 cities that align with a variety of aspects of curriculum on all grade levels . In addition, there is a web-based step by step curriculum guide, developed by Global Writes that provides guidance in implementing Skin in the Game modules using a variety of digital media applications.

Global Writes received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

One grant is an ArtWorks grant for $40,000 called Beauty Beyond Boundaries which will help to support the development of oral and written language strategies for ELLs across 4 states- Bronx, Ny, San Francisco,Ca, Auburn, Maine, Chicago Il. The second grant is an NEA Research grant for $15,000 which will study the social and emotional impact of the GW model on students in NYC schools.

Global Writes receives a $7500 grant from NYSCA (2016) to implement the new strategies it has developed for writing and performance through NEA support in 2014 with a a new Bronx school, PS/MS 315. Middle school students will work with a teaching artist to create their digital stories through visual arts and multimedia projects.

Global Writes receives a second NEA Art Works Research grant to study the impact of Bronx Writes on student precognitive and social emotional skills. The study, conducted by Metis Associates, will target 4 Bronx middle schools and 240 students.