Franklin’s Arcade

Who doesn’t love playing games? Based on the true story of Caine, a 9-year-old who opens up his own arcade full of games he has invented out of cardboard, Franklin Elementary School Steam teachers have partnered up to recreate their own arcade. Franklin students spent a week on the design thinking process to come up with what the games are, how they will function, how you can score points and how they will receive tickets (for prizes). When I visited, school had already let out, yet students were dragging their parents back indoors to show them what they have designed and to get them to provide feedback on how to improve the gaming experience. It is only week three of school, and Franklin students have already bought into the iterative design process!