This research project presents the curriculum design and outcomes for a middle school-aged program that combines inquiry, immersive storytelling, and virtual reality to spark ideas that solve community problems. Attendees will expect to learn about how the World of Wonder program blended everyday classroom tools with high-tech resources.

This presentation presents the findings from a research study focused on the generative AI prompting strategies of elementary-aged youth in an after-school STEM-based literacy program as they designed video games. Attendees will expect to learn about youth co-wrote with genAI as embedded within an authentic task.