INNOVATING FOR TEEN THRIVING,
IN THOUGHT AND DESIGN.
iThrive Games leads the design of innovative and compelling experiences that support teen learning and wellness.
Our team of adolescent development experts builds on decades of combined instructional design work to create interactive, engaging tools and experiences that help young people learn and build social and emotional skills that help them thrive, accelerating progress toward a world where young people have the tools to live healthy and purposeful lives.
ITHRIVE SIM
EMBODIED LEARNING HAPPENS WHEN THE MIND AND BODY ARE INVOLVED.
iThrive Sim facilitates this by innovatively leveraging the evocative power of tech-supported play to create memorable and meaningful teen-centered social and emotional skill-building experiences.
The iThrive Sim platform powers playful, civil learning experiences that invite students to ideate, explore, discuss and collaborate meaningfully with their peers, while reflecting on and practicing core social and emotional skills.
Here’s a look at student gameplay in iThrive Sim: Lives in Balance:
Rather than prescribing learning, iThrive Sim games invite students, acting as government leaders, to make meaning of the content they encounter, allowing them to independently and collaboratively develop deep understandings.
Here are some in-game clips of the video content they encounter while playing:
ITHRIVE CURRICULUM
MEETING TEENS WHERE THEY ARE WITH PLAY.
iThrive Curriculum units pair with immersive video games to meet teens where they are with play. Each unit contains standards-aligned lesson plans and social and emotional learning activities that center themes relevant to teens like navigating identity exploration, relationships, and social media.
"I find it very interesting to be able to learn interactively. I find that I absorb more knowledge in a game than in a textbook.
— HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
ITHRIVE CURRICULUM?
WHAT DO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAY ABOUT
STUDENT WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Take a look at creative work of students have done as part of an iThrive Curriculum unit:
