See the photos above? It’s a skunk works – an off limits lab – operating deep inside Acton Academy.
So what’s going on behind these walls? Well, with a skunk works, so that’s supposed to be a secret. But given that Acton is an open source lab, it probably wouldn’t hurt to tell you.
Inside these walls, three Acton Eagle middle schoolers are working on a Quest for the week of January 20th. And at another undisclosed location, a second team of three Eagles is hard at work on the following week’s curriculum. A third team will start soon.
Middle school Eagles creating curriculum? It’s one thing to believe Eagles can govern their own studios; quite another to believe they can create their own Challenges and Quests. But we believe they can.
That’s why Eagle teams will be working for the next few weeks with world-class game designed Jesse Jacobson, creating curriculum together so Jesse can create a prototype of a curriculum creation game, to inspire and equip Guides and Eagles to create their own Quests.
Just think of the power of young heroes who can imagine an interesting problem, and then design a way to inspire others to learn the skills and frameworks needed to solve it.
Just remember. It’s a secret. So don’t tell anyone.