What We Do

Design & Development

From conceiving learning games to developing video-based professional development tools and educational Web sites, CCT helps organizations realize their educational visions in a variety of media. We help corporate and non-profit partners conceptualize educational tools and provide the expertise to design and develop ideas into working prototypes. Our design work encompasses more than just product development, however. It often plays a significant role in shaping our partners' implementation strategies as well as intervention goals and expectations. Having conducted a great deal of situated research in the classroom, CCT staff brings an insider's perspective to educational design and development that helps organizations made greater inroads with their tools. Our design work also often feeds back into the research community's understanding of larger questions, such as how girls use technology and how teachers can foster student exploration of primary sources materials.

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Possible Worlds: A National R&D Center on Instructional Technology

2008 - 2013

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Leading five-year effort to develop and incorporate portable game modules that bring inquiry-based learning and instructional supports to traditional science classrooms. More»

Supporting Staff Developers in Improving Mathematics Education for Students with Disabilities

2008 - 2012

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Uncovering the supports that staff developers need to implement professional development programs that strengthen math education for students with disabilities More»

Our Courts: Video Game Instructional Design

2008 - 2010

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Providing instructional design support to Interactive civics initiative More»

Cisco Codifying Innovative 21st Century Education Systems: New York City iSchool and Jefferson Parish.

2009 - 2009

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Identifying and documenting the lessons learned from New York City's iSchool and Cisco's 21st Century Initiative in Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Public School System More»

Cisco Education 3.0 Leading Indicators

2008 - 2009

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Developing indicators to help schools and districts chart their progress toward 21st century educational reforms More»