| HAA-266565-19 | Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants | Stone Soup Productions, Inc. | Project Maestro | 9/1/2019 - 2/28/2022 | $100,000.00 | Andrea | R. | Kalin | | | | Stone Soup Productions, Inc. | Washington | DC | 20036-2504 | USA | 2019 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Digital Humanities Advancement Grants | Digital Humanities | 100000 | 0 | 100000 | 0 | The further development of a platform for middle and high school humanities teachers to incorporate content-based games into their classrooms.
Project Maestro empowers educators and students with limited computer access to make digital humanities games. Created from The Search for Harmony, a web game about the rich, forgotten historical legacy of classical musicians of African descent, this WordPress-based plugin transforms art and text on paper into digital assets for a prebuilt minigame, enabling new versions to be developed without requiring programming skill. This grant’s primary tasks are to build a set of minigames, design activity guides for instructors, and partner with education groups to refine the platform through workshops. The end product will be a website where instructors can publish work as playable games. The producers of this project seek $100,000 for platform development, adviser consultation, game design and documentation. This tool will allow educators and others in the humanities to use digital games as a means of creating engaging, informative experiences for students. |