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“The next day I told the class that we had an important mission: we were going to help some first grade students. We were going to use the ADDIE model to create games in Scratch for first graders. There was definitely an attitude change and energy in the class. As a class, we had a real purpose to what we were working on.”

In this podcast, Alexandra Brown -- a librarian, teacher, and Mouse Squad Coordinator at Cross Creek Academy Charter School in Byron Center, Michigan -- shares her experience creating an original project-based learning experience for her middle school students.

Read the full post and listen to her podcast on the Mouse blog!

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