G-FMS Games Finding Audience Beyond College
New York public school students are about to begin playing instructional games created by faculty and students at Hostos Community College for
Game-Framed Mathematics and Science (G-FMS), a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education project. The games created to help Hostos’ digital media students succeed in remedial and introductory math and science courses are now aiming for wider use among younger students.
G-FMS Principal Investigator Rees Shad said middle school and high school teachers in District 7, the region of the New York City Public Schools in the South Bronx, are beginning to incorporate the games in their classroom instruction. With the assistance of Hostos President David Gómez, Shad and his team will soon meet with top New York City School officials about using the games in fourth grade classrooms throughout the city.
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