We are excited and proud to be officially joining forces with The History Co:Lab! Together with #youngpeople, we are co-creating playful learning experiences and tools that support their curiosity, imagination, emotional resilience, and civic engagement in their roles as makers of our shared history. Read the full press release: https://bit.ly/43nE6w5 #learninganddevelopment #education
iThrive Games
Design Services
Newton, Massachusetts 1,448 followers
We design accessible games, tools, and experiences that advance learning for teens while protecting their mental health.
About us
iThrive Games is a part of The History Co:Lab, an intergenerational impact-driven collective that co-creates learning experiences and catalyzes communities with and for young people so they all can thrive in their roles as makers of our shared history. iThrive Games runs The History Co: Lab’s Creation Co:Lab. There, we lead the design of accessible games, tools, and experiences that advance young people’s learning, protect and promote their well-being, and support their civic engagement. Our team of adolescent development and mental health experts builds on 30+ years of combined instructional and game design experience to create compelling and accessible games, tools, and programs that nurture young people’s genius by folding in social and emotional skill-building—a practice proven to nourish mental health and learning. Our clients also see the brilliance in young people and trust us to help them design experiences that amplify it, relying on our expertise to help them manage the process from start to finish. The science behind what works best for young people’s learning and mental health guides decision-making throughout as we weave in our network of thought leaders, developers, and teen co-designers who lend their wisdom to the creation process. We make our clients’ commitment to supporting positive outcomes in teens a throughline in the planning, design, development, and testing of games, tools, and experiences intended to meaningfully and successfully engage young people. Together, with our network of clients, partners, and teens, we are accelerating progress toward a world where young people feel seen, heard, productively challenged, and supported and have accessible learning and mental health-supporting tools and experiences.
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http://ithrivegames.org
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- Design Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Newton, Massachusetts
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- Game Design, Game Consulting, Exhibition Design, Teen Mental Health, Teen Social and Emotional Learning, Exhibition Design, Education Technology Design, Learning Experience Design (LXD), Teen UX Research, Program Planning, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Experience Design, and Instructional Technology Design
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Newton, Massachusetts 02464, US
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New York, NY 10001, US
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Atlanta, Georgia 30033, US
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Our Game Design Studio approach turns the spaces where #youngpeople learn and gather into spaces where they can reflect deeply on the world they live in and co-create together. Blood Moon, a choose-your-own-adventure game, is one example of the creative artifacts that come from the youth-centered model. Designed by The Urban Assembly, Inc. students during COVID-19’s peak in 2020, the game highlights their coping during the pandemic and their reliance on social and emotional skills at an uncertain time. Dive into the story behind the interactive story: https://lnkd.in/egjUX5wp And play it here! https://lnkd.in/ex9T3aV3 #socialemotionallearning #youth
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The Weaving Manifesto guides our work at the The History Co:Lab and creates a radically collaborative context that meaningfully connects all who want to co-design innovative learning solutions with and for #youngpeople and put their care into action. Take a look at it here! https://lnkd.in/ejnMAYMi #design
United in purpose = stronger in impact. At the History Co:Lab, we believe that change is rooted in the strength of our connections. To achieve systems change in #education, we intentionally forge and weave relationships across people to accelerate impact, scale effective practices, achieve synergistic outcomes, and transform the learning landscape to support youth thriving. Our Weaving Manifesto, developed with the Fito Network 🧩, outlines this relationship-driven approach and highlights how trust, empathy, and collaboration manifest in the norms and organizational methods we embody. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ejnMAYMi #innovation #collaboration #sustainability
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We are excited to announce that iThrive and The History Co:Lab's Susan Rivers, Ph.D., will be a speaker at the Serious Play Conference in Toronto next month! The gathering brings many together to explore how the power of play is transforming #education worldwide. Susan’s session, “Tech-Enabled Play For Civics, Learning, & Wellness,” will dive into how our #games, #simulations, and #gamebasedlearning curricula are doing so for young people. Learn more about what's to come at #SeriousPlay24: https://lnkd.in/dxEzFZE
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Looking to build connection and enliven learning for teens in your out-of-school time (OST) or summer program? Look no further than our iThrive Sim library of role-playing simulation games! Each multiplayer game provides an immersive civic learning experience where teens build and practice social and emotional skills through. Invite your youth group to: • 📈 explore federalism and chart a path forward during a public health crisis in Lives in Balance; • 📰 practice media literacy and report on a breaking story in Follow the Facts; or • 🏛️ dive into the workings of the executive branch and collaborate on tough decisions in Leading Through Crisis Get access them to the civic games here: https://lnkd.in/eXNeexWd #education #gamebasedlearning #edchat
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Nine in every ten teens play video games, making them viable entry points for connection for the adults in their lives. iThrive Game Guides, created by our team’s #mentalhealth and #socialemotionallearning experts, pair with over a dozen popular games, and give adults language and tips that help them join in on the play and check in with the #youngpeople they care about. Get the Guides today: https://lnkd.in/dv45E24r
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#Empathy bridges the gap between intent and impact. Today, on #WorldListeningDay, we celebrate the power of active listening, the breakthrough opportunities for connection with #youngpeople that have made us better listeners, the incredible ideas and perspectives they’ve shared as thought partners, and the boundless energy they bring as co-designers of our #games and playful learning experiences. Teens have the greatest stake in their learning, and we’re committed to continuing creating emotionally safe spaces for them to share what and how they want to learn. We should all be listening! #designthinking #learninganddevelopment
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The empathy and trust that underpin our collaborative process and co-design approach with teens translate in the games and learning experiences we create for them and alongside our partners. Explore those co-designed offerings in iThrive's Portfolio and connect with us to talk #gamedevelopment and learning experience design! https://lnkd.in/gwg4s84J #learningandevelopment #designthinking
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#Youngpeople are nurtured and nourished through community and when in community. According to the Building Belonging report, authored by the The History Co:Lab and Re-Imagining Migration, schools set the scene for inclusion and belonging by being community-connected, fostering supportive relationships, implementing culturally relevant curricula, and more. Dive into the report’s creative recommendations for celebrating diversity and actionable strategies for harnessing it in learning spaces: https://lnkd.in/eZgbvbbs #education #learninganddevelopment
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#Socialemotionallearning protects and promotes young people's #mentalhealth. When we encourage them to connect with their strengths, name what matters most to them, and envision who they want to be, we support their growth and empower the skill-building that helps them thrive. Bring our library of free-to-use SEL games and game-based learning tools to your youth group to create meaningful, wellness-supporting learning experiences: https://lnkd.in/eQbbV5Np #youngpeople #learninganddevelopment
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