At Springfield Public Schools in Illinois, district leaders were intent on finding innovative ways to provide staff with a scalable, effective solution for introducing blended learning to the classroom. Working with Alludo, the district learned they could do just that — and a whole lot more.

All aboard the Oxnard Union Express, a train-themed teacher game created for Oxnard Union High School District. Located in the Oxnard Plain in California, Oxnard Union High School District serves almost 20,000 students at ten schools, which include six high schools and four continuation high schools. The district teamed up with Alludo in the summer before the start of a new school year to create a game that could amplify their teacher training and keep their staff on the track to success.

Campbell Union School District was looking for a new way to help its teachers rock their PD training. To do it, they collaborated with Alludo to create School of Rock—a gamified PD platform that allows teachers to compete against both themselves and their peers. The district, which serves 7,500 students in six cities across Santa Clara County, launched the game in the lead up to a new school year and quickly started seeing results.

Located in Port Hueneme, California, Hueneme Elementary School District includes nine elementary schools and two middle schools together serving more than 8,000 students. As part of their commitment to a digitally-rich environment, Hueneme worked with Alludo to design and execute COAST, a PD platform optimized for use by teachers and administrative staff. Since 2017, district educators have been playing COAST to explore and reflect on new technology teachings, with support for a wide range of initiatives, including digital tools, professional learning, pedagogy, collaboration, and SAMR.

The Moriarty-Edgewood School District, located in New Mexico, is made up of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, and serves a total of about 2,500 students. With a mission to "cultivate positive relationships and inspire each student to excel today and tomorrow,” Moriarty-Edgewood brought on the Alludo team to help create a game that could be used to bolster PD and digital literacy efforts for the district’s teachers and staff. The result: MESD66, a gamified digital road trip through Moriarty-Edgewood’s integrated and classroom connected initiatives.

The Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) serves nearly 25,000 students in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. In a quest to extend blended learning opportunities across the district, PSUSD joined forced with Alludo to create Cyber Champions—an award-winning game that helps students increase their digital literacy and learn how to safely and effectively interact with the digital environment.

Alisal Union Elementary School District in Monterey County serves just over 9,000 elementary students in twelve K-6 schools within the California Department of Education. As part of an evolving digital citizenship mission, Alisal Union partnered with Alludo to create a game that could bolster professional development efforts among both teachers and district administrators. The result was Rodeo Alisal, a self-paced, multi-purpose game based on conceptual models of edtech integration within the district’s existing Google Suite for Education Apps.

Carlsbad Unified School District (CUSD) is a high-achieving district serving 11,000 students across 14 schools in Carlsbad, California, a number of which have been designated Distinguished Schools at the federal and state level. The district is always working towards building a solid technology foundation for its students, starting a 1:1 Chromebook rollout for sixth graders and eventually expanding the program to every middle schooler in the district. To help with the initiative, CUSD and Alludo created a number of games to better assist teachers in maximizing the new technology, as well...