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Social Work
Learning Arcade

Welcome to your practice space for social work thinking. Choose a challenge, work with your team, discuss your reasoning, and earn points for applying concepts—not just guessing answers.

Whole-class mode

Who's playing today?

Use one projected screen and have teams agree on an answer before revealing feedback.
Current team: Team 1 · 0 pts
Instructor setup: This starter version tracks teams on the device currently running it. For a classroom competition, project this page and switch the active team after each turn. Scores are not automatically shared between students' separate devices.

Choose your challenge

Each activity includes discussion prompts and instant feedback.
6 activities ready
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Ethics · Team challenge

Ethics Escape: The Confidentiality Call

Help a social work intern respond to a difficult request for client information. Choose an ethical next step and explain your reasoning.

5 rounds
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HBSE · Development

Child Development Detective

Investigate preschool behaviors using Erikson, Piaget, attachment theory, and person-in-environment.

5 rounds
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Policy · Debate

Community Policy Lab

Choose a community priority with limited resources. Debate trade-offs, equity, and unintended consequences.

3 decisions
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Review · Myth or fact

Social Work Myth Busters

Challenge common assumptions about poverty, social work roles, families, and professional practice.

6 questions
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Practice · Communication

What Would You Say?

Practice choosing responses that use empathy, open-ended questions, strengths-based language, and client self-determination.

5 rounds
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Whole-class · Discussion

Take a Side: Values Line

Use a classroom vote to spark debate about social work dilemmas. Teams must defend a position and respond to a counterargument.

3 prompts

Quick play instructions

A simple structure for running this on the projector.

5–20 minutes
  1. Divide the class into teams and choose a team to start.
  2. Read the scenario aloud. Give teams 30–60 seconds to discuss.
  3. The active team selects its answer and explains why.
  4. Reveal the feedback. Award points for a defensible explanation, not just the selected answer.
  5. Switch teams and continue. Use the final reflection to connect the activity to course concepts.
ActivityTeam 1: 0 pts
Round 1

Choose the strongest response:

Team setup & scoreboard

Rename teams and track points on this classroom device. Teams can earn points for correct answers and for explaining their reasoning.

For shared remote play across student devices, you would need a shared database or backend. This starter site is designed for instructor-led, projected whole-class play.
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Debrief with the class