This page details pre-release information and/or media for Arthur: Dear Adil.
- October 1, 2015: PBS's AIM Buddy Project is announced, intended to help foster schoolchildren with moral lessons through interactive comics and games. Some are specifically mentioned based on Arthur episodes.1
- February 2, 2016: The research team visits consenting classrooms to observe on how well the games are working. Students in a 2nd grade classroom play Dear Adil.2
- March 3, 2016: The AIM Project's research year comes to a close. Students in a 2nd and 5th grade classroom create a quilt based on life lessons they have learned from Arthur, with one being based on the Dear Adil game.3
- April 12, 2016: A more in-depth report on the game and how it was developed is published.4
- September 19, 2016: The data collected during the research project is analyzed. It is reported that students responded better to the comics like Dear Adil than the games, due to their stronger storylines.5
- January 16, 2017: Dear Adil is released to the public.6
References#
- https://aimsprojectblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/the-aim-buddy-project-2015-2016-pilot-program-has-begun/↩︎
- https://aimsprojectblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/02/aim-research-is-in-full-swing/↩︎
- https://aimsprojectblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/wrapping-up-with-aim-celebrations/↩︎
- https://aimsprojectblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/12/learning-from-others/↩︎
- https://aimsprojectblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/2298/↩︎
- https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aim17-sel-learnfromotherscomic/arthur-learning-from-others-dear-adil/↩︎