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Teaching History In Schools With Video Games

Posted by michael on from the history-written-by-the-winners dept.

Joe writes "There's a story about a Massachusetts company, Muzzy Lane Software, creating a Civ-style simulation computer game to teach history to high school and college students. 'Our view isn't that you take the right video game, stick it in a classroom and everything gets better,' Mr. McCool said. 'But with the right tools, this can significantly enhance learning.'"

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  1. History? by saintlupus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck that noise. I want a new, Doom 3 engine based, Odell Lake. Now that was an educational game.

    --saint