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Valve Unveils Steam For Schools, Portal In the Classroom

Posted by timothy on from the lollipop-chainsaw-is-home-ec-and-shop dept.

tekgoblin writes "Well this is pretty awesome, Valve has made an entrance into the education sector. They plan to release a new version of Steam for education uses in schools. Valve will call this service Steam for Schools, an education version of the Steam client that allows administrators to limit what its users can access. The idea of Steam for Schools is to use the platform as a teaching aid. Valve has already put together a number of educational lesson plans for using Portal 2 and its level editor to teach math and physics."

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  1. Thank you for participating. by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    We would like to thank your parents for all signing the Test Subject Waiver. Please assemble in the gymnasium for your mandatory uniform assignment, before boarding the Aperture Science Facility Field Trip Bus.

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    There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
    1. Re:Thank you for participating. by masteva · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cake will be provided at the end of the trip.

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      Practice Static Safety - Hack Naked
    2. Re:Thank you for participating. by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bus.

      I think you mean multi-pupil relocation device

  2. Re:Portal? by jo_ham · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given your unfortunate second sentence (albeit one lacking punctuation), I see that you'd be one of the ones lying on the ground having been "quick knifed" by a faster student.

  3. wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...even public schools got Steam before Linux.

    1. Re:wow... by durrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      " BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone. "

      It's like terrorism and communism combined into one package of evil.

  4. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS by wramsdel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ms. GlaDOS, I need to go to the bathroom!"
    "Certainly, Chell, it's out the door and right down that chute."