Monday, June 2, 2008

State of Play

Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Photo of high school students playing a digital game-based learning program.Moving with the confidence of Indiana Jones, an eighth-grader makes landfall and begins to explore the island for potable water. She begins to test a pond for bacteria and to determine its level of acidity. She is interrupted by a message from Grandma. Grandma?

The student's execution of her mission, including answering the e-mail from a virtual Grandma (requesting details about her adventures), is part of an online survivor game included in her school's science curriculum. The game, ...

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