A US teacher is using ‘Civilization’ to teach history
nme.comCivilization and Humankind in the classroom.Ryan Botting recently spoke to PCGamesN about using video games as part of his student’s syllabus. “I use Civilization and Humankind in my classroom similar to how a teacher might use a normal activity in the classroom: to have students engage in the material we go over in the class and get them excited about learning.”Video games are used to engage students and supplement their learning, but more traditional projects and assignments come from the understanding they gain. “In the normal classroom, we go over the primary theme of each era.
Then, in the gaming portion, they play a giant multiplayer game where they are given objectives of things their civilisation (or precursor civilisation) actually.
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