Current events will not be the same again, once teachers and students experience the new Play the News game (now in closed beta testing).
I had heard about this game some time ago and got to experience it for the first time this morning. It combines an element of fantasy sports where you predict the future with great background information (maps, opinions of world leaders, and video clips) as well as the higher-order thinking required to say not just what you think WILL happen, but what SHOULD happen.
This will be a great tool for getting people engaged with current events. Current games, for example, include those about Kenya, the Oscars, Israel, Mike Huckabee, Microsoft/Yahoo, etc. Supposedly the games will be integrated with news websites and blogs directly which will provide easy access for a mass audience.
This may become the largest and most useful serious game yet.
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