Justice O'Connor is behind an animated
civics education game called Win the White House, whose latest edition was recently released.
Founded in 2005, Filament's 20 title portfolio includes a diversity of STEM, literacy, and
civics education games developed for clients such as National Geographic's JASON Science and Sandra Day O'Connor's iCivics.
Not exact matches
Can playing online video
games help students learn
civics education?
Brooke Blevins, Ph.D., assistant professor of curriculum and instruction and Karon LeCompte, Ph.D., assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in Baylor's School of
Education studied the effectiveness of iCivics, a free online website founded by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that teaches
civics concepts using 19 educational
games.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014)-- Can playing online video
games help students learn
civics education?
You can easily align the
games to the
Civics Education standards.
Global
education, given its relatively brief heritage as experiential curriculum that aims to develop student awareness of social problems, inquiry skills, and capacity and attitude for
civic action (Gaudelli, 2003), would seem to be an ideal platform for the introduction of serious video
games, since their educational aims are essentially the same.
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There have been many similar «
civic education» video
games out there, like the UN video
game to teach kids about world hunger and, my personal favorite, a video
game to teach kids how to gerrymander voting districts to get political support.