Games are increasingly becoming not only a means of entertainment, but also a subject of serious study. For example, they decided to include the Portal puzzle in the curriculum of the American college Wabash. This initiative was taken by teacher Michael Abbott. He believes that Portal will fit perfectly into the humanities program and will allow students to look at contemporary art and science from a new angle. In addition, Abbott sees deep philosophical implications in Portal, which could well become the subject of fruitful discussion. Valve’s game has already been tested by the educational council, which approved Abbott’s idea. If the Portal experiment goes well, Wabash College’s curriculum may also include BioShock and Planescape: Torment.
News taken from Gambling Mania.
Portal can’t be called deep, Bioshock is certainly better, but if they take P:T into service… Wow. I can already imagine a conference on sin in Planescape.
P.S. When I read the news, tears of happiness welled up in my eyes :).
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Unique Portal course! Only at our school! On computer science, download and install the crack. In English – we translate. We write an essay on literature on the topic of philosophical problems presented in the game. In physics, we study the circuits and operating principle of the portal gun! In physics – learning to jump out of windows!
And why do we need to write and develop educational materials separately – everything has long been available in mass-produced products! O_o
Certainly. So it’s like that. Prices are not profitable for me – they are stupid? War is not profitable for me – it is stupid? Harvest failure, non-certification, death, famine, a new ice age, meteorite fall, and diarrhea are not beneficial for me. But somehow I don’t blame these phenomena for stupidity. Didn’t notice?
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Yes, there will be something on the topic topic?
now they will be studied
task to complete the game who does not complete it until the next lesson (pair) volume 2 =)
Now that 300 Spartans is called a reliable historical film, I personally want to hang myself.
Although I agree with the idea, game-based learning is cooler. But not always.
Well, firstly, I wasn’t talking about the movie, but about the history of the Spartans (as it has come down to us).And a movie is just a movie.there’s nothing historical there.But overall the idea is great.Because then absorption will increase.After all, it’s better to see everything visually than to read a textbook.Well, as for the portal… I haven’t played it personally and I can’t say anything.
Damn… I don’t see a history test =)))
It’s good that I didn’t become an architect. They would have forced me to draw in Turgor)
I’ll give you a vulgar example – what’s better, read about alcohol intoxication a hundred times or show a clear example on video once??
In the main text stupid dry and completely obscure information.that is, the assimilation there is 30 percent.And if you show this, then the absorption rate is 90 percent
Games are a relatively young trend in Art. 30 years is a long time by the standards of computer technology, but in the context of history it’s nothing. And it seems to me that we will someday come to study games within the framework of the plot. Let’s take cinema – it’s also a young direction, only 100 years old, but there are already film experts and others))
A coward is not one who is afraid, a coward is one who allows his fear to overcome him.
And everyone, without exception, is afraid to show the unsightly sides of oneself. It’s too personal, too forbidden, sometimes condemned by society.