Gaming for Globalization
In today’s global society, we need games that introduce young people to their international peers and their peers’ lives all around the world. We should have games that fully represent the current scope of humanity around the globe. Let inter-ed games help liven up the history or sociology lesson and motivate players to go out and learn more by traveling and experiencing other cultures in reality. Looking to the future, I would be remiss to neglect mention of the vast potential of virtual reality for social science learning – whether used to simulate the helpless feelings of an onlooker during an episode of police brutality or to put the player on the ground in Yemen with an average family experiencing the limitations of intensifying water scarcity. There is certainly a time and place for any type of educational game, in my opinion. However, for anthropology, sociology, history, and political science — namely the studies of people — the most comprehensive way to help students develop their own understanding is through storytelling and immersion. Let each student understand themselves better through the eyes of other cultures, thus gaining a better vantage point from which to manage their way through the modern, global life.
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