12-08-2005 02:28									#1
	Civilization in the classroom - BBC Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Noticed this article the other day, not sure if anybody else saw it on the BBC.

In short, the article debates the use of computer games as educational tools, one of which is our very own Civilization.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4134530.stm

How I wish I could have played Civ all day at school ..

Honest mum, my teacher said I had to play this game for 24 hours non-stop as my homework

I wonder if that means my work would stop blocking Apolyton as a GAMES website .. most annoying

	12-08-2005 02:46									#2
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Europa Universalis increased my awareness of (European) history more than Civ ever did. I prefer board/card games as they can teach you a lot in terms of understanding people and 'playing' them to your advantage.

Either way, games in schools are good for the applied thinkers.

	12-08-2005 03:04									#3
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Civ tends to give you more of a perspective of how the balance of technology, military and growth all mixed in with other groups of people's happened.. Its also very good for kids to hear about ancient civilizations, think of science as a process of building upon existing sciences (dependancy).. Im sure there is a whole load more that can be said about what is beneficial.

	12-08-2005 03:46									#4
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quote: The year-long project is being backed by the games giant Electronic Arts (EA)

leads to...

quote: Games like The Sims provide opportunities to experiment

what does one learn from playing with digital barbie dolls?

	12-08-2005 04:51									#5
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG what does one learn from playing with digital barbie dolls?

anatomy?


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	12-08-2005 12:44									#6
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That small doorways lead to people forgetting they were hungry in the first place?

	12-08-2005 23:00									#7
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Civ for teaching history.

The Sims will just teach them to not have real goals, muck about, and generally waste their lives.

	13-08-2005 00:55									#8
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Civ is good to show how a good balance of economics, politics, tech, and propaganda can lead you to world domination.,.. which, we all know, is everyones ultimate goal

Sims, however, teaches you how to annoy ppl (and is lame)

	13-08-2005 01:21									#9
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civ at school - awesome

	13-08-2005 04:07									#10
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Civ in school is good, EU2 in school would be awesome.

	13-08-2005 09:24									#11
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Actually, a case can be mode for the Sims teaching how to effectively organise ones time and cashflow so as not to starve while also paying off rent. And that babies need to be fed every so often if they are to survive.

What good is learning history if one doesn't survive long enough to become a part of it?

	13-08-2005 14:52									#12
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Civ is good for education. It teaches you to suck up to people/countries bigger than you are and to crush people/countries who are below you.
MWHAHAHAHA

	14-08-2005 11:44									#13
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I see students not missing a game class, keeping quite, not getting addicted to drugs...membership to civanon growing by leaps and bounds

	14-08-2005 11:58									#14
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Civ at school is good. Civ at work is better.

	14-08-2005 14:11									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Platypus Rex I see students not missing a game class, keeping quite, not getting addicted to drugs...membership to civanon growing by leaps and bounds

Yeah, they can get addicted to Civ instead. That should bode well for homework productivity.

	14-08-2005 16:40									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Trip Civ at school is good. Civ at work is better.

Oh, stop bragging and complete the friggin' game, Trip!

	15-08-2005 00:56									#17
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Yes, give us a game before x-mas dammit

	15-08-2005 01:57									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai Oh, stop bragging and complete the friggin' game, Trip!

	15-08-2005 02:04									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin Europa Universalis increased my awareness of (European) history more than Civ ever did. I prefer board/card games as they can teach you a lot in terms of understanding people and 'playing' them to your advantage. Either way, games in schools are good for the applied thinkers.

The worse historical mistake that EU's builders have made, imho, is that in description of Prussia (or Teutonic Knights), they've written that Prussians were a Germanic tribe that's moved into Prussia around VIII century o.s.l.t.
Also, shiite Mamluks... Silesia, Pomerania having German culture in SV century already... eastern Pomerania in Polish hands at the beginning of the game, the relative weakness of the Ottomans etc...