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PBS Wisconsin educational video game playtested by New Century students wins international honors

A group of second and third graders at New Century School played a hand in helping develop the video game for PBS Wisconsin Education. Teachers Larry Gundlach's and Courtney Bennett's classroom joined 18 other classrooms across Wisconsin involved in testing out the free online video game, which is based around shipwrecks and maritime archaeology.

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Educators turning to video games amid covid-19 pandemic

Teachers are utilizing widely played games like Roblox and Minecraft to demonstrate scientific principles like climate change or cellular biology, and those games' publishers are making their platforms as accessible as possible to educators during the crisis. As teachers around the world seek creative ways to engage homebound students with coursework, video games are aiding that effort.

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