[blog] Seymour High School blogs about Ayiti
Brandt Schneider's high school class was asked to play and blog about Ayiti. Here's what they had to say:
Genevieve's post:I have always believed that interaction is the best way to learn things. This allows for the point you are trying to put across to be understood greater. My belief is shown in the Ayiti game. It not only allowed for and intgeraction of what they had to deal with but it put you in charge of dealing with the problems and trying to live a life if you lived in that area.
Lena's post:
I agree that in schools that we should use education games just like pilots use flight stilulations. After playing the game Ayiti, I learned about the poverty and how difficult it is to live and have a family in Haiti. Some might say that this game can eliminate a worksheet, but I think that there is a point were we need to have some sort of worksheet because we didn't learn about specific facts. The worksheet could be on the computer.Mary's post:
Ayiti really helps me grasp the concept of poverty. Whenever I play this game, I can never find my way out of it. The struggles these countries face are unbearable and it helps you realize how lucky you are. This method of teaching should be required. You understand and learn about the problems in Haiti but in an interactive and more interesting approach.Meridith's post:
I also like how education may be moving in the direction of going onto the computer and learning the lessons first-hand. Ayiti really impacted me when I saw first-hand what a struggle it is to survive in these countries. I could actually see how no matter what efforts my family put into staying alive while happy and prosperous, it was useless because there are so many factors against them.
