Recently, reporter Greta Kaul wrote a fine story on MINNPOST.com The title was: “Almost 50 years ago, Oregon Trail revolutionized educational software. Can the game’s creators do it again?” It’s a great question. You can read her story and answers by clicking here. The title of Ms. Kaul’s report does ask a key, thought-provoking question: “Can the games creators do
“In the fall of 2014 I was invited to visit Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) in Pittsburgh, which provides a formal preparation program for future technology-based game designers. The structure of the ETC program, the faculty, and the student work that I observed were impressive. Recently, I was fortunate enough to reconnect with
RE@L Blogs: The RE@L View! RE@L brings you a series of blogs and interviews on STEM Careers. Why? Well, there are milions of K12 school kids out there who need to know if a STEM career is right for them. Girls and boys. If a STEM job piques your interest, now’s
Back by popular demand: Know Your STEM Careers! GET RE@L: The RE@L View! RE@L brings you a series of blogs and interviews on STEM Careers. Why? Well, there are milions of K12 school kids out there who need to know if a STEM career is right for them. Girls and boys. If a STEM
RE@L’s VP for RE@L Product Development, Don Rawitsch, recently wrote a Guest Blog for us on his attendance and presentation at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco last month. Click here for Don’s previous blog on this topic. One of his conclusions was that, with hundreds of booths showing the latest in gaming to 25,000 attendees,
More good and fun news on the newest learning simulation game Oregon Trail. Guess where it came from? None other than some Oregon students and their creative teacher. It’s a clear case of hands-on, heads-on learning at its best. Once again we hear from Powell Butte Charter School in Oregon. We heard from them in a recent blog. Click here
RE@L welcomes back our frequent Guest Blogger, Don Rawitsch. Don is also our Executive VP of RE@L Product Development and RE@L STEM Investigatons©. RE@L highly values Don’s vision and creativity with K12 software. Don was one of the co-inventors of the MECC Oregon Trail (OT) learning simulation game from back in the 70′s. Given Don’s industry prominence, he was invited to present to
Happy 3rd Birthday to our RE@L Blog Site! Over 150 Blogs have been published since Feb 21, 2014!* And, three years later, here’s our most recent RE@L Blog just released today. It’s a great story on the power of STEM careers. Just click on the graphic to the right. Our current RE@L Blog sums up the
RE@L has long been committed to promoting STEM learning for our K12 students, irrespective of gender, race, and special needs. Here’s why: The movie we last mentioned in our RE@L Blog, “Hidden Figures,” is still drawing crowds to the theaters. Many parents are bringing their children to see it, and so are teachers bringing their students. Our first blog
Our last RE@L Blog urged viewers to go see a feel-good, family-friendly, learn-lots, PG-movie about the early space-moon program. It’s called “Hidden Figures” and was recently released by 20th Century Fox Films. The film has received many positive reviews and accolades. Click here for our previous blog on the film. Below is the recent IBM story about