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Hi Everyone,
I am a high school teacher from British Columbia (Canada) and I have developed over the years a simulation that turns classrooms into countries and students into citizens. The results were so amazing, that my wife and I have invested years of time and money to develop it into something that other educators could use. It's now web-developed so the online program sets up in-class political & economic events (e.g. Elections, Congress/House of Commons, Town Halls, Open Markets, National Courts, etc.). See www.civicmirror.com
If there was enough interest (10+ commit), I would be willing to put on a one-day workshop where attendees would learn about it, get the chance to play it, and then discuss how we could use it to teach democracy in our schools/colleges/universities.
Let me know.
Previously Regan Ross wrote:
*snip*the online program sets up in-class political & economic events (e.g. Elections, Congress/House of Commons, Town Halls, Open Markets, National Courts, etc.).
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Hopefully this is not the only way in-class political events would occur? It would hardly be a good simulation if the 'citizens' could only influence the events in specifically controlled ways.
In example: Could we be revolutionaries and overthrow our classroom government,
installing a dictator who was previously elected by consensus among the
members of the revolutionary group?
That would be awesome.
(The coup would likely be faux-violent, but it would be terribly poor sportsmanship to
simply deny ones death in the simulation, or unrealistically ignore threats of such. Perhaps nerf or water weapons
could be used for simulation purposes?)
Previously Kian Serna wrote:
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That would be awesome.
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Especially if the 'coup' such as it were was to occur during another part of the simulation, such as a national court, etc.
With reference to the text below, absolutely. Please click link for a video overview of the program. http://www.civicmirror.com/viewVideo.php
My apologies for not attending the conference; I did not feel that there was much interest as of mid-July and arranged my schedule accordingly. If any of you are educators and are interested in The Civic Mirror, the number of Free Trials I will be able to manage on my own for Fall 2008 are quickly disappearing.
"In example: Could we be revolutionaries and overthrow our classroom government,
installing a dictator who was previously elected by consensus among the
members of the revolutionary group?
That would be awesome."
Regards,
Regan Ross.
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