High schoolers learn life-saving lesson from Mario Kart Wii
How do you keep kids from getting distracted? One school thinks Mario Kart is the answer. In order to teach kids about the dangers of texting while driving, Colorado’s Vail Christian High School has introduced the “distracted and drowsy driving program,” in which kids play Mario Kart Wii while answering and sending text messages, in order to see how phone use adversely affects driving skill. As a bonus, the program teaches awareness of hazards like banana peels and turtle shells.
The program, which also includes deterrents like a chair that simulates a 5MPH collision and a golf cart that simulates drunk driving, is part of Vail Christian’s entry in a National Organization for Youth Safety contest. The school stands to win a $10,000 award if its program wins. Students who successfully demonstrate understanding of how dangerous texting while driving is will also earn college credit in Obvious Studies.
[Via GamePolitics]
High schoolers learn life-saving lesson from Mario Kart Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 19 May 2009 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Wii Music introduced into D.C. school’s curriculum
A Washington D.C. elementary school has turned to Wii Music to help win support for its music program.
FOX News 5 D.C. reports H.D. Cooke Elementary school isn’t using the software to replace the music curriculum but to further pique the students interest in music. The Wii Music injection is, in part, a response to a mandate by D.C. School Chancellor Michelle Rhee for every school to have a music teacher on staff. H.D. Cooke is the first school to use such a program; however, the program is planned to spread to 50 schools across the United States.
The supplemental usage of Wii Music is a good example of engaging kids with popular tech from their generation; however, it will give them the false hope that playing a trombone is as simple as waving your hands around like a crazy person.
[Via Kotaku]
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Miyamoto shows the kids Wii Music
Since we all know Wii Music is not a game, but a toy, the target audience has to be the really young. Why else would Miyamoto be at a Japanese preschool, showing off the title? But, hey, we have to give it up to Shiggy and Nintendo. If there’s a great way to gather interest in a title, it’s with a dozen or so cute, smiling children.
Gallery: Wii Music
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