The River City Project

Screenshot of the videogame:

Educational

Historical

First person

Multiplayer online

3D

2D / 3D License:

Freeware

Where to find it:

http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/muvees2003/index.html

Explain how the videogame can be used in an educational context:

The game is a multi user environment with the purpose to help the learning of scientific enquiry. The game takes place in 1800, the story is about a city that is River City dealing with health problems. The students have to make hypotesis on the reasons of the illness and can organize test and experiments.

Name of Evaluator:

Pirkko Puutio

Role of Evaluator:

teacher

Country:

Finland

Date of Evaluation:

01/05/2008