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Students Take Part in Pilot Educational Project
Posted Wednesday, May 6, 2009 ; 05:52 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, May 6, 2009; 06:22 PM


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The purpose of "Globaloria" is to shake up the educational process.

By Gil McClanahan
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CLAY -- In one Clay County classroom, learning has become a game. "Globaloria" is a pilot project where students develop game as part of the educational process.

"The hardest thing is to get teenagers, youth to learn how to learn and to fall in love with learning, and to enjoy learning," says Dr. Idit Caperton, President and Founder of the Worldwide Workshop Foundation.

"My game is to point out the facts about teenage pregnancy," says Tiffany Thorne, a junior at Clay County High School.

From social issues to math and science, students develop game topics based on their area of interest. One game dealt with the issue of bullies with the hope of changing behavior.

"I myself used to be a bully, but I picked up and found out that being in detention hall wasn't good," says Andrew Coad, a senior at Clay County High School.

The intent of "Globaloria" is to shake things up in education, because developers say traditional methods of teaching are not working.

"We have kids in a program designed in one direction, I think it takes creativity away from kids. This kind of program brings that out.

Several school hours were spent creating the games. The hope is students learned something while having fun along the way.

Seven schools in West Virginia offered Globaloria this year. That number will grow to fourteen next fall.

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smiling teacher
5/8/09 at 9:51 PM
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I just had to smile to hear the student say that he used to be a bully but found out that detention hall wasn't so fun!!! I I had him in class before and I'm happy to see that he is finally growing up. I hope some of the freshman I have will take some advice from him soon!
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Maitreyi Doshi
5/7/09 at 3:48 PM
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Hello,

We are actually offering it to 14 schools this year, and are going to offer it to 20+ schools this Fall.

Maitreyi Globaloria Staff
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Greg Moore
5/6/09 at 10:56 PM
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South Harrison High School has been awarded a grant for the Globaloria project, and will be offering this opportunity to students through a multimedia course.

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