School uses zombie game to teach ethics

[The Straight Story]

School uses zombie game to teach ethics

A secondary school in Norway is using a zombie computer game rated 'mature' for its "blood and gore" and "extreme violence" to teach pupils about ethics.

The game, The Walking Dead, is rated 'mature' by the US's Entertainment Software Rating Board, meaning it should not be played by those under 17 years of age.

"I had a deep personal desire to use this type of teaching because I believe it leads to better learning and greater engagement among students," Tobias Staaby, a teacher at Bergen's Nordahl Grieg High School, told Norway's state broadcaster NRK.

He said that during his lessons the class devoted a substantial amount of time to simply playing the game, which is based on an acclaimed comic series by Robert Kirkman.

http://www.thelocal.no/20140120/norway-school-uses

[Oakenshield]

1. Huh, well that's different.

If that happened here, surely there'd be some crazy fundy making a stink about it.

[The Straight Story]

2. Not sure why, Jesus was a zombie

Heck, he is king of the zombies and will raise the dead in the end

[Oakenshield]

3. Hah, quite true.

[csziggy]

5. No, Jesus was not a zombie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101893193

[The Straight Story]

6. so he is the Lich King from Worlds of Warcraft?

He gets around.

[cinnabonbon]

4. The Walking Dead is

an excellent game with a well written child character that you need to take care of. You easily end up caring about the characters. I understand why they'd use it. It's not really about the zombies, it's because of the choices you can do to influence or improve the lives of your fellow survivors.