The first of a new generation of educational games built to meet the needs of today’s students is now available for download by educators, students, and parents. SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge! was launched by GlassLab, a MacArthur grantee that is exploring how digital games can be effective environments for learning and make learning more relevant by connecting it with students’ interests. SimCityEDU includes sophisticated individual assessment models that provide information on students’ abilities to problem-solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and interpret informational texts and diagrams.
