Final project

I decided on a final project, trying to tie in a computer program I have had success with in a collaborative classroom method, to a distance learning model. I have used Sim City, in conjunction with social studies classes, as a way for students to get a small opportunity for creative expression, while learning simple economic principles like the effects of taxation and demand on a society. Sim City 4 is the best one-on-one model for a classroom-wide project where the kids build a city, and try to reach a particular set of goals- X number of people, Y number of jobs, at Z tax rate, etc. The only limitation is that you can't take the city online. The new Sim City, Societies, allows you to post your progress to a page on the EA (game publisher)'s website. This way, you can keep track of all the previous goals, although it is not a live look, like spore or other online games by EA. It is still passable enough to allow a teacher to check progress, and in conjunction with a blog page where the students post a reaction, it allows for a lot of interaction between teacher and student.