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Post Date: 2018-12-02
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    Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 3:03pm
As an over the hill, grizzled gamer, I have no doubt that children today would rather be on their cell phone than listen to an educational lecture.  I also have no doubt that children would rather play games than do work. 

Being the observant persion that I am, I could not help but notice how few high school students take calculus while in high school.  They would much prefer to have an off-period their senior year to run errands for the school office.  So I thought, why not come up with a video game that teaches calculus!

With that said and since I am over the hill and grizzled, with no money to speak of.  Therefore, I strong-armed my colleagues at Texas A&M University and we came up with a game to teach Calculus.  I can now announce that Variant: LImits is available for purchase, and to learn calculus in a video game setting.


I shall end my declaration with one of my favorite quotes, from my favorite book:  "Why, I've sometimes believed six impossible things before breakfast."


Edited by forrest74 - 03 Dec 2018 at 5:47pm
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Posts: 7966 		  Quote hoserator Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 3:33pm
@forrest74: wow, that is a very interesting game play/lesson teaching tool. Congratulations and the best of success and luck. Awesome
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Posts: 7330 		  Quote Cretae Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 1:23am
Very impressive presentation I must say! I have been under the impression that high-schoolers looking for advanced placement credit often took calculus, but I stand corrected. This truly seems to be an excellent opportunity to enhance a lot of educations in a captivating way. Kudos, and I hope it takes off big-time!
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Posts: 7966 		  Quote hoserator Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 2:00am

What happened?
The first post was a bit off but now that it's gone, the title makes no sense. Confused%20Wink
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Posts: 13000 		  Quote Tidgxor Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 11:24am
It's odd that it gave forrest thread ownership too. Crazy

Ah well, such are the magical lands of the internet. Big%20Smile
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