This game would definitely be great for older students as they are discussing bills, laws, policies, the different departments, etc. This might be a bit challenging for my younger students to understand, but at this age, they are learning different roles and identities. I think they would absolutely love being able to be the President of the United States. I know my students and they would think that’s the coolest thing ever.
In grade school, we had the opportunity to play video games online, but they were all drill and practice. With a game like Executive Command, the player is in charge of making choices and decisions based on what they feel would benefit the American people.
There was no true technology integration at my grade school as we were just mostly taught from the textbooks. I believe that incorporating a game like this into a History lesson would certainly be beneficial as students will have the opportunity to look at different policies and understand what’s a good policy and what’s a bad policy. Then they have to figure out which department those policies need to go to. The teacher can ask the students what made them choose that department or why they decided to sign or veto the policies in order to check for understanding.
I truly enjoyed playing this game. It was highly addictive and I just liked having that role as President. It made me want to be a good President for the people and to choose policies that would help America succeed.
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This game looks great! What aspect of the game did you like the most? I want to try this game out considering i would never want to be president!
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Hi, Matt! The part of the game that I liked the most was reading all of the policies and figuring out which policies were good, and which were bad. Some of them were a bit hard, but as we learned in class today, the mistakes I made helped me to figure out what decisions to make next. I hope you check it out!
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Lauren, I am only on page one but have an initial question. From your post, it is evident that you are taking on the identity of the President. However, were you able to modify the look of the President? Can you choose the race of your character, gender, hair color, etc.? The customization is intriguing because it would help with the lack of representation in a game, especially when taking on the identity of such a fascinating career (I don’t know if I could handle the stress of being President, my hair is already turning gray!)
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Dom, thank you for your comments! In this game, you can modify the look of the President. I was actually going to include that in my updated blog post, so be sure to check it out!
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Lauren, the questions keep coming as I am turning pages! Page 2 with the notion that you have to pick the correct statement to ensure satisfaction. Think about that: should the player choose the statement that will please the people or the true statement? The game may or may not go into that detail, but the power the game holds is truly fascinating.
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Dom, when I was playing this game, I felt the pressure to choose the correct statement in order to please the people. If I didn’t my satisfaction progress would decrease. When I wanted to choose a statement that felt correct, in my opinion, it wasn’t good enough for the people. It’s definitely interesting to think about!
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Lauren thanks for that insight!
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