week 7 assignment (serious gaming)- info tech in global economy

 
Class,
This week we are going to look at and use some of the serious games that have been listed in the article.
Your assignment this week will be to look at a few of the sites and become an active participant. Please do not pay for anything, but you can join any of the free sites. I want to have you look around and explore the games that have been referenced in the article.
Please find two sites from the list below and visit the website.

Visit the site and look around.
Join the site if possible or just explore the organization or company offerings.
Write a two page paper on what you find and try to relate the analysis to what you have learned in the chapter and what you have learned thus far in the course. Please make sure to include the following answers to these questions in your paper.

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What does the gaming software do and how would this be helpful in public policy, learning, education in general.
How and where would the ‘serious game’ be implemented.
Please include a few screen shots of the simulations or demos of the simulations with explanation. 

Have fun!
Please Choose two of the following for your paper:
Serious Games
2050 Pathways https://www.gov.uk/2050-pathways-analysis
Breakaway (Disaster Management-Incident Commander) http://www.breakawayltd.com
Budget Hero http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/budget-hero
CItyOne http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/cityone/index.html
Democracy http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy
Maryland Budget Map Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame
MP For A Week http://www.parliament.uk/education/teaching-resources-lesson plans/mp-for-a-week-game/
NationStates—create your own country http://www.nationstates.net
The Social Simulator http://www.socialsimulator.com
Urgent Evoke http://www.urgentevoke.com
World Without Oil http://worldwithoutoil.org