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Save gas! Cruise Web66.

June 28, 2008 in education, historical pre-enactment, Mission, prices, world without oil | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Just in time for summer vacation, the Manitoba Teachers Society has prepared a gameboard with 66 great web destinations (and World Without Oil is one). Fun! Edify yourself – visit all 66! Save gas! Sightsee on the Web Highway

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WWO Lesson Plans: Complete!

March 26, 2008 in education, future history, Immersion gaming, world without oil | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

WWO Lesson Plans
Or almost complete, anyway – finishing touches this week. Teachers, have at it! Your comments welcome.

It was the world's first serious alternate reality game, a cooperative pre-imagining of a global oil crisis. Over 1900 players collaborated in May 2007 to chronicle the oil crisis with their own personal blog posts, videos, images and voicemails. The game ended after simulating the first 32 weeks of the oil shock, but its effects continue, as game designers analyze its unique gameplay and we all watch the continuing drama with global oil prices and supply.

THE CLASSICS

How we got into the 2008 oil crisis

Offshore drilling vs. men in speedboats

Bush in Saudi Arabia: the bank owns us

Oil crisis: internal truth vs. external truth

"Making the world a better place"

The future of alternate reality games

The Petrol War, 2000

"The future is getting closer" (WWO lesson plans)

The subprime energy crisis

The tragedy of lower oil prices