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11th October
Following on from the Consolarium’s launch of materials on how some Aberdeenshire schools have exploited Guitar Hero on the PS2 games console, Musselburgh Grammar School have taken on the idea of a gaming tournament week to raise funds for charities.
In the Aberdeen schools students used the guitar-playing game as a launch pad for running their own virtual rock bands, from concert promotion to financing, to the final performance, of course.
Guitar Hero is being used in Musselburgh exclusively for the public performance element - ‘bands’ of students playing famous guitar rock songs against each other, battling for points in return for their accuracy and speed. It’s a great and simple way to get into gaming for learning, and raise some money at the same time.
Categories: Gaming
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Comment from OllieBray
Time: October 11, 2007, 8:20 am
You have not seen the last of Guitar Hero for the Musselburgh Cluster - there will be some big news coming soon!
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Time: October 13, 2007, 3:46 am
[…] Ollie Bray expands on the gaming sessions senior students have been organising for younger pupils at Musselburgh Grammar School, and sees yet another simple role for gaming in keeping kids in school at lunchtime, eating the healthier food of the canteen, instead of venturing to the deep fried alternative in the high street. So could gaming, so often associated with the new couch potato generation, actually be making our kids healthier? […]
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