Valve Bringing Portal 2 To Your School
Written by: alt639
Published on: Jun-22 18:49

Steam for learning? How peculiar.

Valve has recently announced that they will be offering a cut-down version of Steam to schools. Educators and students alike will have access to this service.

However, students who are hoping to play Portal 2 will be disappointed. In fact, students won't be able to play any games through this version of Steam...

It only offers access to Portal 2's level editor and workshop. However, this is great news for everyone. For students, it allows them to be creative and apply themselves. For PC gamers, it means that younger kids will be exposed to Steam, potentially increasing the userbase of Steam and adding to the ranks of PC gamers, which can't hurt. For Valve, they profit.

It's exciting to see new and inventive ways of teaching children. Math and physics are often difficult for students, and Valve's approach looks to bring fun into these fields of learning.

Is this a good idea or simply too distracting/advanced for young minds? Let us know if you think this should happen and why?

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Zahn97

10:52 Jun-25-2012

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They should allow students to test the levels they make and design :D

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They try to profit , thats for sure, but at least something can get out of that try.

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21:10 Jun-24-2012

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Great Idea !

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I read about this earlier today. Obviously; Valve are in it for the profit but at least its a good way to profit from. When you think about it, its ingenious! On the flip side though, its actually on the children and 'how' they plan to use :)

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