US, Israel, Bahrain, UAE youth to combine in development exchange program to create video games with a social message. The US State Department is set to help 2,700 students in the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain engage in a virtual student exchange program centered on the development and creation of social impact video games.
Read MoreNow, in a program announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of State, this pantheon will include video games. In the latest round of Stevens Initiative grants, the U.S. Department of State and the nonprofit Games for Change announced a new project that seeks to engage 2,700 students in the U.S., Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in a virtual student exchange program centered on the development and creation of social impact video games.
Read MoreThe founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially - whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges - learn to more successfully interact with others.
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