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A LOCAL ADVOCACY
NEW STRATEGY TO TEACH
CHILDREN ABOUT THE
VIOLENCE AND BULLYING --
THEY'RE DELIVERING
LESSONS TO MIDDLE
VIDEO GAME!
REPORTER ANDREW
PROVIDENCE WITH
FIVE.
THE LATEST VIDEO GAME
CHARTER SCHOOL AND IT'S
UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY'VE
ONE OF THE TEENS WHO
HELPED TO CREATE THE GAME.
BE A POSITIVE THING FOR KIDS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE REAL ROBOTS OF ROBOT
HIGH HAS PROVIDENCE
SEVENTH GRADER MARCUS
"It gets really complicated, and
I'm
VAZQUEZ IS ONE OF A HANDFUL
THE NEW VIDEO GAME. UNLIKE
MANY OTHER GAMES ON THE
BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD REAL
ROBOTS USES MISSIONS TO
VIOLENCE AND CYBER
BULLYING.
based
on everyday things that people
another
reason I like it."
PARTIALLY BY KIDS. SEVENTH
DESIGN SOME OF THE
CHARACTERS IN THE REAL
ROBOTS. HE SAYS PLAYING THE
GAME TEACHES MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
CRITICAL LIFE LESSONS.
"So that they could learn what
relationships."
THAT'S WHAT THE SOJOURNER
HOUSE IN PROVIDENCE IS
CENTER FOR DOMESTIC
GRANT TO DEVELOP REAL
ROBOTS ALONG WITH A MEDIA
RECENTLY THEY STARTED
TESTING IT IN A FEW SELECT
unique
the
only domestic violence agency
this kind of teen violence
prevention
work."
THIS GAME WILL BE AVAILABLE
PURCHASE BY SCHOOLS ALL
OVER THE US. WITH THE
PROVIDENCE MOBILE
NEWSROOM ANDREW
ADAMSON EWN.