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New Video Game to Teach Kids Peace and Non-violence
Professor Melanie Killen and then-doctoral student Nancy Margie spent months working with interactive gaming veteran F.J. Lennon and his team - including animator Dave Warhol - as they developed Cool School: Where Peace Rules.
"I was brought in as a developmental psychology consultant to create the conflict scenarios and conflict resolution options in the video game as well as to provide feedback about the developmentally appropriate nature of the text, the game, and the characters," said Killen.
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), The University of North Texas and the University of Southern California were involved in the game's development.
The FMCS has a federal mandate through its youth initiative to combat school violence and bullying by teaching conflict resolution skills in at-risk schools.
Cool School is a whimsical, interactive game "designed to teach children about conflict resolution in a lively, fun, entertaining, and developmentally appropriate context."
Students "journey to the fanciful world of Cool School, where everything from erasers to desks to books to basketballs are alive and full of personality."
The player gets to experiment with different solutions to the conflicts, eventually progressing through 10 levels and 52 different scenarios that Prof. Killen and Margie developed. Tested at school locations in Illinois, it's already received high praise - by teachers, parents and students alike.
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