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America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps as well as AA fan 

America's Army is available on STEAM.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/203290/


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HOOAH! This is America's Arny Proving Ground. Is this the best game ever? is it even worth downloading? does all that tax dollars pay off this free to play game?! Well let's read the describtion "Do you have what it takes to train like a U.S. Army Soldier? Take on the role of an 11B Infantryman practicing combat maneuvers at JTC Griffin, a fabricated training MOUT (military operations on urban terrain) environment. This training is crucial to your success as part of a Long Range Combined Arms – Recon (LRCA-R) unit, a full spectrum capable team that embarks on special operations missions behind enemy lines." Okay, did this game achieve any of what it said in the describtion? This game is design as helping with the army recruitment, making you want to join the Army, this game will show you what it's like to be part of a team. Did it accomplish that? yes and no. 
Yes there are some moment you're team will revive you and sometime they'll cover fire you. 
But man oh man, some player who join a server usually go for the kills rather than teamwork and cooperation.

-Graphic
It's actually not that bad looking. This game is run on Unreal Engine, the vishual look amazing in everyway; but it had some flaws. The model of the redot sight are terrible, and the sound of all the guns are terrible. The AR15 (M4 and M16) sounds like paintball guns, it's comparible to CSGO M4A1S which sound like a stampler. I do give them credit for the models of the soldiers and the guns itself.

-Gameplay
One shot one kill, or maybe 2 or 3 shots. Gameplay is very tactical with some fast pace action, you kind of got everything from a tatical game: Realistic hitboxes, recoils, and the ability to heal a team player :D. Not much of it, just another typical game with fast pace action mixs with tatical realism.

-can i run it?
For a game running on Unreal engine, don't expect this game to run on an Intel Pentium or Intel family graphic. My laptop is already having trouble running it on 1024x764 around 35-46 fps.

-Verdict
Yes, this game is worthy trying out. It's not what i expected but if you want a taste of a tactical gameplay, then go ahead and plus it's free! no microtranaction.


















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Collier County's 5th Annual STEM conference is an opportunity to turn STEM into STEAM

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If you are looking for reasons about WHY STEM should be STEAM, look to the writings of Dan Pink.

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In his second book, A Whole New Mind, he quotes a designer:  "Designers give us things we didn't know we needed."

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To put the "A" into STEM, see the work of Daniel Pink...

STEAM – It actually is quite obvious that the Arts be included in STEM education. A look at the works of Leonardo da Vinci will attest to this! The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC. Pink presented strong evidence that educators must include right brain lessons in addition to the inclusion of historical left brain activities. A reading of his book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future, is a must for any educator, especially those interested in STEM education. It is evident that inserting the A (Arts) in STEM and creating STEAM allows for true innovation, and it is innovation that will allow students to be successful in a flat world. Bringing the Arts to STEM allows students to remember the creative juices that come with the smell of a Crayola Crayon, the engagement of Tinker Toys, and the creation and remixing of that first Easy Bake Oven. It is the STEAM that allows students to not just be technology consumers, but technology creators! Proper infusion of the Arts will create a STEAM culture that engages and promotes intrinsic learning. In the space below I have included some sites that may just allow educators to integrate the Arts, allowing STEM to become STEAM!

FROM A BLOG POST by Michael Gorman

Here's a summary of the book

See the summary

See also the WikiPedia summary.

See the interview with Oprah Winfrey (Oprah gave 4500 copies of the book in 2005 to graduates of Stanford University)

Pink's later books build on other skills needed by students
How to motivate ourselves and others (Drive)

See the article

How to persuade others (To Sell is Human)
His first book Free Agent Nation describes why schools need to change to help students practice being "free agents" (entrepreneurs).  When was the last time a teacher

Seven Survival Skills by Tony Wagner

said, "You are in charge of today's class.  What do you want to learn and how do you want to learn it?"   That's the skill of "taking the initiative," one of seven survival skills identified by Tony Wagner, Harvard University.  See  "Seven Survival Skills"

Digital Portfolios by Students.  CLICK HERE

If you want to turn STEM into STEAM with the arts, why not use digital portfolios (combining photos and videos with the logical presentations of science projects) and Dan Pink's themes?  The combination can be seen in the work of students at High Tech High.  See the comment presented by Jay Vavra:

From Jay's Blog

See how videos can bring more "story" into science.  See the demonstration using Google Glass

Collier County's "Cool in School"

Adam Winkle uses Google Glass to flip his classroom (using videos to students in their homes so that students show up in class the next day ready to discuss the experiment that thye have watched)

These experiments can be tracked in a student's iPortfolio:

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