From LauncherWP: State Department pursues “people-people” diplomacy through video games
, which is funded by the U.S. State Department and Bezos Family Foundation alongside other governments and institutions and is implemented by the Aspen Institute. Though a quantitative analysis of the program is still being planned, the U.S. State Department remains bullish on gaming as a way to facilitate “people-people diplomacy” on issues such as climate change, gender equity and food security, especially among young people.
That changed for her and her classmates after a candid moment in which an Israeli student said “s---” during one of the video conferences. Milana Keliza, 17, participated in the program with her class at Tottenville High School on Staten Island, which was partnered with Mekif Yud Alef High School in Ashdod, Israel. She said was always curious about the code behind video games.“For me, I just love problem solving and figuring out how things work. I feel like creating games and finding bugs is just something I like to,” she said.
“If someone they don’t know reaches out to them like that, they think it’s a scam,” said Williams about his students. Pollack said G4C and teachers are going into next year “with a lot more clarity with what we can achieve.” She expects the current crop of teachers will be primed to understand what does and does not work.G4C plans to work with a cross-cultural dialogue expert next year who will help prepare students for the experience of working with peers in a different country, Pollack said. She believes, though, that the key connective elements are the games and U.N. sustainability goals.
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