sku_u Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hey All, As an educator/administrator, I get a ton of unsolicited mail at work. While most of the mail ends up in the round file, occasionally something interesting crosses my desk. Activision in conjunction with LearningWorks, LLC recently unveiled a curriculum package that can be used to incorporate the upcoming Pitfall game Pitfall: The Lost Expedition into the 4,5,6 SS/Science curriculum. This package comes with a poster, 4 reproducable activity sheets, several lesson plans, and a certificate of achievement. Additionally, there is an interactive web page students can use in the classroom: http://www.pitfallharry.com/activitypages/ Here are some digital pictures of some of the items included in this set: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 That's pretty cool - I have to get my wife to look into this as she works with elementary schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Pretty cool looking! If only they had that when I was in middle school. Seriously, they should help students with special needs improve their coordination by playing 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Harlock Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 But the new Pitfall game is again *yawn* soul-less 3D sh*t. I'm already "waiting" for: Rescue on Fractalus 200x Ballblazer 3D Star Raiders Deluxe and so on, everything with system requirements always wanting me to buy a new computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I'll admit that when I first saw this topic, I thought it was going to be about Pitfall Harry (Ben). LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 So has anyone tried the "Pitfall - Lost Expedition" for the modern consoles? How is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 The game is being released on Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube Feb 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 That is neat, sku_u. My mother is an elementary school teacher. I'll pass this information on to her. I bet that would make kids very interested in learning. Too bad it's just South America.........or is it? In any case learning about South America is highly pertinent with the rise of the Spanish language and Hispanic citizens in the United States. It would still be a good lesson for South America alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 The game is being released on Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube Feb 17. I didn't know it wasn't out yet, but I found some bigger pictures over on IGN.com. I didn't watch any of the 5 videos. Looks good from the pictures though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I'm seeing a LOT of History and Sociology, but very little Science outside the rainforest activity. A little lopsided, but still a very cool idea. Hope it is successful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Is it just me, or does Pitfall Harry look a lot like Disney's Peter Pan in that poster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 He does look a little fruity, I'll admit. Maybe they can make up for his girlish physique by hiring the legendary Bruce Campbell to do his voice again. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 But the new Pitfall game is again *yawn* soul-less 3D sh*t. Actually, have you read PS2 Extreme? Reviewer Mark Androvich (who's a genuine retrogamer) likes the way this game is shaping up, 3D or not. He says they've done a fine job at getting the gameplay right, and it feels a bit like some of the classics. Might be worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I think it looks nice and is a neat idea, but will any of the little kids even know who Pitfall Harry is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 cool idea sku_u!! Hope this one takes off! @AtariPitbull-thats why there are Atari Freaks like us amongst the living to explain it to those who don't know-jk Cheers PS sku_u: could the 01 Combat Cartridge (Combat Cannonball Run) COMBAT CANNONBALL RUN anyone?? http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=514776 make its way to your class for show and tell????? post a reply to this question in the combat cannonball run thread if your interested. LMFAO-I had to ask Troll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 PS sku_u: could the 01 Combat Cartridge (Combat Cannonball Run) make its way to your class for show and tell????? post a reply to this question in the combat cannonball run thread if your interested. LMFAO-I had to ask Troll LOL, my students are a little old for show and tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Your never too old for Atari but yes your right your students are too old for show and tell. Cheers bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 As kinda cool as that is, what it really amounts to is a way for Activision to direct-market the new Pitfall game to a good chunk of their target audience. It's school spam. Spam with a practical spin, but spam nonetheless. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but it strikes me as rather sinister that corporate interest should encroach so insidiously upon the halls of education. I know it makes its appearance in all kinds of ways already, but advertisements so thinly veiled with a sheen of education just leave a bad taste in my mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Yep. I'm with MIndfield on that one. I know that schools are desperate for funding and have to compete with the consdtant barrage of media that kids are dealt, but this is pretty atrocious. The thing that turned me on to how wrong it is was when my girlfriend's kid brother's school got new outdoor backboards for baseketball - and they're big ads for Sprite. If big corporations are going to help out schools, then they should do it with their whole heart - not as a cheap ad to a captive audience. If it said "provided through the generosity of the Coca-Cola company" on the bottom in modest letters I'd be okay with that, but kids are already WAY too brand conscious at an early age. They don't need to be forced into more of it by schools' tacit approval. If I were a school teacher, I would really object to the Pitfall Harry compaign, unless they reduced the presence of their charaters in the literature and posters, and it wasn't just a big ad for their upcoming game. Shame on Activision for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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