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SimCityBuildItteachertipsheet Gettingstarted:PlayerswillneedtodownloadtheSimCityBuildItappeitherontheirmobiledevicesorthedeviceswhichhavebeenprovidedforthem.Playershavetheoptiontosignin(withgoogleorfacebook)ornot.Playerswillneedtonametheircity,andthencanbeginplay.Thereareinstructionsforgettingstartedinthegame.Itisrecommendedthattheteacherisfamiliarwiththegameandhasalreadyplayeditbeforeintroducingitintheclassroom,sothats/heisabletohelplearners.Alinktothemaingamewebsiteisavailablehere:http://www.ea.com/simcity-buildit/ Language:Thegamewilldownloadinwhateverlanguagethemobiledeviceissetin.Tochangethelanguage,closetheapp,thenchangethelanguageofthemobiledevice(generallyunder“settings”).Whentheappisreopened,itshouldbeinthenewlanguage. Classroomapplication:SimCityBuildIthasclassroomimplicationsforgovernment,pollution,environmentalissues,infrastructure,services/resources,trade,finances,naturaldisasters,energy,cityvocabulary,directions,decisionmaking,etc.Learnerswillprobablyneedtoplayfor20-30minutestobeabletoexperiencedifferentpiecesofthegame(longerdependingonthetopic). Thisgameisnotaplace-basedgame,meaningthatitcanbeplayedbylearnersanywheretheygo,anditisnottiedtoalocation. ForlearnerswhomayalreadyhaveplayedSimCity,theycancontinuetoplaythegameattheirhigherlevel.Allowinglearnerstoplayattheirownlevelshouldnotaffecttheactivities. Becauseouractivitiesareintendedtobeusedinavarietyoflanguageclassrooms,allmaterialsareinEnglish.Teachersmayneedtotranslatethedefinitions/vocabularywords/worksheetsforstudentsasnecessary. Ifnotalllearnershaveasmartmobiledevice,therearestilloptionsforgameplay.Learnerscouldworkingroups,coulduseschooltablets,orcontacttheirlocaluniversityorlibrarytogetaccesstosmartdevicestouseintheclassroom. Gameplayhelp:The“help”buttoninthegameanswerstoFAQsaboutgameplaythatshouldanswermostquestions.Morehelpisavailableathttps://help.ea.com/en/simcity/simcity-buildit/