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    Valve, the creators of the popular Portal video game franchise, received many emails from teachers who played the games in their classrooms. In response, Valve created an educational department for Portal 2 to help teachers integrate the games into their curriculums. They developed tools like Puzzle Maker that allowed users to create their own puzzles, and the Teach with Portals initiative to provide resources for teachers. While Valve saw themselves as game developers and not educators, the educational aspects of the Portal games allowed them to support teachers and students.

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    Valve, the creators of the popular Portal video game franchise, received many emails from teachers who played the games in their classrooms. In response, Valve created an educational department for Portal 2 to help teachers integrate the games into their curriculums. They developed tools like Puzzle Maker that allowed users to create their own puzzles, and the Teach with Portals initiative to provide resources for teachers. While Valve saw themselves as game developers and not educators, the educational aspects of the Portal games allowed them to support teachers and students.

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    Portal 2 Article Summary Response

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    Keaton Delmar Johns
    Valve, the creators of the popular Portal video game franchise, received many emails from teachers who played the games in their classrooms. In response, Valve created an educational department for Portal 2 to help teachers integrate the games into their curriculums. They developed tools like Puzzle Maker that allowed users to create their own puzzles, and the Teach with Portals initiative to provide resources for teachers. While Valve saw themselves as game developers and not educators, the educational aspects of the Portal games allowed them to support teachers and students.

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    KeatonJohns
    ProfessorSterrantino
    English201017
    16January2015
    Summary/Response
    HowPortal2DevelopersBecametheBest6thGradePhysicsTeachersEver
    KatieSalensarticleconcernshowthehugescientificaspectoftheacclaimedPortal
    franchisehasactuallyhelpedmanyteachershelptheirstudentsgrow.Afterthehugesuccessof
    Portal,Valve,thecompanywhocreatedPortal,keptreceivingemailsfromvariousteachers
    teachinggradesfromelementaryschoolallthewayuptothecollegelevelonhowtheywould
    alwaysplaythegameinclass.ThecreatorsofValvesawagreatopportunityinthis,andcreated
    aspecialeducationaldepartmentforPortal2.WiththiscametheprogramPuzzleMaker,which
    allowedanyonetocreatetheirownpuzzlestheTeachwithPortalsinitiativewasalsomade,
    whichallowedtheintegrationofthePortalgamesintoteacherscurricula.ThecreatorsofValve
    neverthoughtofthemselvesaseducators,butthebrillianceofthePortalgamesallowedthemto
    becomesomethingbigger.
    Thisarticlewassoincredibletoread.IamahugefanofthePortalfranchise,andIwishI
    couldveplayedthosegamesinmyscienceclasses.WhileIknewthattheywerealreadyhighly
    educationalandmentallystimulating,IhadnoideaoftheeffortsthatValveputintoactually
    beingeducators.Itreallymakesmehappytoseetheseenormousgametycoonsshowcareand
    appreciationfortheirfansinthisway.IwonderhowmuchthePuzzleMakerandTeachwith
    Portalsinitiativeactuallyteachaboutgenuinephysics.ThephysicsofthePortalseriesarequite

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    abstractandpossiblyfabricated,soIhopethattheintegratedteachingdemonstratethetruthpf
    modernphysics.

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