May 16, 2026
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How a Teacher Used Civilization IV to Teach Roman History

Natalija Knaidele05 mins

Education Games Research had an account of a Canadian teacher, Dr. Shawn Graham, who employed a unique approach in using games in education. The teacher set up a scenario in the popular simulation game Civilization IV to allow students to become one of the factions in Ancient Rome’s “Year of the Four Emperors” that took place in 69 A.D. after the assassination of Nero. During that year, four successive Roman generals, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian in rapid succession marched on Rome with their legions and seized power.

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Tacy Trowbridge on Adobe’s Education Exchange and Promoting Creativity

Ivan Kuo12 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts. This week’s guest was Tacy Trowbridge, Head of Education Programs at Adobe.

Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, August 22 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we feature Nicole Lazzaro, creator of Tilt World and president of XEODesign Inc.

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In this week’s episode, Gabe and Tacy share some of Adobe’s education programs to see how they’re getting kids to become more creative and the resources they’re offering for educators and students. You’ll learn about Adobe’s Education Exchange, Tacy’s approach to motivating students in education, and a spirited user-chat about gamification user-experience. Watch the full talk below:



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