3MRT Launch InQuizitor
(Gamers go back to School)
Today, 3MRT launch their much awaited games based study software for schools: InQuizitor.
InQuizitor is aimed squarely at today’s digital natives - school children of exam age who are immersed in a digital environment.
As well as providing a fantastically fun method of covering curriculum content for all students, the company designed the software to be compelling enough to re-engage many of the children who aren’t fully participating in the exam and study process.
The designers, who include several members of the original Grand Theft Auto team have been working on the product for two years. In partnership with teachers, children and parents, the company believes it has the achieved the right mix of stealth based learning and curriculum content to make the product a staple requirement for all schools.
Euan Mackenzie, CEO of the company said "There seem to be a lot of very bright children who for many reasons don't fully participate in the exam process. Our work with schools suggests that children with a lack of confidence in their own academic ability can be re-engaged by delivering key information in a hands-on and highly visual study environment."
InQuizitor is based on stealth learning concepts, where the learning is initially a secondary but necessary requirement to level up and win rewards from the game.
As users immerse themselves in the game, the acquisition of knowledge becomes the target.
Although the product comes with curriculum content, teachers can take full control of the system and set their own questions, raise the difficulty of the games and configure the system for different age groups and abilities.
Euan Mackenzie: "Games in education don't compete with classroom learning for a child's attention. They compete with high end games consoles running phenomenal graphics and addictive game play. Therefore an educational game needs to build in a level of competitive engagement that makes the student return again and again. InQuizitor does exactly that."
Notes to the editor:
Product Website: http://www.inquizitor.com/
Government support: InQuizitor has been built with support from Scottish Enterprise Tayside.
Schools: InQuizitor has undergone pre-release testing in several Scottish schools and will go live for students on 3 May.
About 3MRT:
3MRT was founded in 2002.
The company headquarters are in Dundee, Scotland and the company also has development centres in Edinburgh, Scotland; Bangalore, India; and a sales office in Massachusetts, US.
3MRT accelerated learning software was first developed and is still used at one of Scotland’s leading medical schools, to help undergraduate medical students prepare for their exams.
In 2003 the company launched its on-line revision system, which is currently used in schools throughout 9 Local Authorites as well as in universities, postgraduate education, corporate assessment programmes, finance and banking, project management, healthcare and defence organisations.
Using a combination of computer gaming and visual software techniques, the company’s products are designed to develop the kinaesthetic, visual and linear skills that help learners understand and retain far more key information in the process of study. Its software aims to accelerate the learning process, assist the learner with achieving higher levels of attainment and improve the overall return on investment on all existing educational resources.
