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15 Feb, 2007

Line Rider - Educational? Not really, but fun!

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Google

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A couple days ago one of my colleagues introduced me to Line Rider.  For those (like me) who haven’t heard of this yet, Line Rider is a type of online “toy” where you draw lines and a little sledder-guy slides down the line according to the laws of physics.  Sounds simple right?  Check out this video.

This is just one of many such examples.  There are obvious educational uses… mostly in the physics field.  Granted it is probably mostly just a time waster, but it sure is a fun one. :-) Check out some other crazy examples… or just have fun yourself

1 Response to "Line Rider - Educational? Not really, but fun!"

1 | Neil Hokanson

February 16th, 2007 at 9:51 am

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Well now my whole day is shot! I will spend it doing this! ;-) It is really fun and has some possibilities in a classroom setting. Thanks for sharing.

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