Introducing Grockit, the SAT Study MMORPG
Jason Kincaid over on TechCrunch recently wrote about Grockit, a startup developing a MMORPG designed to help students study for high stakes tests like the SAT and GMAT. Grockit was a winner in the recent TechCrunch 50, a fact reportedly adding a huge boost to visitors over at grockit.com. Those of a certain age, or at least well versed in classic science fiction lit, will recognize the name as deriving from Robert Heinlein’s term for fully understanding something.
Kincaid says students can work together to tackle questions, and the Grockit team responded to TC50 judge Robert Scoble’s questions about ease of play and time commitments with assurances that students could get in, study together, and get out easily. Teamwork in MMORPGs is one of its most powerful lures, and the idea of repurposing it for studying high stakes exams is an intriguing one. So far, Kincaid says Grockit has garnered about $10 million in seed funding.
Tags: Grockit, Jason Kincaid, Robert Scoble, TC50, TechCrunch
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September 15, 2008 7:47 am
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By Ultimate Game Card, August 24, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
An mmorpg that helps you study for the SAT’s? That sounds pretty cool, especially since I’m taking the SAT’s some time soon, lol.