# Gaming for understanding

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxPhoenix
- Speaker: Brenda Romero
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_romero_gaming_for_understanding)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies -- so when Brenda Romero's daughter came home from school asking about slavery, she did what she does for a living -- she designed a game. She describes the surprising effectiveness of this game, and others, in helping the player really understand the story.

## Lectures

1. [Gaming for understanding](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/brenda_romero_gaming_for_understanding/a775478d95b3), 10 min (TED's player)