WRITING EXERCISE: Find three photos and write about the details and how the photos are connected

Students who use simulations on computers can actually train their brain for the future
Athletes use visual images to practice a move before a tournament or competition.
Drivers who are learning a new skill can practice that skill in their minds.
Video simulations allow you to practice and RESET and try it again.   
Some students spend 30 minutes or more to get something to work online.  They take screenshots before and after the solution is found.
WRITING EXERCISE
1) Take screenshots of "the problem" and "The choices or options" and "how I solved the problem" or (what I did and this was the result...).
2)  Write two sentences about each stage.  Explain the situation in the photo and answer at least one of these questions:

How to make a screenshot
On a WINDOWS computer, the screen shot is made by SHIFT ALT PRNT SCREEN 

EuroTruck screenshots

on a Mac (Apple), the keys are COMMAND + SHIFT + 4 to make a cross hairs to create a selection box.

Accurate Travel

FOR MORE IDEAS about how we use simulations to teach communication, see these links below

Here is an example showing how teachers use simulations.

Go to this LINK
/www.colorincolorado.org/

These SIMULATIONS help students learn to communicate
work together
adapt
learn rules
calculate quickly

Here are the links

Learning with Computer Games and Simulations

www.cited.org/index.aspx?page_id=143

Most people agree that video games can promote learning, although critics suggest ... travel through Mesopotamian time using math, reading and writing skills. ... Students who use simulations report that they feel more confident in their skills ... The game is designed to teach immunology to high schoolstudents as well as ...

Games & Simulations - Teaching Commons

teachingcommons.depaul.edu › Technology Resources

The FITS interactive-design team works with the content expert—the faculty member—to either ... Keeping students engaged: Games and simulations can provide a valuable ... to improve students' persuasive and creative writing skills in other disciplines. ... What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy.

Education Week Teacher: Featured Teaching Channel Videos

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Education Week

In this video, math teacher Madeline Noonan introduces her students to a new ... gain a deeper understanding as they practice their listening and speaking skills. ..... in Covington, La., has her students use art to improve their descriptive writing. ...teacher in La Puente, Calif., engages his students in a farming simulation as a ...

Project-Based Learning: Differentiating Instruction for ...

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1452279276

William N. Bender - 2012 - ‎Education

project is more exciting for many students and allows for much greater publication ... a video is very similar to outlining a written theme, and writing skills (e.g., ... using these modern teaching tools; the use of gaming and simulation software is ...

Role Play/Simulation - OTIS Open Source Tools for ...

otis.coe.uky.edu/.../Role%20PlaySimulation.html

University of Kentucky

Video games are simulations, with one of the most popular ones called by a shortened ... As in all teaching strategies, the better planned, the greater the chance of success. ... Role playing is a means of trying out and practicing social skills. ... The use of role-play improves student writing in the social studies classroom.