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user interface is a web browser. It would be possible to arrange a
classroom with one copy of MicroWorld on a single server, and each child's
machine running MicroWorld from that single server.</p>
<p>However, performance isn't very good, and unless you have an unusually
powerful server you may find that when a full class of pupils are running
MicroWorld from a single server performance may be frustratingly poor.
Check your performance before introducing a class to it, and if in doubt,
<p>However, many users accessing the same server at the same time may
lead to poor performance.
Check performance on your system before introducing a class to it, and if in doubt,
running a separate copy on each machine used by children may well be more
satisfactory.</p>
<p>If many users are using the same shared machine, you should make sure
that they don't use the 'original' or 'med' versions of the Great Britain
and Ireland map - both of these are big, and performance will inevitably
be poor.</p>
<h3>Subject areas</h3>
<p>One of my main objectives in writing MicroWorld was to create a system
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class projects. Writing rules will enable discussion of why castles, or
mills, are positioned where they are, and what the social consequences of
these developments are.</p>
<p>You might also want to explore the conditions for the spread of epidemic
disease - such as the black death - I've provided a state for this,
but no rules.</p>
<h4>IT/Informatics</h4>
<p>Obviously, any of the rulesets but particularly the <em>gameoflife</em>
<p>Obviously, any of the rulesets but particularly the <em>life</em>
ruleset are good introduction points to informatics lessons. The rule
language is sufficiently simple that introducing children to writing
their own rules can begin almost as soon as basic literacy is
established.</p>
<p>In more advanced IT lessons, at the upper end of primary school or in
secondary schools, I would encourage you to explore modifying the engine
itself in your classes.</p>
itself in your classes. Also, it would be interesting to write an
export program which would export MicroWorld maps to Minecraft, or
render them as explorable three dimensional spaces using
<a href="http://jmonkeyengine.org/">JMonkeyEngine</a>
or <a href="https://nightmod.net/">NightMod</a>.</p>
<h4>Art and design</h4>
<p>A number of projects, progressively more ambitious, are possible in
art and design.</p>
<ol>
<li>The tiles I've drawn are pretty basic - again, that's
intentional, children can easily produce better ones. They don't have to
be 32x32, but they do all have to be the same size.</li>
<li>The stylesheets providing the overall look and feel of the system
could be modified</li>
<li>If you have an IT project to render a 3d world, you will need 3d
models of each of the states, instead of tiles. That might be a job for
<a href="http://blender.org">Blender</a>.</li></ol>
<h3>Lesson plans</h3>
<ul>