The commissions issue regulations in their own domain. For example, the Building and Safety Commission issues regulations on the height of buildings. As in the real city, neighborhood groups and bureaucratic commissions can interact. Several of the neighborhoods petitioned the commission and got the regulations changed. The commissions also perform logically related functions within the classroom.
Students use word-processing software in writing their city plans and descriptions.
HyperCard stacks and animations are used to illustrate the students' individual plans for land parcels and to illustrate the place of their parcel within the neighborhood and the city. A portion of the city-building activities was videotaped and edited to produce QuickTime clips for a multimedia record of the project. For more information, refer to The City Building Project . All rights reserved. Disclaimer and copyright information.