Role Playing Game : Inside The Haiti Earthquake

A very short review
'Inside The Haiti Earthquake' is an 'RPG/online simulation' based game that lets you experience the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake from three points of view ; which is : a survivor, an aid worker, and a journalist. I have chosen the role of an aid worker and my task was to ensure that supplies were distributed evenly to the victims of Haiti's earthquake. For this game, it is mostly 'choosing what to do next.'
Firstly, you are given a role and after choosing that role, a video of the disaster is shown to you. Next, this is where the 'choosing what to do next' comes about. At one point in the game, I chose to give supplies to areas where it is needed most and I was shown a clip of hungry people swarming to my aid truck for food and water. People were getting push aside and among them were women and children. Now comes the question, how do I incorporate this particular game to teach writing?

First of all, this game and like any other games must be accessible and appropriate to the students. 'Inside The Haiti Earthquake' is accessible, however, the fluency of it depends on the internet connection. In my opinion, it would be at best if this game were to be played offline . Constant loading would not be a problem especially to low internet connection areas. Also, this game is not appropriate to those of 15 and under as some clips were not suitable. Therefore, for me, this game can be played by students of form 4 and form 5.

Teaching method

Firstly, I would have two sessions with the students. For the first session, I would give the students a chance to play as one role in the game. Then, before the game, I would tell them to note down on the questions asked along with their answers that they have chosen. Then, for the second session, I would asked them to write a paragraph using the answers that they have chosen to create a story. This would really help to improve their use of connectors and transition such as however, but, in spite of. Also, this would help them to see clearly on how a story can flow.
For example :

As an aid worker working to help those who are affected by the recent Haiti's earthquake, I have traveled to Port Au Prince ahead of my shipment. Next, I took a flight on a helicopter to make arrangements of unloading the supplies at the port. However, I soon found out that the port was damaged by the earthquake.
Therefore, I asked the fishermen if they could ferry the relief items from the big ship to the shore and they agreed.

This is an example that I did on what I want the students to do. Doing this activity could help the students to improve on their usage of connectors and transitions and thus improving their writing skills.