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I didn't know whether to put this in the job related forum or here but it is news, is it not?

A Novel Way to Study SAT Vocabulary
Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:10PM EDT
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/11900

Got a Warcraft lover who has little interest in studying vocabulary words for the SATs?

Kaplan, a name well known to anyone who has prepped for an SAT or an ACT, has teamed up with Tokyopop to help raise college prep scores through a series of graphic novels sprinkled with more than 300 words often found on SAT and ACT tests.

Warcraft: Dragon Hunt, Volumn 1: Kaplan SAT/ACT Vocabulary-Building Manga is the first in the Sunwell Trilogy.

The definitions of the vocabulary words can be found in the margins surrounding the graphics, and many of the words are in talk bubbles and sidebars describing what's happening in the story.

I can't vouch for the content since I haven't seen the book. But if you've got teens who are into Warcraft and that's been okay with you for awhile, this could be one effective study tool for college prep test studying. Hey, at least they'll be reading.

LINK: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/06/study_for_the_s.html

I think it's pretty cool. I had a comic book version of Macbeth that I absolutely loved. It certainly helped to clarify Shakespearean English. I was about 12 or so when I first read it, well before I studied Shakespeare in high school. So, does anyone think that this is another example of edutainment or does this idea have true merit?