Royal Navy issues PSP to their sailors

Posted Nov 28, 2009 at 4:39PM EST by Mabie A.

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And Sony's gladly taking it to the marines. After hearing yet another story of how video games are being used to enhance education (Beaterator subs for music teachers in NY public schools), the Times Online now reports that the British Royal Navy has been giving out a nifty little handheld gadget to their sailors, and it's not to provide them entertainment. It's for them to pass their exams. Well, okay, of course entertainment's an offshoot of that too.

The PSP has been passed around to these sailors so that they will be able to read and listen to  their course materials even while on board. They can also supposedly practice for their on-screen tests using the PSP. Talk about living up to its "Portable" name, huh.

Here's how the Navy thought of this brilliant plan:

The idea was developed at the maritime warfare school at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hampshire, which trains electrical engineers for the Navy. Alarmed that a quarter of ratings were having to drop out and retake courses, inductors decided on a new approach.

Consoles will be issued to sailors three months or so before they begin studying at HMS Collingwood, enabling them to prepare subjects in advance, particularly maths, which is crucial. Well what do you know.  A school that requires the PSP to their students.

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# that's awesome — yourmistakes 2009-11-28 18:05

it's like the colleges that require a laptop, except you can't download pr0n with a psp . . . . wait . . .nvm

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# Brilliant — phongthan999 2009-11-28 19:16

great news for Sony.

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# Excellent. — billylee8 2009-11-28 19:22

Kill all pirates!

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# Indeed. — iluvfuz 2009-11-28 20:29

Haaa!

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# Indeed. — iluvfuz 2009-11-28 20:29

Haaa!

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# lol — WiiRolled 2009-11-29 03:03

They will all make big Monster Hunter sessions instead of learning

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# lol — WiiRolled 2009-11-29 03:03

They will all make big Monster Hunter sessions instead of learning

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# so.. — phoenix1414 2009-11-29 05:53

its just for playing audio files? i think they could have gotten a better unit to do that for them lol.

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# so.. — phoenix1414 2009-11-29 05:53

its just for playing audio files? i think they could have gotten a better unit to do that for them lol.

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# learning is fun — truk 2009-11-29 06:05

i think they're using that old "learning is fun" technique.



wow, games sure are being postive influences

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# learning is fun — truk 2009-11-29 06:05

i think they're using that old "learning is fun" technique.



wow, games sure are being postive influences

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# Err..... — Bountyhunter53 2009-11-29 07:55

Is it to late for me to sign up to the navy?

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# Err..... — Bountyhunter53 2009-11-29 07:55

Is it to late for me to sign up to the navy?

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# er.. — lexbian 2009-11-29 14:29

it said in the article that they can use it to practice for on screen tests. *I* would take this to mean that visual content is available on screen.

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# er.. — lexbian 2009-11-29 14:29

it said in the article that they can use it to practice for on screen tests. *I* would take this to mean that visual content is available on screen.

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# Navy. — Power_Surge 2009-11-29 14:53

In the Navy...

You can sail the seven seas.

In the Navy...

You can play your PSP.

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# Navy. — Power_Surge 2009-11-29 14:53

In the Navy...

You can sail the seven seas.

In the Navy...

You can play your PSP.

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# alanparker05 — symbal 2009-11-29 14:59

1

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# alanparker05 — symbal 2009-11-29 14:59

1

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# Gov. — danielakadanny 2009-11-29 15:29

in the Gov...

you can become army strong

in the Gov...

you can experiment with PS3s

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# Gov. — danielakadanny 2009-11-29 15:29

in the Gov...

you can become army strong

in the Gov...

you can experiment with PS3s

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# haha — truk 2009-11-29 17:42

+10 points ya'll

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# haha — truk 2009-11-29 17:42

+10 points ya'll

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