For the benefit of those who are considering introducing simSchool in teacher education courses, here is a brief reflective report from a professor sharing “what worked.”
Fall 2007:
Preservice teachers: 59
Instructors: 2
Spring 2008:
Preservice teachers: 26
Instructor: 1
Our findings: Students have resisted this program due to the learning curve and time it takes to really get the program [...]

The following came in via email:
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Greetings. I was delighted to see someone had put to test something I have been thinking about for some time now. I design elearning mostly for medical education and instructor training. I have been looking for a social simulation authoring environment for teaching and coaching trainers primarily [...]