At Soomo, we love us some simulations. And thanks to Amy Atchison, assistant professor at Valparaiso University in Indiana, who sent us this pretty awesome link she got from the UNDP.

“Inside the Haiti Earthquake” allows for a “first-person simulation based on documentary footage from Haiti and real-life decisions scenarios.” You begin by deciding on whether to “play” as the journalist, the aid worker, or the survivor.  Depending on your decision, you are immersed in different situations; decisions have to be made, and “you’ll be given the opportunity to commit to various strategies, and experience their consequences.”

In the way of a user tip, Dr. Atchison is “planning to work the Haiti simulation into [her] Intro to Comparative class this summer, using it to illustrate how natural disaster recovery is affected by state capacity (or lack thereof).”