World of Warcraft in School: Student Perspectives

[Makalon102]

omg now wow is gonna be full of kids -_-

[TheScapeGOD]

Also, you should try RuneScape in school, because I use to play it at a young age aswell. Maybe that would be a good test.

[TheScapeGOD]

I'm curious to know of how long you did this survey and what level did one of the kids get to? aka the child who got to the highest level.

[nerdscience]

@TheScapeGOD These guys got to around 45 or so.  Our current group will have some getting closer to 70 I suspect.

[TheScapeGOD]

@nerdscience wow, that's impressive. I played World of Warcraft myself and it's quite difficult. Except I didn't find it that interesting. Have you seen my other comment suggesting the game RuneScape?

[frazybaby1]

If this comes to my class, I would have to teach everyone cause unfortunately, I am the only one who plays in my grade because everyone else thinks it sucks and that it's for nerds and crap.

[jackestripador01]

OMG! GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL GOT THEIR WOW ACC DELETED!! O_O

[fuble878]

i'm like there age and i play wow i have 2 85s made all by myself...been playing for 4 years now

[Marzln]

Same headset here! :D

[LukasVideosify]

I don't actually like WoW but this is still way better than what we did in my school back then.

[RandomVidi]

No way!

[exploder707]

they rly need to stop playing it because i don't wanna lose bgs

[vkvanja]

Everyone outside wow will be happy because their kids are learning about: reading, writing, communication, leadership, mathematics...

On other side, all players inside of WoW will be very unhappy, because you just brought them 20 noobs that will die out in bgs, making everyone lose xD

[nerdscience]

@vkvanja Nahh, they're not that bad! :P

[vkvanja]

@nerdscience xD, i'm jking, btw nice videos

[Oliv3rb]

I wish this was my school!

[77greekgod]

YAAAYY!!! A school full of nerds (=

[Davenmor]

Do you as well have classes where you discuss the danger of internet/game addiction and how to avoid it, keep well and fit?

Because how old are those kids, maybe 10-12? I doubt that they are able to control the playtime on their own even adulds have big problems with that!

[nerdscience]

@Davenmor All accounts are managed by teachers with strict parental controls turned on. They don't access their accounts outside of the program. All student play is directly tied to a particular learning objective. And yes, we are addressing a variety of issues related to digital citizenship and responsible technology use. It's one of the project's goals.

[BatCoil]

@nerdscience whats if they ask there parents to make a account and get addicted?

[HomerJS24]

Sorry, but I really think this kind of education wont work...

The students focus is only on the game and not the school content....

Its just entertaiment!

Sorry for mistakes, my English isnt perfect =D

[nerdscience]

@HomerJS24 Keep in mind here, this program isn't really about World of Warcraft at all. It's about enriching students' reading/writing skills. The video game is just the vehicle. It provides an exciting context. Students are spending most of their class time completing project lessons. See examples of their work at the project wiki.

[theosja]

@HomerJS24 As an educator, I can tell you that the kids are learning and not even realizing it. WoW offers the students a real-world context in which to learn and apply important skills (reading, writing, communication, leadership, mathematics). To the teachers who started this program, THIS IS AWESOME!!

[vkvanja]

@theosja agree

[qqqqq942]

if you have more Videos post pls

[nerdscience]

@qqqqq942 We hope to be posting more videos about this project in the coming months. Our goal is to have students create machinima which we'll be sharing.

[vanessaluvsuu]

APshhhhhh i want this project ;)

[GusenbauerAffe]

most epic project on azeroth... äääh.. earth :D

[pachetah]

lol all toon lvl 11-30 i cheked the aka-(name)s on armory and found the school guild

[Bennie9296]

Great idea, but why are they all alliance? O.o XD Jk, I wish we had this.

[nerdscience]

@Bennie9296 Great question. That choice was made b/c the educators working with the kids already had Alliance characters there.

[ldawley]

Woo woo, this is a cool project, congrats!

[pithlydawn]

This seems like a great project. It's cool to hear the students' perspective. What levels are y'all at? :)

[pithlydawn]

This seems like a great project. It's cool to hear the students' perspective. What levels are y'all at? :)

[jokay75]

Brilliant work! Congratulations WoWinSchoolers!

[jokay75]

Brilliant work! Congratulations WoWinSchoolers!

[Kirunawinter]

This is just what James Paul Gee is talking about in his book "What video games have to teach us about Literacy and Learning"

This here is a great example of the learning aspects of video games. The students really engange in thier virtual identities, and being active in the affinity group by talking to other students over the country.

It makes me glad to see this, and i hope this project spreads around the world!

Regards

Petter

[KristyLee90]

Great to see that the kids are so engaged in this.

[nerdscience]

I wish we could expand the project! :)

[morganite123]

@nerdscience infact, i think this project may have been an inspiration for many things happening in school today. for example for my GCSE's this year, i took creative media, which is learning about video games and marketing and such, thank you for showing people that video games can be used to teach students different skills that are often overlooked just because alot of adults think playing games is a waste of time and dont take the time to see that people are actually learning.

[Reiki151]

oh not fair why isnt y school doing this