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Taking World of Warcraft to the Classroom

Hi folks!Just wanted to share a project that is currently underway with the group and provide some follow-up resources/links from the interview that Peggy Sheehy and I did with Steve Hargadon a couple of weeks ago.Last year, we introduced the WoWinSchool Program in Pender County Schools (North Carolina) and in the Ramapo Central School District (New York).  This program revolved around the use of the popular massively-multiplayer online roleplaying…See More
Discussion posted by Lucas Gillispie Aug 22, 2010
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Lucas Gillispie commented on Leigh Newton's group 'Video Games and Literacy'
Joining this group is long overdue! I am currently working on introducing game-based learning via the iPod Touch and iPad into our district schools and my big project, the WoWinSchool Project, aims to integrate the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft…
Aug 22, 2010
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Nancy Bosch replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
I just saw this reviewed in the eSchool News. Haven't looked at it yet but it is free!
Apr 6, 2009
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Kev replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
Speaking specifically of Portal, it isn't free but it's very cheap ($20 tops, and $10 in some places) and it's a one time fee, not a subscription. There is a free flash version that is pretty neat at…
Apr 6, 2009
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Nancy Bosch replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
Thought so...there is some truth to getting what you pay for, much of the free stuff with either charge a fee or be gone in a year!!
Mar 31, 2009
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Nancy Bosch replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
Kev, Is this it? http://orange.half-life2.com/portal.html Is it free? Tell me more, N.
Mar 31, 2009
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Lucas Gillispie replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
No, there's a subscription. -Lucas
Mar 31, 2009
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Nancy Bosch replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion 'Playing Video Games to Learn pre-Algebra and Algrebra! Our students love it!'
Is it free? I thought I'd looked at it before and there was a fee. N
Mar 31, 2009

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Instructional Technology Coordinator
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http://www.edurealms.com
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http://wowinschool.pbworks.com
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lucas.gillispie
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About Me
I work as an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pender County Schools in North Carolina. I have a particular passion for the integration of video games and virtual worlds into the regular classroom. My current project, the WoWinSchool Project aims to integrate World of Warcraft into the middle school curriculum.

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At 8:45pm on January 11, 2009, JackJack said…
Hi Lucas!

Hope you had a nice winter break. I was wondering if you or your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. If not, perhaps you have some educator contacts you could direct me to.

You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
At 12:45pm on April 1, 2008, Liam O'DonnellLiam O'Donnell said…
Really liking the edurealms blog Lucas. Keep the posts and thoughts coming.
 
 
 

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