We got these controllers donated by PowerA, so we can play Breathe of the Wild, and have more players in class tournaments of Mario Kart/Smash.
We got these controllers donated by PowerA, so we can play Breathe of the Wild, and have more players in class tournaments of Mario Kart/Smash.
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This class is one of a few more fun semester long senior elective English classes at my high school. We also have film as literature, poetry of rock and roll, creative writing, etc… I have 26 Xbox series S consoles, 2 PS5s, 4 Switches, and now 30 Gameboys (assorted colors and advance consoles). We play a variety of games, and focus on either analysis of characters, plot, or general lore in a game. I have been working hard to make materials for my class for the past 2 years, and have shared everything I have made on my class Patreon. My school has a print shop that lets me make booklets, so I focus on posting lessons and booklets I have made.
My focus this year is expanding our Nintendo game offerings.
I work at a public school in rural Oregon, and got everything in my class with grants. I have written dozens of grants for the past 3 years (1 year before my class officially started) and won over $15,000 for various consoles, games, and class improvements. I was really lucky to get a grant from an NBA team last year! I love what I do, and am glad I can share what I make.
What stories are you analyzing in Smash and Mario Kart?
Breathe of the Wild?? I really, really hope that’s a typo…
I am crying in awe. People who denied that video games are art will apologize after they realize they are greater than books or movies.
Days gone has one of the more interesting stories in a game that I was actually interested in.
Have you crushed your students hearts by having them play undertale or Celeste?
Wow those are some lucky kids to have access to classes like that
Back in my day playing video games in school got you suspended
the perfect class doesnt exist…..
hold my controller
I did a calculation and on average all those controllers cost €890
Dude, I’m kinda jealous! I went back to uni as an adult, I’m on my second to last semester (working full time mo-fri and going to uni on saturdays). We finally got a class called game development, and it’s absolutely useless. The teacher barely knows anything about a few key things in C#/Unity and just all around not a great guy, I’m currently taking notes from one of his boring ass videos.
Wish we had something cool like this instead, even without the controllers, Video Games are such an underrated storytelling medium!
That’s so dope! Where were you when I was failing English 😭
I’ve never wanted to go back to high school until now…
I’m an English teacher too. You might want to take a look at Heaven’s Vault. Not only does it have a compelling story, but one of the game mechanics is translating an unknown language. There’s a little grammar and syntax in there. (Of course the languages structure is based on Coptic, so it might not be that useful.)
School has changed a lot. I got a choice of chemistry or physics, and law or drama.
If I was in your class I would do my project on HI-FI RUSH
Damn I wish my HS was this cool when I was in it
Wow, my school’s computer class just had me repeatedly die of dysentery, this sounds so much better!
Cool! I had a teacher who wrote a grant request for a new concept that was “[our state] as text.” Meaning we had grant money to take field trips all over the place, including overnight trips, instead of just sitting in the classroom reading about it. Not as fun as playing video games, but we thought it was cool.
Man school has changed.
I graduated in 2012, and for one of my last English papers I wrote about Shadow of the Colossus and how grief can really blind someone to think they’re doing the right thing. My teacher at the time said video games aren’t set and they don’t carry the depth of books or any other literature.
Good on you for doing this. I’d love to have been in one of your classes.
No wonder these kids can’t read or pay attention longer than 30 seconds.
Teach them to read from BOOKS. Imagine!
Game ideas for time periods.
WW1.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War.
Battlefield 1. The campaign “War Stories”.
The Dark Ages.
A Plague Tale: Innocence.
Medieval times.
Have a game of Crusader Kings 3 and have the class make important decisions via consensus.
I am curious as to what this class would be like. I also kinda wish this was available at the school I went to.
I’ll take jobs I wish I had for $500, Alex.
Bro my school had cows come to play patty bingo for FFA week there’s no way you’re rural if this is what you got 😂
This is such an amazing idea for a class! The kids that normally wouldn’t be interested in class are probably so much more engaged than they would be otherwise! Love this! Teachers like you make an important difference in so many lives!
There’s so many games with great stories and lore. I’m currently playing Horizon Forbidden West… it’s a super great story!
Damn, this almost makes me want to go back to high school lol
The things they implement in my school the year after I graduate:
Always a pleasure to see one of your posts