We held our first meeting of the WoW club this afternoon. What can I say? Kids pick these things up so quickly. Before I knew it they were 3 levels above me, riding phoenixes, questing and learning to get around. We decided to keep everyone in the Alliance, which means a few of us, myself included had to create a new character, as our first characters belonged to the Horde. We are very lucky in that our systems manager Mr. Montes is a bit of a WoW expert, having played extensively over the years. The kids were thrilled to have him introduce the game to them and take their many questions. By the time we got out to the computers the energy was really crackling. The bell rang at 3:00 and no one moved to go home, myself included. Most of us continued playing until just before 4:00.
We didn't begin the readings or the reflections this week. The readings will begin after the Christmas holidays, the reflections start next week in this blog. So what did we learn?
The students began learning about WoW lore. They learned how to move and communicate in-world. They learned to accept and complete quests and began working together in order to meet their objectives.
Next week we will blog about our experiences so far, take part in some more quests and then prepare to reconvene in January. I don't for a minute think the kids will leave it at that. I can imagine that most of them will continue playing over the next couple of weeks. I can only hope to try to keep up with them when we return. I know they will have a lot to show me in the new year.
I am including a copy of the
letter with live links here for any of our parents who need one, in order to explore further. I will be posting a video in the blog later on, which explains how to set up parental controls for those who plan on downloading the trial version at home.
