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Welcome to the World of Warcraft in School Wiki

 

Members of The LegacyThis is a collaborative workspace for the development of instructional items for the use of the MMORPG, World of Warcraft, in a school setting.  Please take a moment to explore the various sections of the site and if you would like to contribute, please email Lucas Gillispie at lucas AT edurealms.com.

 

The original focus of this project was to develop a curriculum for an after school program or "club" for at-risk students at the middle and/or high school level.  This program would use the game, World of Warcraft, as a focal point for exploring Writing/Literacy, Mathematics, Digital Citizenship, Online Safety, and would have numerous projects/lessons intended to develop 21st-Century skills.  Because of the success of the first year's implementation as an after school program, the program is now being implemented as a language arts elective for middle schoolers designed to provide enrichment for students at all levels.

 

All project materials, including a fully-developed language arts course, aligned to middle grades standards, is now available under a creative commons license here.  The goal is to not only demonstrate the viability of game-based learning using commercial games, but to also provide a foundation or template upon which similar projects can be built.

 

PLEASE NOTE - All portions of this wiki are open and visible.  You don't have to "request access" to be able to read anything here.  However, if you are interested in contributing, and we want you to, when you request access, please let me know your name, if you work for an education-based organization, and what you might like to contribute.

 

-Lucas Gillispie, Project Founder

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Status/News

 

10/31/12 - Sheehy - Suffern Middle School has 35 members in WoW in School this year, ten of whom are plying GuildWars 2.  Some intense compare and contrast in the future!  Also - we have designed an overarching question to quide our culminating project this year.   After watching the Mists of Pandaria trailer...

 

...we focused in on the question, "What is worth fighting for?"  Our Heroes will be responding to that question in whatever medium, or manner they choose--whether it be machinima, dance, photos, music, painting, written or drama.   Excited to see what they come up with!!

 

9/20/2012 - Gillispie - The WoWinSchool Project was featured in THE Journal's September 2012 issue - "WoWing Language Arts"

 

9/19/2012 - Gillispie - Over half the WoWinSchool curriculum in 3DGameLab is now updated to accommodate GuildWars 2!

 

9/11/2012 - Gillispie - WoWinSchool is officially going multi-game!  We've always hoped that the program would serve as a model for other schools wishing to do similar projects, however, World of Warcraft subscriptions can be cost-prohibitive.  Other programs have dabbled in the use of Lord of the Rings Online using our curriculum in the past.  With the emergence of Guild Wars 2, a new, viable alternative has emerged with no subscription costs!  Guild Wars 2 also places an emphasis on personal story which aligns beautifully with the WoWinSchool curriculum.  

 

LeVonda Vickery of RIver's Edge Academy Charter School has received a grant from The Ludus Project to launch a Guild Wars 2-based project that follows the WoWinSchool curriculum.  LeVonda and I have been in close communication about her awesome project and I'm excited to announce that her Heroes and ours will be connected through a common guild!  We're excited that the student guild, The Legacy, is growing and is moving into new worlds!

 

9/11/2012 - Gillispie - Programs at Cape Fear Middle with Mr. Chad Cooper as Lorekeeper, and West Pender Middle with Ms. Sara Toothman as Lorekeeper are fully underway.  We have roughly 30 new Heroes in The Legacy Guild.  We'll have our first guild induction ceremonies in the coming days!

 

8/16/2012 - Gillispie - Whew!  After a long day, all student WoW accounts have been created for West Pender Middle School!  The guild is growing!!

 

8/15/2012 - Gillispie - Had a great chat with Lisa Miller of WFAE 90.7 in Charlotte, NC (NPR affiliate) about our game based projects, including WoWinSchool in Pender County.  Check out the story here:  Harnessing The Allure of Video Games in the Classroom.  (listen to the story by clicking the link in the upper left)

 

7/7/2012 - Sheehy A must see!  James Gee at Games for Change NYC 2012

 

 

7/6/2012  Sheehy - So much great interest generated from our ISTE Workshop and presentations (Lucas you were sorely missed!)  Look for an article and video soon from THE Journal and many new schools  using the WoW in School Curriculum.  Many thanks to the Cognitive Dissonance Guild members who helped facilitate the workshop! 

 

7/5/12 - Gillispie - Updated Parental Involvement page adding links to articles, books, and videos for parents.

 

6/19/2012 - Gillispie - Attending ISTE 2012?  Be sure to catch Peggy Sheehy's session on the WoWinSchool Project!  There's also a hands-on WoWinSchool Workshop, also led by Peggy, and I'll be sharing remotely at the SIGVE Playground on June 25th at 6PM EST (3PM PST).

 

6/13/12 - Gillispie - Creativity begets creativity...

 

So, our WoWInSchool and Minecraft projects are spawning new, creative game-based learning projects in our schools!  Take a look at Sara Toothman's Kickstarter project to bring more game-based learning to her students at West Pender Middle School!  While you're at it, why not pledge $5 to make it happen?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/3/2012 - Gillispie - Excited to announce that we'll officially be adding our second school in PCS to the WoWinSchool Project!  The West Pender Middle Warriors (aptly named) will be joining The Legacy in the 2012-2013 school year!  Grats to WPMS! 

 

3/26/2012 - Sheehy - Had serious peer review of my "new" WowinSchool Quests for 3D Game Lab.  The students in House Enigma read and informed me what was unimportant, trivial, and irrelevant (read: "boring") and what should be inserted in the quests instead.  So glad I remembered my own mantra, "ASK THE STUDENTS!"  The next 3D Game Lab "Teacher Camp" begins April 2 and anyone interested can sign up at: http://3dgamelab.org.shivtr.com/

 

2/22/2012 - Gillispie - Woot!  America Now picked up our WoWinSchool story!  Grats to our awesome kids!

 

 

11/11/2011 - Sheehy - Working furiously to keep up with students completing their quests in 3D GameLab  from HOME on their day off!  Also had an exciting conversation with a school in Canada  planning on joining us ASAP.  More info to follow!

 

10/24/2011 - Gillispie - Excited to be talking with folks from Edutopia today about our exciting project and the exciting things that our learners are doing in the classroom!

 

10/3/2011 - Sheehy - Had our first meeting today!  Twenty seats filled and a waiting list.  My students logged into 3D GameLab, and The Legacy Guild Site (TY Lucas!)  and never once did I hear, "When are we gonna play?" but instead, "Can we do this from home too?" and "Will there be more quests soon?"  Good news: I have four FEMALE WARRIORS this year!  Hooray for the HEROINES!

 

9/26/2011 - Gillispie - Starting to add student work from this year's project to the wiki.  Check out Riddle Poems for some WoW-based riddles/poetry from our learners.  Also, check out, Becoming Lore Keepers, on School Library Journal's website for tips on starting a WoWinSchool project in your library!

 

9/21/2011 - Gillispie - Woot!  Excited to announce we're expanding our WoWinSchool Program to a second school here in Pender County!  We'll hopefully have new Heroes to add to the guild ranks within the next two months!

 

9/7/2011 - Gillispie - The 2011-2012 WoWinSchool Project is underway!  We have 15 new Heroes who've joined the cause at Cape Fear Middle and others from around the world joining soon!  Our curriculum is actively being added to 3DGameLab and our learners are loving it!  I've created "Patch Notes" to explain updates to the curriculum as we move it into 3DGameLab.  They are publicly viewable here, if you're interested in seeing the development process.

 

8/8/2011 - Gillispie - A big thanks to the folks at Shivtr.com for supporting The Legacy, our student WoWinSchool guild!

 

8/8/2011 - Gillispie - Found this feedback on a blog today - "I heard these teachers present this at ISTE conference, and it was one of the most inspirational sessions I saw.  I only went because my son is a big gamer.  Now I want to start a club at my school.  This wiki has everything you need to know about what they did.  The pdf file is huge and has tips, hints and lessons tied to 8th grade language arts common standards." - (http://lwptechacademy.blogspot.com/) - Glad to spark interest!  :)

 

8/5/2011 - Gillispie - Added a Tutorials for Teachers section with videos introducing them to WoW!

 

8/4/2011 - Gillispie - The 3DGameLab for Educators is underway!  We're excited to be involved in this exciting project from Boise State!  Peggy and I are hosting a three week introduction to using WoW with students as part of the camp.  We're having a blast!

 

8/4/2011 - Gillispie - Peggy and I will be presenting again at Games in Education 2011 in New York!  This is a great conference and truly exemplifies the place where "the rubber meets the road" that we need more of when it comes to using video games in the classroom.  If you haven't registered, there's still time!

 

8/4/2011 - Gillispie - So many things going on!  First our presentation at ISTE 2011 was incredible.  We received very positive feedback from the audience and the general consensus seemed to be, "Yes, we really can do this and here's nearly everything we need to get started."  There were many great informal conversations about the project throughout as interest builds.  We're hoping that more schools will be joining us soon!

 

6/17/2011 - Gillispie - After months of work, our World of Warcraft curriculum is here.  As with all things education-related, consider it a Beta version.  We're still learning, tweaking, and coming up with new ideas.  Craig Lawson and I are really excited to share this with anyone who wants to use it.  It contains just about everything you need to duplicate our program.  Inside you'll find all of the learning quests we created, aligned to 8th grade Common Core standards, and with instructor notes and relevant online resources.  Since it was originally designed in Moodle, it should be simple to transfer into a Moodle shell of your own or any other platform.  We're releasing it under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution License.  If you decide to implement a similar program, let us know.  We want to grow this community!

 

6/10/2011 - Gillispie - Our kids have finally wrapped up their machinima projects!  They did great work, especially considering they'd none had any prior experience with filming and editing.  Check out their awesome movie intro/trailers on the Student Machinima page.

 

5/18/2011 - Gillispie - Student work is underway on their Machinima Projects.  Students randomly drew a number of story elements and are creating movie trailers for a film that incorporates them.  Hoping to make the June 1st deadline for submission to the ISTE Machinima Festival.

 

5/4/2011 - Gillispie - Sharing Pender County Schools' work with gaming and learning today at MEGA (Middle Educators Global Activities) in Raleigh.  Here's my handout.

 

4/16/2011 - Gillispie - Just wrapped up another day of curriculum development with Craig Lawson for our WoWinSchool:  A Hero's Journey language arts course.  We have completed 25 student learning quests and only have a few more to go.  We are on track for a June release!

 

3/31/2011 - Gillispie - A couple of late announcements here, but, the WoWinSchool Project will be presented at the 2011 ISTE conference in Philadelphia, PA.  Our session will be Wednesday, June 29th at 8:30 AM.  Craig, Peggy, myself, and hopefully Diane Lewis will will be sharing our incredible experiences with this initiative.  Find out more about our session here.  Also, the WoWinSchool Project was featured in episode 18 of the GroupQuest Podcast.  You can listen to it here.

 

3/19/2011 - Gillispie - Several wiki updates today.  Added links to related projects, Minecraft In School (early development), and Saving The Universe - LEGO Universe (Wiki) from Marianne Malmstrom.  Also added links to four videos from Seminole County's WoWinSchool Project to the Videos page.  A big thanks to Diane Lewis for sharing her learner's responses!  Also check out her presentation "When School Is WoW!" in Presentations.  It was incredible.

 

3/18/2011 - Gillispie - Our Heroes (students) were interviewed for WoW Insider's 15 Minutes of Fame Column!  Awesome! Check out their responses - http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/03/17/15-minutes-of-fame-wow-goes-to-english-class/

 

3/17/2011 - Gillispie - Join our students for a virtual tour of World of Warcraft as part of the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Online Conference. The tour begins at 9AM EST in World of Warcraft.  Sisters of Elune Server.  Create a Dwarf.  Put "VW" somewhere in your name.  Please RSVP to abacuscapalini@gmail.com.

 

3/17/2011 - Sheehy - On SMS Quest Writing Challenge I've added some examples of students writing their own quests, and their peer reviews.

 

2/28/2011 - Gillispie - 

1/22/2011 - Gillispie - Great write-up on the project by Philip Henken at Motherboard.tv - World of Warcraft Raids the Classroom.  Check it out!

 

1/20/2010 - Gillispie - Added two new pages under Student Work today.  Check out Cataclysm - Propaganda and Ads to see some incredible student-designed ads and propaganda, designed "in-character" and related to the Cataclysm expansion.  Also, we to showcase our students' incredible artistic skills, I added a Student Artwork section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/17/2010 - Sheehy - This is just too cool not to mention! Think about the collaborative opportunites. Thin about the complexities of this CORPORATION.  What position would you aspire to?  Designer? Artist? Coder? Musician? Writer? Historian? The list goes on and on....

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12/17/2010 - Sheehy - A Peek Inside Blizzard: Here's a video in which Blizzard designers discuss some of the thinking that went into their Cataclysm decisions! Yes - these folks GET PAID to do this too! Think about that!  

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Read the complete interview from EDGE Magazine. 

 

 

 

12/5/2010 - Gillispie - Very excited to announce that the WoWinSchool Wiki has been nominated for Best Educational Wiki for the 2010 Edublog Awards.  This is a huge credit to all of those who have made contributions to this project.  Some have contributed supporting research, others lesson ideas, while some have had the vision to put these ideas into action.  And, of course, a huge credit goes to our awesome students!  Great job all!  

 

12/3/2010 -Sheehy - Great News! A team from Scarsdale Public School's CHOICE Program have successfully proposed the Hero's Journey Course as one of their new electives.  More info to follow soon! Congratulations to our new Allies!

 

12/3/2010 - Gillispie - Excellent article on the project from Converge Magazine is up.  There's great discussion emerging on a re-post of it at Nathan Sandberg's #EdTech Leadership blog.  Check it out!

 

11/29/2010 - GillispieWoWinSchool - Fall Report.pdf is available.  This report summarizes project activities at Cape Fear Middle (Pender County Schools) from August to November of 2010.

 

11/17/2010 - Gillispie - Students are now "Tweeting" from a character's point-of-view regarding the events of the coming Cataclysm expansion.  Learn more at Cataclysm, Students, and Twitter... Oh Yeah!

 

11/15/2010 - Gillispie - Tonight, Peggy and I will be presenting our work with students using WoWinSchool as part of the Global Education 2010 Conference.  This is a free conference with tons of great speakers and topics.  Be sure to check it out!  If you are looking for our presentations, you can find them on our Presentations page.

 

10/25/2010 - Gillispie - Getting the Alienware laptops imaged has been challenging.  Our awesome technicians managed to get a viable image (that includes all of the Alienware UI perks and mods) and the most up-to-date version of WoW created.  Hopefully, we'll be pushing out to the laptops soon.

 

10/21/2010 - Gillispie - The Aliens have landed!  Our Alienware m11x laptops arrived today.  So far, they are amazing.  Our students are going to be really excited about the customized lighting, not to mention how well they will run World of Warcraft.  I've spent the biggest part of the day getting them inventoried and helping our awesome technical department here in Pender County Schools build an image for them.  The image is mostly built.  Now, we're just downloading/installing World of Warcraft.  I'll add more un-boxing pictures soon!  And, again, a huge thanks to the Breneman Jaech Foundation for making this possible!!

 

10/18/2010 - Gillispie - Virtual field trip for our learners this week -- BlizzCon 2010.  Our kids will be watching the live stream during their class period.  Download the Parent Update Letter and Permission Form.

 

10/18/2010 - Gillispie - "The ground is shaking!" (student) - Oh yeah, Cataclysm is coming!  Love that our learners get to be a part of a live, in-game event!

 

10/11/2010 - Gillispie - Our students have put great effort into submitting mission statements for their guild, The Legacy.  Check out the incredible work they've done on the Write A Guild Mission Statement page.

 

10/6/2010 - Gillispie - I'm really excited and pleased to announce that Pender County Schools has received a grant, supporting the WoWinSchool Project, from the Breneman Jaech Foundation!  This grant will support continued development of the WoWinSchool:  A Hero's Journey curriculum and efforts to expand the project to serve more students in the district!  More news to come!

 

10/06/2010  Sheehy - 

Reflections on Play, Pedagogy, and World of Warcraft in Educause Magazine

 

By Landon K. Pirius and Gill Creel

Great Article!   Key Takeaways:

  • The video game World of Warcraft was the text studied, the laboratory, and the classroom for the online course "Warcraft: Culture, Gender, and Identity" at Inver Hills Community College.
  • The overarching goals of the course involved using the game's immersive environment, learning strategies, and culture to encourage and support student learning.
  • In addition to achieving the intended course outcomes, students successfully transferred the concepts they learned between the real and the virtual worlds.

 

(9/27/2010) - Gillispie - Very excited to welcome Seminole County School System, Florida, to the project.

 


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