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Is it something you can introduce into your classes TBD? Physics and Science classes would eat that up.

I've always been a little too maths/science challenged to give it a go, but I love what it does.

Still playing Hearthstone?

Yeah had pondered myself what a cool teaching tool it would be at schools that has the resources to use it.

As a history/English teacher though, it wouldn't work in my world.
 
Yeah had pondered myself what a cool teaching tool it would be at schools that has the resources to use it.

As a history/English teacher though, it wouldn't work in my world.
There is probably room for something like Gone Home in a Year 12 English class from the narrative story telling aspect. Short, cheap and a great, relevant story to young people (although possibly very confronting for some). It would also be cool to explore emergent story telling mechanisms that come out of games like Crusader Kings 2. Would take a very enlightened curriculum though.

On a side note TBD what is the attitude to comics in a secondary English program? Any progress there or is all still Greene, Dickens and if you're lucky Vonnegut? (I ended up reading 3 Graeme Greene novels in 11-12 o_O, a long time ago mind you)
 

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There is probably room for something like Gone Home in a Year 12 English class from the narrative story telling aspect. Short, cheap and a great, relevant story to young people (although possibly very confronting for some). It would also be cool to explore emergent story telling mechanisms that come out of games like Crusader Kings 2. Would take a very enlightened curriculum though.

On a side note TBD what is the attitude to comics in a secondary English program? Any progress there or is all still Greene, Dickens and if you're lucky Vonnegut? (I ended up reading 3 Graeme Greene novels in 11-12 o_O, a long time ago mind you)

The major texts in Senior English at my school at present are Shakespeare (Macbeth), Miller (The Crucible) and Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby).

I like Shakespeare but hate teaching it.

Love teaching the latter two though, especially Gatsby. Love, love, love the more subversive/social critique stuff of Fitzgerald and Orwell. Wish we could do even edgier stuff along those lines like Hunter S Thompson, Palahniuk and Vonnegut but that is the HoD's call.
 
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The major texts in Senior English at my school at present is Shakespeare (Macbeth), Miller (The Crucible) and Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby).

I like Shakespeare but hate teaching it.

Love teaching the latter two though, especially Gatsby. Love, love, love the more subversive/social critique stuff of Fitzgerald and Orwell. Wish we could do even edgier stuff along those lines like Hunter S Thompson, Palahniuk and Vonnegut but that is the HoD's call.
Oh yeah The Crucible and Animal Farm. Did those as well. Fight Club the book is so relevant to young people, especially young men it would be fantastic at school. Shame it has to be left to the smaller numbers entering the Humanities at uni.
 
The major texts in Senior English at my school at present is Shakespeare (Macbeth), Miller (The Crucible) and Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby).

I like Shakespeare but hate teaching it.

Love teaching the latter two though, especially Gatsby. Love, love, love the more subversive/social critique stuff of Fitzgerald and Orwell. Wish we could do even edgier stuff along those lines like Hunter S Thompson, Palahniuk and Vonnegut but that is the HoD's call.
Interesting. IPA stooge complaining that they don't teach literature like they used to last week in the media. Demanding return of Black Beauty and Dickens etc. shows the writer knew **** all about what either of those 2 were actually about in the scheme of things.
 
Interesting. IPA stooge complaining that they don't teach literature like they used to last week in the media. Demanding return of Black Beauty and Dickens etc. shows the writer knew **** all about what either of those 2 were actually about in the scheme of things.
Now I like an IPA as much as the next hopped up beer lover but I don't see what right a craft beer maker has to tell us how to educate our kids. :)
 
Ack I'm stuck in Townsville and have family commitments up the wazoo this weekend. Draenor couldn't have dropped on a worse weekend.
 
Who is playing WoW and what server are you on?

I have a spare 90 upgrade I can level up a character on if the opportunity to play with BF people came up.

I'm on Saurfang from memory.
 
60min queue on Frostmourne this morning, I moved my US server characters over there because I already had some on it... It's going to be even worse on the weekend when I might get a chance to play...
 

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60min queue on Frostmourne this morning, I moved my US server characters over there because I already had some on it... It's going to be even worse on the weekend when I might get a chance to play...
It's probably just the Brisbane players on their G20 holiday.

What I am hearing, however, is maybe I should enjoy my family this weekend and play next weekend. :cool:
 
Who is playing WoW and what server are you on?

I have a spare 90 upgrade I can level up a character on if the opportunity to play with BF people came up.

I'm on Saurfang from memory.

Barthilas here. I don't know servers matter any more with cross-realm questing (not that I've really tested that out).
 
Hit me up on here or the Tweeters if you're up for game.

I'm at work just knocking over a few things but will be back in an hour or so.

Probably wont load it up until the innings break in the cricket.
 
Just on the teaching point, I know some schools are using Simcity as the base for assignments and teaching of social sciences....

Sigh.... I wish I was a kid :(
My wife will be teaching Middle School Geography next year and is looking forward to breaking out the Simcity. It is the only computer game she has ever played.
 
My wife will be teaching Middle School Geography next year and is looking forward to breaking out the Simcity. It is the only computer game she has ever played.

During my prac, I successfully used elements of Red Dead Redemption to teach the concept of population density......

Try figure that one out :D
 
My wife will be teaching Middle School Geography next year and is looking forward to breaking out the Simcity. It is the only computer game she has ever played.

Yeah the 8 GEO syllabus has a unit on sustainable cities & urbanisation. Absolutely tailor made for Simcity. Unfortunately it's just not technically possible at my school.

FWIW the wife and I are both teaching 8 GEO this year so if Mrs POBT needs any resources etc feel free to get in touch.
 

Yeah just took the new tracks for a spin.

The Zelda, F-Zero and Excitebike tracks are outstanding.

Dragon track ok.

The Ice Outpost level is bland as hell. They phoned it in on that one.

Retro track selection is a bit of a mixed bag. Wario's Gold Mine is a great track... Yoshi's Circuit is not the most exciting track design but it's a good technical driving track. Another Rainbow Road track though... *sigh* you trolling us Nintendo? :/

Great value DLC for $10 though.
 

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