Mobile Learning Experience 2013

Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplay Games, or MMO’s, have dominated the computer gaming industry for the last several years. MMO’s go beyond traditional computer gaming, though. They are vibrant, persistent, and surprisingly social worlds, and now many of them are mobile! As educators begin to take their first steps into these spaces, we’re finding that there’s a wealth of often overlooked educational value for our learners. Join Peggy Sheehy and explore the highly popular MMO, World of Warcraft, as well as the free ELA curriculum, "WoWinSchool: The Hero’s Journey". Peggy has been running this program with 6th -10th grade students since 2008, and has a wealth of tips and tricks to share! Not only will you be introduced to World of Warcraft, but you’ll also learn strategies used to adapt worlds like these to our classrooms, and the concepts you’ll learn can be adapted to any MMO, including Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars 2, RuneScape, and others. Grab your sword, strap on your armor, and don your educator’s cap of wisdom as we embark on a quest for learning!