Canopus Report post Posted March 6, 2006 If a school was established in your neighbourhood that only taught about video games then would you send your kid there? The curriculum is: Maths - 3D graphics algorithms for video games. Literacy - Instruction manuals for video games. History - The history of video games. IT - Developing code for video games. Art - Graphics for video games. Music - Sound effects for video games. Technology - Game console electronics. PE - Pushing buttons on game console joypads. Breaktime - No bullying in the playground. The kids get to play video games instead. The school gives priority places to kids with AS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mossgrove Report post Posted March 6, 2006 No! It would be a good basis for an after-school club ior a summer school, but there is far more that a child (AS or otherwise) needs to know. Simon If a school was established in your neighbourhood that only taught about video games then would you send your kid there? The curriculum is: Maths - 3D graphics algorithms for video games. Literacy - Instruction manuals for video games. History - The history of video games. IT - Developing code for video games. Art - Graphics for video games. Music - Sound effects for video games. Technology - Game console electronics. PE - Pushing buttons on game console joypads. Breaktime - No bullying in the playground. The kids get to play video games instead. The school gives priority places to kids with AS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tez Report post Posted March 6, 2006 Have asked A whether he would like this as his sole curriculum. He said that he would like to follow it but would also want it padded out with a more traditional syllabus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted March 6, 2006 I haven't asked William, but I would guess he'd love to go to a school like that! Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canopus Report post Posted March 13, 2006 Very mixed feelings. I'm intrigued how Mossgrove can set an upper limit on any knowledge for a kid - video games or anything else for that matter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mossgrove Report post Posted March 13, 2006 Not setting an upper limit on anything, just saying that if Video games were taught to the exclusion of everything else, the lack of the 'everything else' would cause problems. Simon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaisyProudfoot Report post Posted March 13, 2006 In a fantasy world it's a lovely idea but in the real world when you have to know the cost of purchasing 2 video games plus the cashback on a used video game and not getting swizzed by the shop - that requires more traditional mathematics And the no bullying ....... do you what it's like when two AS kids want to play different video games at the same time! I can see the concept, but not the reality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canopus Report post Posted March 13, 2006 In a fantasy world it's a lovely idea but in the real world when you have to know the cost of purchasing 2 video games plus the cashback on a used video game and not getting swizzed by the shop - that requires more traditional mathematics. Simple finance isn't real maths but an everyday basic skill that parents should teach their children. Do you really think that a video game school would teach kids to read and write KS1 level English? And the no bullying ....... do you what it's like when two AS kids want to play different video games at the same time! Why in an educational setting would you want to use two or more video games at the same time unless you are comparing them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
