ALEX M SACCARDO | WRITER / DESIGNER
“In less than the span of a generation, the world has gone online. Teachers have had to adapt quickly, looking for new ways to prepare students for success in an ever-changing technological age. To stay relevant, it’s been important to engage students via structured online learning activities, made even better when based around a student’s existing hobbies and interests…”
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”For boys, relationships and knowing they belong – knowing that they have a place – are all very important.”
- Deputy Principal Allison Elcoate
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“The club made sense; we felt we could help other students and make a difference.”
- Kate Li, student at Kristin School
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Despite it being school holidays, students from schools across Adelaide have opted to spend their free time participating in a League of Legends tournament at Hybrid World. As part of the tournament, students take part in the sportsmanship workshop, which encourages students to think about their actions in games throughout the day, and how their behaviour might affect others: positively and negatively.
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“Most students game. It makes them want to learn, it’s relevant to their world,. They benefit from the lessons that can be learnt through this medium: responsible online behaviour, collaboration, resilience – all the things that come from playing games.”
- Charles Rushworth, Big History (B.H.P) Teacher from Liverpool Boys High School
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“The club was blown away when the hall was filled with close to 400 students; we had to turn many more away because there was no more room. The students playing were cheered by the audience and were blown away by the response.”
- Steven Van Garderen, Hard Materials Technology Teacher.
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As part of Riot Games’s learning program, I worked with Two Hat Security to design a series of lesson plans that teachers can use in the classroom.
See the first of these below.
Making content easy to access and navigate is important. Your target audience, purpose, tone all come into play. I helped design and wrote the content for Riot’s Learn with League page. a site aimed at teachers and students who are looking to bring League of Legends into their schools.
