Here are four student perspectives on our soft-skills work with New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Playing the Wii is not kind of silly. We play the Wii because of teamwork…. We’re a team what will stay alive and we don’t tell each other to say shut up or to get out of the game. Me and [another student] don’t get along all that well. We sometimes fight but when we are playing the Wii we are a team and a team sticks together. I don’t tell [the other student] to shut up. When we finish the level we [say things] like nice job and that was great. We give high 5s.
If someone came into our school and saw we were playing the Wii and they asked why, I would say, we get to because we finish our work.
It helps us learn because it teaches us teamwork. It’s important because it gives us something to look forward to at the end of the week. We haven’t been arguing as much in class.
I’d say that we are learning teamwork and we are making goals.
I asked all of our students to justify our Wii time as a persuasive writing exercise since they’ve come to value it. We have some elaboration and mechanics work to do, but I’m happy there’s a clear purpose for the Wii in each student’s mind.
Do you have any questions for the kids about their soft-skills work on the Wii? Please comment below!
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To the first group, how can you take the skills you are learning as a team with someone you don’t get along with and use them to help you get along better outside of the game?
To the last group, what goals are you setting for your learning in your classroom subjects?
To 2nd & 3rd groups, how is playing the Wii helping you in school?
BTW, Super Mario rules! My favorite is the old school Super Mario Word – Yoshi’s Island
Posted 15 Mar 2010 at 10:05 am ¶Hi, Coach G -
I put your questions to all of our students this week. Here are their responses:
Stop fighting in class (3 respondents).
Push classmates to finish work on time we can play as a team (2).
Use teamwork with parents at home (2).
No change (2).
Get along with classmates in support groups (1).
Get along with classmates on the bus (1).
Think of gaming as a privilege for using teamwork (1).
Use strategies to get along with classmates (1).
To finish my work on time (4).
To be ready for Expo Night (1).
To be the best (1).
To finish chores at home (1).
To get along with classmates (1).
To get good grades (1).
To make plans (1).
To share (1).
No change (1).
It helps me not to argue (6).
Posted 19 Mar 2010 at 2:52 pm ¶It helps me use teamwork (5).
It helps me communicate (2).
No change (2).
It helps me use strategies (1).
It helps me with problem solving (1).
It helps us know each other better (1).
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