Quest+for+Knowledge


 * Seminole County Public Schools**
 * WOW in School**

This is the second session of SCPS WOW in School. Students will begin to learn the lore of their race - dwarf, draenei, human, gnome, or night elf. In the hero's journey, this represents the Exposition of the story. They will also learn the basic mechanics of the game and learn about their characters through the quests in their starting zones. There will be a lot of vocabulary building and a lot of sharing at the end about what they learned.
 * **Lesson Plan: Quest for Knowledge** ||
 * **Background:**


 * This may be a two-day assingment, stretching to Tuesday. Students may be allowed to take home WOW books for more background reading!** ||
 * Understanding to be Developed:
 * Stories contain a backstory or exposition - in this case represented by the lore of their race. This lore will impact the way the character will act and interact with its environment, just as in literature it drives the actions of the hero.** ||
 * Evidence of Understanding:
 * Students will work in groups by WOW-race (gnome, dwarf, night elf, etc) and complete a chart to be shared with the class. Questions to be answered include:**


 * 1. What did you learn about the lore of your race?**


 * 2. How did your first quests tie into the lore?**


 * 3. Do you have any special abilities that are connected to your race and lore?** ||
 * **Lesson Outline:**


 * Preparation -**

Signs in the room to denote wow-race areas - night elves, dwarves, etc. Students should go to computers designated by race. Snacks available. As students grab a snack, they are to log into Blackboard, go to the discussion board and begin posting. Charts made for Lore Record Keeping
 * Make sure all students are in Bb.**
 * Make sure that enough new accounts to cover new arrivals have been made.**
 * Computers on and Bb log on page showing.**
 * Headphones and mice in the room for the temporary laptops.**


 * I. Welcome Heroes**
 * New students are taken aside by a Lorekeeper to create avatars.**

1. What kind race/class did you choose to create and why? 2. What role do you think your character will fulfill? (tank, dps, heal) 3. How is this character like you or unlike you? 4. Why did you choose the name you did? Does it have a special meaning to you or to your type of character?
 * Other students sign into Blackboard and Post in Discussion Board**

Students will group up by WOW-race and log into WOW. Listen to the starting movie covering the background lore. Books are available to each group to cover more aspects of the racial lore. Accept first quests - read and tie them to the lore of the race. Learn to use first spells/abilities. What are they called? What do those words mean? What special abilities does your race have?
 * II. Getting In World**


 * *Check for meaning with students - **
 * Ask them to explain their first quests - did they read them and do they understand what is being asked. **
 * Ask students what their abilities are called - what do those word mean? (Wrath, etc..) **


 * III. Hero's Reputation**


 * Do any student qualify to be initiates yet? (Do we need a chart that gets initialed?) ** ||
 * Wrap Up / Evaluation

Students share the lore of their race. Students explain the spells/abilities of their class.

Each group posts their chart and shares with the group

1. What did you learn about the lore of your race?

2. How did your first quests tie into the lore?

3. Do you have any special abilities that are connected to your race and lore? ||
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections

__//Lorekeeper Lewis//__ We got off to a hectic start. The computer lab machines are having trouble and while we fix the issue, we brought in 26 laptops for the kids to use. Hooking up the laptops to power, ethernet, etc created some lag in getting started. We also had 8 new students and accounts had to be created. ONCE we got started, however, things got moving. Some of the kids experienced the frustration of not knowing what to do - an important step for them! Learning something new should include "pleasant" frustration, and while they might not have seen it as pleasant initially, they were happy and proud when they figured things out. Students worked well, helping each other out. We set a policy of only explaining things once. If a student misses what to do, they are to find someone in the class that can tell them. There was a tremendous amount of engagement in the room. Some students got very far - level 4! - while some just got to level 2 as they struggled with what to do. READING quests became an important task! At the end, although we didn't do our charts yet, students verbally shared out what they learned about their lore, starting zone and quests. We'll pick up again on Tuesday with the students working on zone quests and working in a party to help each other.

__//Lorekeeper Camilleri//__

__//Lorekeeper Coleman//__ ||