The primary focus of this project is to develop a curriculum for an after school program or “club” for at-risk students at the middle and/or high school level. This program would use the game, World of Warcraft, as a focal point for exploring Writing/Literacy, Mathematics, Digital Citizenship, Online Safety, and would have numerous projects/lessons intended to develop 21st-Century skills.

I always agree games and study can come together harmoniously.

Via: GameSetWatch
Image: WoWinSchool

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WoWinSchool, World Of Warcraft In Schools

Second Life has silently managed to sneak into second place in the “PC Games” category as the most played title.

Traling them far behind are games like Dar Messiah of Might & Magic, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Bookwork, Half-Life 2, Civiliation IV, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Chessmaster Challenge, and StarCraft.

I am surprised to see Chessmaster Challenge make it on the top ten, but I am happy that at least a lot of people are spending time exercising their brains more than any of the other games could offer.

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Second Life Trailing World of Warcraft

From July of 2007, players have completed a total of 8,570,222,426.

The original WoW game started with 2,600 quests, Burning Crusade with 5,300 and Wrath of the Lich King at 7,650.

World of Warcraft

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16 Million Quests for WoW

Ron has decided to start a Monkey Island based guild that he’s inviting anyone to join. His only stipulation is that your character must have a Monkey Island themed name. Can you imagine how many different spellings of Guybrush Threepwood will be on this server?

Here’s the info Ron has given out about his guild:

I’m starting a Horde aligned Guild on the Server Quel’dorei called Threepwood and any WoW players looking for a Money Island Themed Guild are more then welcome to join me.

Ron also points out that he’s not there to baby sit you, so if you’re into hard core guilding stuff, like killing dragons and keeping stats and crap like that, you’ve come to the wrong place. I guess Ron is more into the fun of WoW and not the stats. Which is interesting… because grumpy people usually don’t like fun. At least that’s what I heard! Ron is taking in all sorts of people, newbs, olds, boring people and fun people.

If you’d like to join, drop him a line.

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A fine WoW sauce, with a twist of Monkey Island.

We’re all sad.

I arrived at work, at my usual time of 7:17 A.M. which is either 17 minutes late or 13 minutes early. You be the judge. I slide up to my new desk that I acquired last week. It’s a nice desk that fits me well. I turn on my monitor, hit alt + ctrl+ delete on my keyboard, type in my user name and password (NO I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS DON’T ASK) and go about my normal morning business. You know, check my favorite gaming sites, visit some blogs, get a cup of tea, eat my breakfast. So on and so forth. I decide it’s time to check my e-mail.

I see one towards the top from one of my favorite people, Ingrid of Play Girlz and numerous other blogs that I don’t have the time to look up and list here, because it would take up 15 paragraphs. Anyways. I read the title of the e-mail:

Subject: RIP Carabur

Oh, no, I think. It can’t be. I quickly double click the e-mail to open it up and to see what’s happened to Carabur.

This is what Ingrid wrote me:

HAHAHA… Lish and I were running down Duskwood and ran into your body. LOL

OH GODS. MY POOR MAGELY GNOME, CARABUR, HAS DIED. I AM SAD.

You see. I started playing WoW again, because Ingrid bothered me for months to play. When Ingrid doesn’t get what she wants, she whines and whines and whines. That’s what happens when you’re an only child. Oh, and you were dropped on your head.

Apparently I forgot to log off last night (it happens often) and I was in the middle of the road on Duskwood. A spider tried to decapitate me, minus the taking of my head. It left it on, but just barely.

Ingrid, being the helpful lass that she is, avenged my death, with her cute little gnome rogue. To mock me, she also took this screenshot:

Just in case you missed the massacre that was my gnome’s death, here is a close up. Don’t look if you are weak of stomach:

THE HORROR. The pure, unadulterated horror. This is worse than an R Rated movie, quite frankly. I can’t believe I can actually show this on a blog. Please… don’t cry. Don’t cry.

See how she doesn’t even have a little bit of sparkle left to her magely fingers? And the half way opened eyes? It’s sad. So very sad. She must have died horribly.

So, in honor of Carabur… this one’s for you! Please keep her in your thoughts.

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R.I.P.