David W. Deeds' World of Warcraft slides for the ISTE Conference's Games and Simulations Special Interest Group presentations/demonstrations.

1. Teaching with World of
Warcraft
David W. Deeds
ISTE Conference
Games & Simulations
Special Interest Group
June 24, 2013

2. World of Warcraft
Inspiration/Gurus:
World of Warcraft in School
http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/
Lucas Gillispie, Peggy Sheehy, Craig
Lawson

3. World of Warcraft
Download the WoW in School PDF:
http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/f/WoW
inSchool-A-Heros-Journey.pdf

4. World of Warcraft
Goals:
 Not Death by PowerPoint!
 Alternate between slides and the
game (because it’s just so geeky-
cool)
 Discuss what’s been done before
and what we plan to do next school
year
 Discuss WHY…a little bit, anyway ;)

5. World of Warcraft
21st Century Fluency Project:
http://fluency21.com/
 Collaboration – teamwork
 Solution – problem solving
 Creativity – storytelling, art/photos
 Information – interpretation,
application
 Media - communications

6. World of Warcraft
Games-Based Learning/Gamification:
 Different learning styles
accommodated
 Different subjects simultaneously
 Self- and other-directed engagement
 Motivating, provides task-based
focus
 Project management, strategic
thinking

7. World of Warcraft
Kafkaesque
Draenei Warrior, Level 66
Exalted Knight of Divine
Light
Exalted Stormwind Defender

8. World of Warcraft
Background:
 Massively Multiplayer Online Role
Playing Game (MMORPG) by
Blizzard Entertainment
 Latest in a series, WoW released
2004
 Expansion sets, newest one is Mists
of Pandaria, released in 2012
 8 million subscribers, #1 MMORPG
 Free accounts!

9. World of Warcraft
Background (cont):
 Players start by choosing a race and
a classification (e.g., Draenei
Warrior)
 Race chosen determines starting
spot

10. World of Warcraft
Background (cont):
 Choose server (IRL location)
 Choose PvE, PvP, RP (PvE is
“normal”)

11. World of Warcraft
Background (cont):
 Players complete quests to gain XP,
rise in level number
 Quests and professions earn money

12. World of Warcraft
Background (cont):
 Benefits increase as level rises
 But also difficulty (regions)

13. World of Warcraft
Interface/Controls/Maps/Tour:

14. World of Warcraft
Standards! And I plan to use the IB’s
(especially the Learner Profile) too.

15. World of Warcraft
Wow in School:
 Teachers were Loremasters, class
managed via Moodle site
 Students discuss adventures inside
and outside of WoW (e.g., blog)
 Books like “The Hobbit” used as
background material
 Go on quests, design quests for
others

16. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Start with WoW background story
and/or strategy guide

17. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Divide class by race, then have them
choose classifications (mixture)

18. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Devise strategies (cross-curricular
between Technology, English, Art
classes)

19. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Ideally, will tie in with
SL/OpenSimulator 3D Global Village,
other projects

20. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 At a certain level, meet at common
location(s) for mutual adventures

21. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Students will maintain blog, different
perspectives according to classes

22. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Students will use Haiku LMS to keep
track of assignments, hand in work

23. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Will copy the gurus, double XP
system; but: Haiku vs. Moodle, PvE
vs. RP, professions, pet battles, etc.

24. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 And: want to experiment with
machinima (machine cinema)

25. World of Warcraft
Colegios Peterson WoW:
 Maybe Guild Wars 2: dynamic event
system but costs money

26. World of Warcraft
Follow my Scoop.it page:
http://www.scoop.it/t/3d-virtual-worlds-
educational-technology

27. World of Warcraft
Thank you for your attention!
Questions/comments?
ddeeds@peterson.mx
davidwdeeds@yahoo.com