huh. Live Journal eh?

[nick_mjr]

Man I forgot this place still existed *_* Just forgot about reading friend's posts let alone making posts of mine own. Let me give the quickest and dirtiest rant about the cornerstones of the last couple of months

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[adoogen]

Man that is a lot of stuff to cram in... so much to comment upon! You should just make regular posts instead :)

I wish you luck meeting your mom and just remember that the bulk of it is in the past.

I want to see more drawings! I loved my Kirby one. Now I'll start making requests for ones I can show in class that are grammar related :)

[nick_mjr]

Can you use synergy to get a cpu output projected in front of your students? they had that at the ol Truman, so perhaps I'm not surprised if the nicer schools have that set up now. Sure, if you need something grammar related hilariously interpreted through art, I'd be glad to try and step up to the challenge

[adoogen]

I do have a projector in my rooms, so anything I can put on the comp they can see. We'll have to have a brainstorm some day :)
I'm trying to work with the idea of merging video games and English in an interesting way.

[nick_mjr]

merging videogames will be an interesting way to see which kids in your class are truly l33t and down with the old school. It's not just all Gears of War and GTA you whippersnappers!

Maybe you can test the waters by including a 8 bit or 16 bit sprite to accompany the lesson. For example, a teacher back in 9th grade explained the writing process as a growing tree. With minimal detail, the tree is just a bare, leafless trunk. With more effort the tree starts developing more branches and some leaves. As the process continues, the tree starts to look like a full blown redwood.
You could take this process and apply it to Mario. First step is 8-bit tiny mario, then next up is Super Mario, next is Tanooki Suit, 16 bit, Mario 64 and so on.

And maybe your final 'any questions' slide could be a really bad mario cosplay. Or perhaps one of those unnecessarily dramatic Mario paintings from Deviant Art.

ha I'm in your blog, writing your lesson plan.

[adoogen]

Ha! That is awesome. I've added nerdy things from time to time to varying degrees. We'll have to do some "planning" together in el futuro.