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It turns out learning and gaming are more intertwined than we think.
Learning and gaming - two seemingly contrasting concepts in life yet surprisingly, they bring about mutual support in various contexts. Take for instance the case below, where Anonymous Cereal Bowl - a teacher recently made waves on the internet with his insights.
On a gaming forum, Anonymous Cereal Bowl surprised many by admitting to the positive values of gaming in education. Self-identified as an English teacher, he left many astonished by sharing his teaching tools. Nothing other than over 20 gaming devices, perhaps familiar to many parents, including high-end ones like Xbox Series S, PS5, etc.
Initially, many were taken aback by Anonymous Cereal Bowl's revelations. However, after reading the explanations and witnessing his 'unusual lesson plans,' everything became much clearer. Specifically, through gaming devices, Anonymous Cereal Bowl hopes to enhance writing and storytelling skills in students by immersing them in game narratives, thereby learning narrative guidance and clever storytelling techniques from game developers. Some games like The Stanley Parable were also cited as examples.
The post then garnered countless attention from the online community. Some even 'suggested' additional games for the teacher to consider like Dark Souls, Bioshock but were promptly rejected as these games merely focus on combat, lacking any meaningful lessons or insights for players.
Anonymous Cereal Bowl himself has listed more 'humanitarian' games such as Alan Wake, What Remains of Edith Finch, or even some historical titles.
Notably, as Anonymous Cereal Bowl shared, his teaching method has been approved by the school. And all the funding for purchasing this gaming equipment comes from an external sponsor. Currently, this 'unusual curriculum' is still evolving well, and Anonymous Cereal Bowl hopes to expand this method to more places in the future.
