Using Video Games as Text with Zachary Hartzman Transformative Principal 314

<p>Zachary Hartzman is a high school Economics &amp; English teacher in New York City.</p> <ul> <li>Taught many different social studies classes.</li> <li>International and transfer school. 100% immigrant &amp; ELL students.</li> <li>Passionate about videos games.</li> <li>Getting kids to interact with games</li> <li>Florence - great app for relationships.</li> <li>Using games to deal with discussing heavy issues.</li> <li>Whenever I teach one of these lessons, I write a post showing how it went.</li> <li>It’s been really hard to find engaging content that</li> <li>3 days a week, I teach an ELA course using video games as the main text.</li> <li>Gone Home</li> <li>What Remains of Edith Finch?</li> <li>One student playing while everyone else is talking about the gameplay.</li> <li>Regents exam required for graduation - read a text and identify the central idea, so we use the videos games to focus on those literary events.</li> <li>You have to give them time to learn how to use the controller.</li> <li>Positive outcomes: Whenever I teach with a game, there’s never a head down that day.</li> <li>Expanding the curriculum, but would love to get more science and math.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? If a teacher comes to you with a potentially wacky idea, hear them out.</li> </ul> <p>I'd love to work with you! To learn more about working with Jethro, <a href="http://jethrojones.com">go here</a>.</p>