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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:48 am
by bigbullyweedave
thegreathal wrote:Blocking forums? Wow, what a real insulting thing to do. I'm sure they wouldn't care less to go on or not, or would go on at home. Can't you just turn a blind eye? Nice lesson plan though.
The point is more covering my back as I can get into trouble for encouraging kids to access these forums with "unsuitable" content. I don't personally have a problem with the forums (hey, I use them enough!) but as a teacher you have to be careful. What they do at home is their own business and is then the responsibility of the parents!
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:02 pm
by Cake Happens
I'm a thirteen year old student, I love this game.
However, maybe you should do a class beforehand to teach them to play risk, so if anyone who dosen't really like the game, won't sign up.
..Damn. I wish my teacher would do that.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:43 pm
by masta
yes, a lot of high school kids like playing. A lot of people at my high school play. I got introduced to CC because 3 friends from my school invited me to play.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:07 pm
by spinwizard
just get torny privs 4 a few days/weeks
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:08 pm
by bigbullyweedave
Thanks for all the advice guys.
I've asked for tournament privileges. Partly for this and partly because I want to try my hand at running a public one on here anyway.
The forum can be blocked to the kids by our IT staff so if I get the privileges then it will be all systems go for June. Will let you know how it goes.
Cheers, Dave.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:58 pm
by admiral217
Not to sound like an ass, but why not just get like 5 risk boards, set up a tourney yourself, and just play? Do you really need the extra maps?
Re: CC With High School Pupils
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:35 pm
by hawkeye
bigbullyweedave wrote:Just wondered if there are any other teachers out there who had played CC with school pupils?
I am a high school teacher here in Scotland (with 11-18 year olds). The school has an activity week in June where all the pupils get a wide choice of activities to do ranging from trips abroad to more educational activities in classrooms. Today I noticed there was a a day of chess and a day of board games being offered. It got me thinking could I do it with CC?
I'm a computing teacher with 20 machines so no problem with access. I am also a premium member so I could set up private games throughout the day for pupils to join.
Can I ask, do 11-18 year olds find risk interesting?
Can anyone see any potential problems I might encounter in the running of such a day? The only one I can see is a limit of 4 games per pupil which isn't a big problem.
Any feedback would be most welcome before I decide whether to go ahead or not.
Cheers, Dave.
I'm 12 and I've played since last February.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:29 pm
by bigbullyweedave
admiral217 wrote:Not to sound like an ass, but why not just get like 5 risk boards, set up a tourney yourself, and just play? Do you really need the extra maps?
Lots of reasons:
-I only have one Classic board myself so it means finding the cash for others
-kids love using computers (and I am a computer teacher with 20 in my room)
-using cc they can learn the rules quicker and can't cheat
-there are no pieces that can get lost, damaged etc.
-I have the option of playing in/monitoring any games I want