Comments on: Using zombies to teach kids geography http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 18:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lisa Ferrier http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1421082 Lisa Ferrier Fri, 11 May 2012 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1421082  10 to 1 says... hippogriff!  10 to 1 says… hippogriff!

]]> By: zoink http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420902 zoink Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420902 I loved that game! The fuzz-bodies were basically zombies. I've been meaning to get a c64 emulator up just so I can play Agent USA again. I loved that game! The fuzz-bodies were basically zombies.

I’ve been meaning to get a c64 emulator up just so I can play Agent USA again.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420524 GawainLavers Thu, 10 May 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420524 Zombies taught me to hate the internet. Zombies taught me to hate the internet.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420440 Nathan Hornby Thu, 10 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420440 Weird, I didn't notice when I first watched it.  Funny how tattoos can give you an entirely different perspective on a person (whether accurate or not). Weird, I didn’t notice when I first watched it.  Funny how tattoos can give you an entirely different perspective on a person (whether accurate or not).

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420435 Nathan Hornby Thu, 10 May 2012 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420435 It's important to remember that some of their schools can't even teach evolution. It’s important to remember that some of their schools can’t even teach evolution.

]]> By: autark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420397 autark Thu, 10 May 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420397 finger tats. 10 to 1 that guy has full on zombie sleeve tattoos. finger tats.

10 to 1 that guy has full on zombie sleeve tattoos.

]]> By: . http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420395 . Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420395 Had basically this on the Atari 800 in 1984. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_USA Had basically this on the Atari 800 in 1984.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_USA

]]> By: Oliver Crosby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420353 Oliver Crosby Thu, 10 May 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420353 A little bit too contrived for me. I was cynical at a young age. Learning from fiction is awesome - but why do we have to justify that education by calling it education? A little bit too contrived for me. I was cynical at a young age. Learning from fiction is awesome – but why do we have to justify that education by calling it education?

]]> By: Ken Kennedy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420320 Ken Kennedy Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420320 This is completely awesome. Ooops...make that Awesome, with a capital 'A'. This is completely awesome. Ooops…make that Awesome, with a capital ‘A’.

]]> By: falnfenix http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420219 falnfenix Thu, 10 May 2012 13:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420219 ...i would like to take this class. …i would like to take this class.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420149 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 10 May 2012 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420149 You can imagine some parents getting upset by this.   The idea of their children doing assignments on how not to get eaten alive might be a little off-putting.  You can imagine some parents getting upset by this.   The idea of their children doing assignments on how not to get eaten alive might be a little off-putting. 

]]> By: SirTomate http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420026 SirTomate Thu, 10 May 2012 07:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420026 Also cool http://www.amazon.com/Theories-International-Politics-Zombies-Drezner/dp/0691147833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336635404&sr=8-1 Also cool

http://www.amazon.com/Theories-International-Politics-Zombies-Drezner/dp/0691147833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336635404&sr=8-1

]]> By: 5onthe5 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/using-zombies-to-teach-kids-ge.html#comment-1420022 5onthe5 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159763#comment-1420022 Great idea. I'm a high school (here we call it "secondary") teacher in the UK. Certainly in this country, there would be nothing to stop this teacher from doing a whole sequence of lessons based around this scenario. Obviously he might not be able to count the zombie-based work towards his students' final grades, but it would be an awesome way to teach the skills and ideas that they need for an exam etc. My point is: the notion that you have to "rebel" against The System in order to teach creatively is a myth. The exams are what they are, the set texts are what they are, but how you get your students there is up to you. I can't think of a single school head who wouldn't be delighted with what this teacher is proposing. Unless things are very different in the USA. Great idea.

I’m a high school (here we call it “secondary”) teacher in the UK. Certainly in this country, there would be nothing to stop this teacher from doing a whole sequence of lessons based around this scenario. Obviously he might not be able to count the zombie-based work towards his students’ final grades, but it would be an awesome way to teach the skills and ideas that they need for an exam etc.

My point is: the notion that you have to “rebel” against The System in order to teach creatively is a myth. The exams are what they are, the set texts are what they are, but how you get your students there is up to you. I can’t think of a single school head who wouldn’t be delighted with what this teacher is proposing.

Unless things are very different in the USA.

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