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Press Start: Year Three!

Great ghost of Cranky Kong! It’s been far too long since I’ve updated the ClassRealm blog. I’m terribly sorry folks! I’ll be attempting to update every week (or more) from now on.

As usual I’m here to reassure you that ClassRealm is far from dead, quite the contrary in fact. We are currently being looked at by a well known and influential educational company and we’ve never been more excited about the future of our wonderful system. That being said, the paper system is still being used by many and I just started it this week in my own classroom.

Every year I have this horrible fear that students are going to hate the concept. They’re going to groan at the prospect of making up their own character and tracking their stats. “What a drag!” they collectively yell as I weep in the corner.

I’m proud to say that this did NOT happen. The students were very excited to try ClassRealm and they couldn’t wait to start earning XP, levels and achievements. Huzzaw! ClassRealm still works. My favorite quote was from a boy (now a Shadow Yeti) who said, “I like that it only gives you points for being good, but doesn’t take them away for when I mess up.”

I like it too, Mr. Yeti. I like it too.

Here are a few profiles that I found enjoyable.

photo 3 (5) photo 2 (9) photo 1 (10)

As you can see their strengths and weaknesses are both school related and fantasy related. Fireballs and Social Studies forever!

Survey Stats: Part Two

Welcome back to another exciting edition of Survey Stats! As I mentioned in my previous post, I gave my students a quick survey (worth 2 XP!) and had them fill it out during some down time. The first part had them ranking their thoughts on a scale of one to ten, but the second part was a “write in” section. The questions asked are written below along with the most popular (or hilarious) answers.

The part of ClassRealm I like most is:

Earning points for hard work

We all have levels

We got to create our own character

The Achievements

The XP points

It’s cool (Awwwwww Yeah)

The rewards are good

It’s fun and can get stressful stuff off your mind (My personal favorite)

ALL OF IT.

 

The part of ClassRealm I like least is:

Master is too hard to reach

10 XP per level is too much!

Working

Reading

Not enough XP per day

I don’t like some of the achievements

 

Mr. Bertoli can make ClassRealm better by:

More Achievements

More Freedom

Nothing (Because It’s obviously perfect)

Making rewards easier

Double XP

Make a Saiyan Race! (Now THAT is a suggestion!)

 

The type of rewards I like most are:

This graph pretty much sums it up

Candy came in a distant second.

It’s interesting to see that some students feel ClassRealm takes away some of the stress of school. It’s certainly something nice to hear. Many students gave ClassRealm a glowing review, but the ones who didn’t are the ones who really help me. How can I reach these students, the ones who don’t care enough or see a major flaw in the system. These are the kinks I have to work out, and work them out I shall.