Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research (Dec 2011)

Wii Social Skills Group and Inter-School Tournament

  • Julie Johnson,
  • Juanita Germaine,
  • Diana Maliszewski,
  • Renee Keberer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v6i2.1599
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2

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Abstract: Two schools in separate cites used the Nintendo Wii gaming system to assist selected boys in developing social skills. Using Skype and Twitter, the two groups collaborated at different stages of the project. The pilot project investigated the benefits of incorporating video games into traditional social skills programming, as well as the benefits of online collaboration between teachers in different school boards and students from different communities.