Child: ... and the Guitar Hero really helped, because it make … it energises you. It makes you more enthusiastic so you want to get through your work and it’s not a drag if you’ve got something like that.
Child: And once you ... (unclear) you’re like … you’re more … I don’t know, you just work harder in a way because you want to be ... (unclear).
Child: ... (unclear) the game was ... (unclear) the main part, I thought the game was good because it gave you that real ...(unclear).
Child: Well, when I first heard they were going to play a video game I thought it was going to be like Mario Cart or something. And I do like Mario Cart but I …
Child: Yeah, it’s fun.
Child: It is. But like when I found out it was Guitar Hero and it was going to be linked to everything that was so much better. Because everyone can understand it and everyone can like link something, because everyone likes one subject. Whether you don’t like playing games or you don’t like that type of music or whatever, you can still find that one subject. So it makes it enjoyable for everyone I think.
Teacher: Energy, motivation, enthusiasm. I have children coming in at lunchtime, “Oh, I just, I just want to finish that piece,” or “I just want to get my ideas down before I forget them.” “Oh, I want to finish my album cover.” Primary 7 at this stage, they’ve now done their academy days, we’re into the last week of term, normally they’re ready to make the move and I’m having difficulty getting them out of the classroom at lunchtime. They want to come in, they want to finish the things that we started, they want to share it with each other. The group work going on, the collaboration in the classroom is fantastic and the quality of work that they have produced has been tremendous. And I sincerely believe that the quality of work is better than it would have been if I had been working outwith this context. I sincerely believe that.
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