Wii IDOL - an interschool competition

Classroom Activities

Many transdisciplinary classroom activities can be planned around the Wii Idol competition to enhance numeracy and literacy skills. Students can work as small teams to plan and coodinate the activities to develop visual identity of the band as a whole and/ or individual members. Members of the team, including the teacher can take on a range of roles to create their band. Examples include:

  • Creating a band name - research and brainstorm activities to analyse all the successful elements of the band
  • Using Mind Mapping software to display findings
  • Produce a band logo for all communincations about the bands activities
  • Produce poster of the band and members of the band including the teacher
  • Practice and perform in class and gain feedback from classmates on what to improve on
  • Class discussion using judging criteria to understand terms
  • Peer and self (band) assessment to provide hints to improve
  • Complete a profile or diary or write a story about the characters and aventures of the band
  • Whole class activities - to learn and practice concepts of creativity, timing, skill, performance and teamwork. Class discussion of the importance of criteria for judging
  • Record the band performance by videoing, recording and manipulating sound or photographing
  • Design a theme for the bands first CD to promote the band
  • Design and create costumes for the bands stage performance
  • Create a classroom blog on Global Teacher to upload all the classrooms artefacts from the Wii Idol competition.

Some Games References

Future Lab Games in Learning

Games and simulations in online learning
David Gibson, Clark Aldrich, Marc Prensky

Games in Learning Policy Recommendation Report 
Ben Williamson Senior Researcher, Futurelab, November 2008 (pdf91kb)

Computer games, schools,and young people 
A report for educators on using games for learning   (pdf 268kb)

Games in Learning Poster (1.2mb pdf)

Nintendo Wii in the Classroom and Beyond
Russell Blackie – elearning DEECD, Infonet 18.4

Games in Learning  - Derek Robertson keynote
VITTA Conference November  2008 *Infonet 19.1

Critical Thinking in Games
Paul Callaghan *Infonet 19.1

How fit are Wii?
Department of Education and Early Childhood, http://howfitarewii.wetpaint.com/


* Please note that Infonet is the Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association's quarterly journal provided to members.