Geopolitics BP

     S-Greg Toppo and Eric Nelson O-Using fantasy football as a learning game A-Teachers and students P-To tell of how most kids learn better through video games such as fantasy football S-(Logos) Kids are more interested in games than school. (Ethos)Videos games interact with the brain and allow the kids to restart in order to allow themselves to make different mistakes and learn. (Pathos)His discovery/experiment worked and helped him to feel good about his role as a teacher. Tone-Inspirational, informative, and serious.
     The author, Greg Toppo wrote about Eric Nelson using fantasy football as a learning tool for teaching geopolitics. He says "It became a different kind of experience", which is telling about how the game he created based off of fantasy football helped his students to learn in an entirely new way. He created this game to experiment a hypothesis of his own not knowing if it would fail or not, and he succeeded tremendously. In conclusion, Nelson's belief in being able to successfully teach students through a video game worked. His students seemed more engaged in learning than ever before and in his view, seemed to learn a lot more than just sitting in class and listening.
     In my view, Eric Nelson's teaching through a game is genius. He created a way for kids to be able to learn the best way they can, through experience. By allowing them to engage in the activity rather than to just hear about it opens up new ways for their brains to retain the information that they must learn. Most importantly, I believe that the game was good for him as a teacher as well. It allowed him to see how kids learn in many different ways, which helps him to advance as a teacher. Therefore, I conclude that his strategy of teaching geopolitics through a video game was a genius idea, and I believe that many other teachers should begin to experiment with different ways of teaching.
     Greg Toppo in the article, "Teaching Geopolitics: Fantasy Football as a Learning Game", tells of how Eric Nelson created a video game for teaching his students. This allowed them to learn through a hands on experience. Toppo shows support towards Nelson's experiment by giving facts and quotes that prove how successful and fun his strategy was. The authors purpose was to inform readers and teachers of Eric Nelson's new ways of teaching to inspire them to expand their ways of teaching as well. Toppo wrote this article in a serious, and inspirational tone for students, parents, and teachers.