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Most of us have tried to sneak a quick game of Minesweeper in during our computer classes at school, but for students at Garnes High School in Norway, playing games won't be something they'll have to hide. Garnes Vidaregåande Skole, a public high school in the city of Bergen, Norway, is to start teaching e-sports to its students (story is in Norwegian) starting in August. The elective class puts e-sports on the same footing as traditional sports such as soccer and handball at the school. 30 or so students enrolled in the program will study five hours a week during the three-year program.
Folk High Schools—boarding schools that offer one year of non-examined training and education—have already offered some e-sports training, but this will be the first time that e-sports find a place in a regular high school.
Students on the program will not simply spend five hours a week playing games at school. While gaming skills are important, the classes will include 90 minutes of physical training optimized for the games in question, with work on reflexes, strength, and endurance. Each class will be split; 15 students will play while the other 15 perform physical exercise. In an interview with Dotablast, Petter Grahl Johnstad, head of the school's science department, says that the students will have their performance graded, with game knowledge and skills, communication, co-operation, and tactical ability all being assessed.
Ender shall be Norwegian...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday January 13 2016, @08:21PM
The punishment is that the "upgrade" is actually a "downgrade".
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Wednesday January 13 2016, @08:42PM
Assuming you were upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, I would definitely call it an upgrade.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 13 2016, @11:07PM
As an I.T. Expert for the past 20 years, I take great offense to the idea of calling the process of infecting yourself with malware an "upgrade."
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Wednesday January 13 2016, @11:19PM
Windows 7, 8, and 10 all have the telemetry features now as part of a standard up to date install.
1 So you can update to 10, and play whack-a-mole with the telemetry stuff.
2 Or you can stay on 7 or 8, stop updating it, and put up with all kinds vulnerabilities and other issues.
3 Or you can play on 7 or 8, keep updates coming, and play whack-a-mole with the telemetry stuff
Option 2 is unacceptable; leaving 1 or 3. If you are going to play whack a mole you might as well do it on the current release.
I don't see any advantage to option 3 over option 1, especially if you are on windows 8 or 8.1.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2016, @09:30AM
4) Put XP on the machine, and turn on POSReady to keep getting updates until 2019.
By then, hopefully Microsoft has finally released a new desktop OS, instead of continuously betting the company on smartphones.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday January 14 2016, @07:04PM
Sure, they will probably have a new desktop OS by that time. With the same issues you are having with the telemetry data on 7, 8, and 10. Though, they may start pushing their subscription model at that time.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by meisterister on Wednesday January 13 2016, @11:37PM
As someone who has a computer infected with Windows 8.1, more MS bullshit is never better.
(May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday January 14 2016, @07:01PM
Keep your Windows 8.1 infection, then . . ., if you don't think they are doing the same things on 8.1 as 10 then you're living in a dreamland. "The only winning move is not to play" MS's game. I am currently using Windows 7, but could be happy enough using Linux. The only thing that still keeps me on Windows are the games, but I may eventually get fed up enough with MS.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"