— Day 1 - Set Up and Battle Basics: Our primary goal for this day is to assist students in setting up Pokemon on the Switch and to familiarize kids with our camp’s objectives. We'll go over battle basics like stats, type advantages, and introductory techniques to use during a Pokemon battle.

— Day 2 - Pokemon Moves and Held Items: During today's lesson, we'll go over how different moves have different strengths and weaknesses in a Pokemon battle. Additionally, we'll examine how held items can give you an advantage over your opponents. This will be the first day we use preset rental teams to dive into more complex strategies!

— Day 3 - Pokemon Abilities and Team Synergies: The focus of Day 3 is on how the player can strategically choose their Pokemon and abilities to give them the best chances of winning a battle. Team compositions are a huge part of competitive Pokemon, and we'll play with different professional Pokemon players' championship teams to see what kinds of strategies are used at the highest level.

— Day 4 - The Importance of Stats: Today, we'll learn about how stats influence a Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses in battle and how to influence those stats to your advantage. We'll take a look at EV's, IV's, and Pokemon Natures to explain how the exact same Pokemon can have completely different power levels depending on how they were trained.

— Day 5 - Battle Strategy and Competitive Formats: On our last day together, we'll spend some time covering nuanced battle strategies like predicting and pivoting before diving into a tournament. Day 5 is all about applying what you've learned against other campers!

Connected Camps is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2015 with the mission to build a global online community where kids build, code, play, and learn alongside one another. Our programs are designed based on extensive research in the learning sciences. The founders and leaders of Connected Camps, Mimi Ito and Katie Salen, are professors at the University of California, Irvine, who specialize in the design of online learning experiences that are fun, social, and directly tied to academic outcomes. Learn more about the research behind Connected Camps at the Connected Learning Alliance resource site: https://clalliance.org/ 

One thing that makes our programs unique is our near-peer mentorship model. Our programs are led by young adults and college students, often with the help of high school volunteers. We hire counselors and coaches from top universities in computer science, game development, economics, social studies, and the arts, and train them on how to facilitate project-based learning with younger kids. Our young instructors have the same passion for technology, games, and digital making as our learners, and take on the role of instructors, as well as fellow enthusiasts and relatable role models.

The curriculum for this program was designed by a team of counselors pursuing degrees relevant to the material at hand. The learning experiences in this class are driven by these counselors’ academic expertise in the field, along with their desire to share their passion for the subject with a group of excited learners. All of Connected Camps’ curricula are vetted by the organization’s Product Manager, Matthew, who possesses a Masters in Secondary Education and a deep belief in the power of collaborative virtual learning.

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This class does not require any out-of-class work. We do offer optional challenges that students can work on as an extension of what is taught in class. We provide guidance and instructions for students who are inspired to delve deeper into the topic. The purpose of these challenges is to give students the opportunity to supplement their learning with additional material that aligns with their passions and goals. Students may then integrate their learnings into their project and showcase their accomplishments to their classmates.

With this approach, students can explore the subject on their own. We give students the opportunity to share what they’ve explored independently with the class.
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At Connected Camps, we assess each student’s progress by engaging them in reflection of their own work and the work of their classmates. By practicing in Pokemon and applying concepts taught in class, our students are able to solidify their learnings through hands-on application. Our counselors’ focus is to provide qualitative feedback to further each students’ individual goals and interests, and we do not use letter or number grades.

In addition to our in-class reflections, our counselors also provide post-session recaps that offer a summary of what is accomplished each day. Through these summary reflections, students are able to review the material and share with their parents what they did in class. We find this approach allows kids of different interests and abilities to engage with our teachings in a way that is particularly relevant to them.
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