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Catherine Little
Catherine Little

Gotta Catch ’Em All: Teaching with Pokémon Go

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, September/October 2016 Issue

By Catherine Little

Anyone who is familiar with teenagers knows that when one volunteers information about their school day to his parents—it’s big. Huge. That’s thanks to the phenomenon of Pokémon Go.

The day after the official launch, my soon-to-be-in-Grade-9 son, Alex, unexpectedly texted me from his summer transition program because his teacher had just announced that there would be a Pokémon Go Club starting the next day. I knew we wouldn’t even have to go through the “What did you do today? / Nothing…” dinner conversation that night!

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Catherine Little is a Toronto-based educator, consultant, and writer.

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