{"id":321,"date":"2025-05-26T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.web10.app\/?p=321"},"modified":"2025-05-26T22:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:51:13","slug":"educating-gen-z-broadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.web10.app\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/educating-gen-z-broadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Educating Gen Z Broadly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>chess.com, and how it succeeded in educating gen z<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen Z understands competitive gameplay. Chess should be a nerdy game, however chess.com made it cool by adding competitive tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where are you relative to other people?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where are you relative to yourself?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>where are you relative to other people?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chess.com answers this question with the chess.com leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/leaderboard\/live\/rapid\">https:\/\/www.chess.com\/leaderboard\/live\/rapid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26223841\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26223841\/image.png 330w, https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26223841\/image-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chess.com makes it clear where your rating puts you relative to other people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>where are you relative to yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chess.com answers this with the chess.com stats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224228\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224228\/image-1.png 748w, https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224228\/image-1-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">by giving you statistics, chess.com makes it addictive for you to constantly try to get better at the game and 1 up yourself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trying to do the same for math<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mentalmath.io\">https:\/\/mentalmath.io<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224604\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224604\/image-2.png 525w, https:\/\/web10-colocation-wordpress.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/26224604\/image-2-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A leaderboard for timed performance in multiplication (1 digit x 1 digit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chess.com, and how it succeeded in educating gen z Gen Z understands competitive gameplay. Chess should be a nerdy game, however chess.com made it cool by adding competitive tracking. where are you relative to other people? Chess.com answers this question with the chess.com leaderboard. https:\/\/www.chess.com\/leaderboard\/live\/rapid where are you relative to yourself? 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