{"id":17848,"date":"2021-11-01T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/2021\/11\/keeping-it-old-school-the-arcade-project\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:22:40","slug":"keeping-it-old-school-the-arcade-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/keeping-it-old-school-the-arcade-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping It Old School: The Retro Arcade Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em><em>Originally published in TEACH Magazine, <a href=\"\/issues\/nov-dec-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">November\/December 2021 Issue<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By John Burrows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of my sixteen years of teaching, I\u2019ve taught classes in art, photography, and AV. 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