The example of the Gold Rush game from my personal learning experiences​ was a great example of social cogntivism at work. My peers and I worked collaboratively to co-create knowledge about California history, geography, and geology, using the scaffolding provided by our teacher (the structure of the game, additional reading and guided discussion, etcetera) as guidance. Without that scaffolding, we would have had no idea what we were doing or what we were supposed to be learning; with it, she kept us in our Zone of Proximal Development where we could construct knowledge as we explored the many challenges (and rare benefits) of being part of the California Gold Rush.