Interested in how games and gamification can be used to help improve education? This is a portal for all things Gamification Education.
Gamification has tremendous potential in the education space. How can we use it to deliver truly meaningful experiences to students? Learn all about the impact of gaming on education in this infographic.
There's a lot of potential in the field of Education Gamification. I believe that humans have an innate Desire to learn. However, much of the school system these days "gets in the way of our education." If you ask children, "What is work?" They will say, "School and homework!!"
by Mike Acedo In today's classroom, educators are constantly required to mold their teaching methods to give students the best opportunity to succeed. It is not only imperative for students to learn the required material, but also critical that students gain a sense of confidence toward their work, and find motivation to expand their learning.
Gamification is the integration of game-like mechanics into non-game "stuff." For years, schools have been gamified. Points for performance. Points accrue to earn "badges" (e.g., letter grades). Students are separated and ranked (e.g., class ranks). Winners of this "game" are celebrated (e.g., valedictorians).
Learn why you might want to gamify your classroom, see examples of gamification, and how to gamify with Moodle! Read the full blog post here & share.
Wow! It's mid-September already and I finally have time to blog again! The regular, every-day world of Middle School, plus the process of designing a new curriculum AND a new site to go with it has made it challenging to say the least, but I'm pleased to say that the new Flipside (HTML5) framework is complete and Quest 1 has begun!
A new way to manage classroom instruction is slowly creeping into the world of education: " Gamification ". Gamifying simply means turning the class content and the way students learn into a game with a rewards system, quests, experience levels, and healthy competition.
Ok, so you've probably seen some of these, but I needed a snazzy title. I recently compiled two lists of sites from Richard Byrne's Blog - the site is an amazing resource, and I'm pretty certain that Richard doesn't sleep. These aren't in order of greatness - they all have their own specific applications for...
