Gamification for Teachers

In the third installment of the blog series on gamifying your learning, Karl Kapp outlines eight game elements to make learning more intriguing.

Motivate your students and transform your classroom through the gamification of education. Here are 4 examples to get you started!

If you’re interested in games and gamification, you might have heard of Bartle’s game player types and the Bartle Test, a game player classification system. It highlights the different player personalities and attitudes, of which there are four: Achievers: win, challenge, create, show off...

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.

Gamification in many parts of education is a sham. Listening to the researchers and experts in this area has convinced me of that. If you’re interested in making your classroom more intriguing and powerful, read on. We can do better. Who Is Shaping The Gamifying Education Conversation? In this week’s conversation with Australian Gamer and …

Want to better understand and use Game mechanics? View this page to see examples and descriptions of all game mechanics.

It is becoming common knowledge that games are an effective instructional tool. Still, many educators are intimidated. How does one go about incorporating a game into pedagogy? It can seem daunting.

A Long, Long Time Ago Just over 2 years ago, I posted an article called “What is Gamification and Why is it Important?” I rediscovered it the other day and it seemed like an appropriate time to reassess my words … Continue reading →

A 6-Step Process For Adding Gamification To Your Classroom 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...

How do you motivate students who don't care about grades? You take a turn with badges in education and see how different results can come about.

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