A Whole New Level to Gaming

There is a new term in town called ‘Gamification’. Basically this term means the application of game mechanics to non-game situation such as classrooms. In fact as you read the article you... See More

There is a new term in town called ‘Gamification’. Basically this term means the application of game mechanics to non-game situation such as classrooms. In fact as you read the article you learn that NYC has an entire game like curriculum called ‘Quest to Learn’ for public middle and high schools. If this idea is appealing to you, reading this article gives you some of the guidelines to use when adapting your curriculum to the rules of game mechanics. This is a very interesting article and worth a deeper look into.

Gamification

Gamiification is applying game mechanics to a classroom to increase student self-direction in solving problems. This article gives a general description how this process works. I would ha... See More

Gamiification is applying game mechanics to a classroom to increase student self-direction in solving problems. This article gives a general description how this process works. I would have liked to have read about a specific example to better help me understand the process.