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Gamification for the Win
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All things related to Educational Gaming (or just gaming for fun!)
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Two years ago, my school obtained a grant from the Sphero Robotics company that brought 10 Sphero Robots to our school. At first, we used them in math and science. However, this year, we expanded our use of robotics and acquired Ozobots, SPRKS, bb8s, and BeeBots. My elementary faculty impressed me with their ability to use these 21st-century robots in a variety of subject areas including language arts and humanities. Here are four examples of how A. Harry Moore teachers used robots to teach lessons in English, Language Arts, and Humanities classes. Via John Evans
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Coolness for the Classroom! 
Jessica Pecero's curator insight,
September 16, 2023 9:53 PM
When we think of robots we think of it always aligning to math and STEM. I like how in this article an example was provided how it can help with reading comprehension in which student do struggle with. Using robots can be a motivating factor for students to listen to the story and compete. They can use their robots to answer the comprehension questions the teacher ask and drive it to the answer or object.
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To give you some inspiration in your gamified online learning, here are 10 uses for gamification in online learning to make your training go further. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Gamification \\FTW!//
elearning at eCampus ULg's curator insight,
April 10, 2016 3:58 AM
Gamification is welcome everywhere, not only online ;-)
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What Minecraft Can Teach You About Pedagogy Via John Evans
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Learning with Minecraft - kiddos love it already, why not use that engagement?
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Gamification or serious games? These explanations can help you better integrate them into your e-learning modules, and at the core of your LMS. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Excellent read!
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Children should be playing more computer games in school. That idea might enrage you if you think kids today already spend too much time staring at screens
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Minecraft - more than just gaming!
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SO cool! Always check first on your own machines, as a student, in your district before trying w/ the kiddos.
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Players of video games learn how to strategize and how to perform sometimes complex actions in order to achieve a goal. I believe we can all learn to engage students through studying video games. H...
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Fantastic post by the amazing
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’ve spent a great deal of time this summer preparing and facilitating professional development for teachers involving the integration of iPads into the classroom. So when I inadvertently came across this really neat iPad Bingo visual while searching for edtech infographics on Pinterest, I knew I had to further investigate this concept.
Well, my surfing resulted in the following: Media technology specialist Josh Borzick from Oak Creek, Wisconsin created the iPad Bingo site to provide teachers with integration ideas related to six apps—Google Drive, Skitch, 30 Hands, Popplet, Doceri and Touchcast. The page includes the iPad Bingo card, which contains a set of activities for students to learn how to utilize each app at varying degrees of difficulty. Via Jamie Forshey
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Gamification for the WIN!
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
August 13, 2014 2:38 PM
this is a very clever idea to use with both students and teachers.
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Guest blogger Alice Keeler introduces playsheets, gamified worksheet apps that sweeten skill-and-drill by increasing student self-efficacy through the challenge-and-reward model they associate with a gaming environment. Via Yasemin Allsop, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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Great ideas from the ever awesome Alice Keeler! She's a fantastic follow @alicekeeler
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Gamification & badge learning in the classroom
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What happens when you get an entire audience to stand up and connect with one another? Chaos, that's what. At least, that's what happened when Jane McGonigal tried to teach TED to play her favorite game.
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I did this! At ISTE San Antonio! Great fun & inspired learning!
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I'm making a Pokemon Go Library Scavenger & needed a list of the HOT hard to find RARE Pokemon!
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This post tries to pull together a couple of things I have been thinking about recently. The first was a post I saw on the 21st Century Fluency Project blog a few weeks back. The title of the article 'How I Turned My Classroom into a ‘Living Video Game’ caught my eye and before I even had time to read it I started thinking about how the factors that create motivation in computer games could be applied to the classroom. Via Nik Peachey, Alexandra Duarte, Dean J. Fusto
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Interesting!
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
August 10, 2016 5:00 AM
An old post but one that might be quite relevant with the renewed interest that Pokemon Go has created.
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Want to know some Surprising Benefits Of Gamification? Check 10 Surprising Benefits Of Gamification and what significant effects it has on the workplace. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Level Up, people!
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Wondering if you need to gamify online courses to maintain Playability? Check the difference between Playability and gamification and why it is important. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Great questions being asked here!
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Game based learning in the classroom should not be worksheets with points. It should be engaging, exciting. Here are 8 ways to level up game based learning.
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Brilliant blog post! & Pretty, too!
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Use blocks of code to take Steve or Alex on an adventure through this Minecraft world
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Kids are going to love this!
Jessica Franco's curator insight,
November 17, 2015 8:33 AM
Kids are going to love this! I can't wait to explore it further to see if it will be good for teens as well. I love all the new ways there are to teach coding and computer programming.
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Games For Learning Summit on April 21st at NYU. The Summit, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the non-profit Games for Change, was a ... da...
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Linda Dougherty's insight: "Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) looks like a great match for students to explore their creativity and communication skills while collaborating with classes globally. Check out the videos detailing the ARG Scorch!"
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Santa is under surveillance--but not by the NSA. Instead, Google is helping children of all ages to to keep tabs on the jelly-bellied gift giver, and even learn some new technical skills along the way.
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Santa + Coding = FUN! If your district allows!
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For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger through the World Food Programme.
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Play, build #CCSS vocab & feed the hungry -What's not to LOVE? My kiddos really dig this site! Having fun & doing a good thing is a WIN/WIN!
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Dungeons & Dragons, the first commercially available role-playing game that is now 40 years old, influenced numerous writers and taught them the art of storytelling.
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Rolling a perfect natural 20 with this article! You know I'm Chaotic Neutral!
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Dozens of excellent mobile game releases hit app stores in 2013. Here are our picks for top 10.
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No surprising my favourite Plants vs Zombies is #1
---> But I swear those imp cannons, ravenous chickens, & Pharaoh Zombies still drive me cra cra! I <3 Plant food!
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"The success and popularity of Minecraft in and out of classrooms is no surprise. It’s one of the best examples of the potential of learning with games because it embraces exploration, discovery, creation, collaboration, and problem-solving while allowing teachers to shepherd play toward any subject area." Via Beth Dichter, Todd Lichtenwalter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
November 20, 2013 10:47 PM
Check out a selection of games that will help students explore, create, collaborate and more. The six games discussed are: * Garry's Mod - learn physics as you play * Kerbal Space Program - another physics game * Sound Shapes - designed for PlayStation this is a "puzzle game set to a rich musical soundscape" * DIY - Find instructions to build a wide variety of items and a community that will support you * STENCYL - learn to program using "blocks of code" that you may snap together and create games that may be played on a variety of platforms * CodeAcademy - learn a variety of programming language for free Do you think students should learn to code? If you do then some of these games will provide them with this skill as well as others that we know are part of gaming. You may want to try some of these with your students. 
Jo Blannin - The Know Tech Teacher's curator insight,
November 21, 2013 12:48 AM
Great ways to use game-making in education - I love using MineCraft with the senior primary students. It really brings maths into engineering and science! 
Kristina Cook's curator insight,
November 21, 2013 10:56 AM
I chose this article because my partner likes minecraft. It relates because it entertains my partner.
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I really needed this to make my scavenger hunt.