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New Ways to Gamify Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

But those webtools exemplify where the gamification of education started. e.g. using virtual meeting tools (like Google Hangouts) to include housebound students in a class. Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. More on SAMR and Gamification.

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One Year Later: 2nd Cohort of New Innovators Finish Their Yearlong Cohort

EdTechTeam

Things like kindness, empathy, tenacity and creativity can now be acknowledged, celebrated and captured using a digital badge! Innovator: Patrick Donovan Mentor: Scott Moss GamifySchool Crowd sourcing examples of gamification models that are being used in classrooms or for teacher learning. She is amazing!

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5 Reasons to Use Digital Badges in Your Classroom

Fractus Learning

Digital badges do just that: they show when students have learned a skill or met a goal. For teachers, badges make classroom goals visible to students. For teachers, badges make classroom goals visible to students. Badges show the criteria that students must meet to earn them. Resources for Digital Badges.