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3 ways educators leverage gamification strategies

eSchool News

Carrie Rosenberg, a fourth grade teacher at Community Christian School, notes that gamification is one of the biggest education trends right now. According to ISTE, “gamification is about transforming the classroom environment and regular activities into a game.” Learn more about her instructional strategies.

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How to set up a classroom gamification level system

Neo LMS

The more learning resembles a game, the more appealing it will be, which is the concept behind gamification. Competitions, leaderboards, and awards are important gamification elements. However, a classroom gamification level system takes the gamified learning experience a step further. Increase student motivation.

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Simulations as a Teaching Strategy

Ask a Tech Teacher

The article’s about 1000 words and well worth the read: Simulations as a Teaching Strategy – Everything You Need to Know. In the diverse and ever-evolving world of simulation, there’s no doubt that tactics such as gamification continue to have a positive impact across a broad range of industries and activities.

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Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies!

Ask a Tech Teacher

When we asked the Ask a Tech Teacher team to apply it specifically to teaching physical education–not something we usually think of with tech tools–they came up with these great ideas: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies!

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What is Gamification in Education? 6 Ways to Gamify Your Classroom

ViewSonic Education

As long as it’s not in the context of a certain horror film franchise, but rather in regards to gamification in education, then the answer is probably, “sure!” Long story short, that’s how gamification in education came to be. What is gamification and what are its advantages? Do you want to play a game?

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Will gamification replace paper tests?

eSchool News

One method getting a lot of attention is gamification, which involves incorporating elements of game playing, such as establishing ground rules, scorekeeping, and engaging in friendly competition with other students. Recent studies have shown that gamification in education can increase assessment scores by nearly 15 percent.

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Why gamification works [Part 2]

Neo LMS

In my last blog we started discussing the “why” of gamification , with a specific focus on the nature of motivation, lensed through one broadly held theory of motivation called Self-Determination Theory (SDT), not to be confused at this point with self-directed learning. Gamification and online learning environments.