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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

eSchool News

As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. Here are five ways to integrate gamification into your classroom, using tools like Quizizz, Gimkit, Quizlet, and Blooket. When studying vocabulary words, I used Quizlet Live to make practice more interactive.

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The Role of Gamification in Modern Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

The Role of Gamification in Modern Education Gamification is used in many fields and industries. Gamification in education aims to provide a more interactive learning experience for students while providing evidence of their progress through rewards. Gamification uses challenges, leaderboards, points, badges, etc.,

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Work hard, play hard: One teacher’s journey implementing gamification all YEAR long

Ditch That Textbook

This post is written by Matt Armstrong, a 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher in Erie, IL. Matt strives to make history relevant and engaging for his students, and gamification is just one of the ways he tries to do so.

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Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing, Gamification and Cryptocurrency, Oh My!

Doug Levin

In an interesting twist, some of these projects are even pursuing gamification strategies to attract and engage new citizen scientists in their efforts. So, should you have an interest in learning more about citizen science, crowdsourcing, gamification (and maybe even cryptocurrency, oh my!),

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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.

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Why gamification works [Part 1]

Neo LMS

Building on my curiosity about the way games like Candy Crush affect our minds, I thought we’d take a closer look at gamification. Recently, learning system and content designers have been adding game elements to learning management systems , and it is this type of gamification we will explore today. Gamification versus play.

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3 Gamification principles for a gamified learning environment

Neo LMS

That, or she knew that gamification could do wonders for the learning process. Gamification happened. Whenever serious studying or homework are involved, their attention span tends to drop, their physiological needs become primordial and their creativity for avoiding the work goes through the roof. And what did Mary Poppins do?