Tag: Gamification examples

In the great debate on game based learning v gamification, people often ask me what is the best approach, when you’re trying to create true student engagement, and motivate kids to drive their own learning? Pic: A fun game of Battleships, or a lesson in coordinate geometry? Game-based learning v gamification, the facts How is it that my kids know all 150 types of blocks in Minecraft, but can’t remember a simple list given for homework? Let’s imagine a teacher was trying to teach these Minecraft blocks to a class. In a traditional method, the teacher gives the list, gets...