Week 8- Gamification

I think there is a lot of room for gamification in education. I remember learning to type by playing games like “Dance Matt Typing”. This made a task that in another setting I would have found boring into something fun that I would even sometimes practice in my free time. Other education websites such as Khan Academy use games to help with retention and repetition when learning now information. There are so many studies that show children learn so much through games and game play. Through my experience as a coach using games is so useful. Kids learn so many skills without getting bored.

I also think there is way to expand gamification in education into students making their own games. An example would be the website Twine. It would be fun as an English Teacher to have students make their own choose your own adventure stories on Twine and then have their peers experience the story and all of the different possible outcomes.

There are so many circumstances where board games, role playing games, or digital games have a role to play in teaching.