Gamification powerpoint for Edu. 210

1. Gamification of Learning
A look at gamificationthroughoutthe Edu. 210
course
By Megan MacPherson

2. My Experience
My experience has not been a good one. After I read
the gamification resources, I became hopeful again. I
liked how the whole point is to make learning fun.
The shift in my understanding that the point is to
learn, not to just win. That they are a team: winning
is learning and learning is winning.
I still have a hard time figuring out how to fit it into
my future classrooms because I feel like the
gamification process would have to be specific to the
different curriculums but I am excited to fit it into my
classrooms.

3. What I have learned about
gamification
I have known for along while that when someone is
interested in what they are doing, they learn more
but I never thought about games as educational
tools before
Throughout this class, we have been shown different
variety of gamification methods
I agreed with the Maslow-Pink collaborative
interpretation of the what makes gamification
a good technique in today’s schools
Now that our basic needs are met,
We can start to divide the needs, at the top of
Maslow’s pyramid, in three
groups: autonomy, mastery and purpose.

4. What I liked and disliked about
the gamification in Edu. 210
I did not like the gamification portion of
Edu. 210. I felt that it destracted from
the lesson being taught, it detracted
from the information, and undermined
the desired lesson.

5. My Rationale or my Dislike
I found this game, as a person who typically
attends and actively participates in class,
insulting. The points were given for what I
think is a natural part of class: to show up and
participate.
I do not think that students who are becoming
teachers should need prizes to answer questions
and found that when I was going to answer a
question, it was not worth the hassle of finding my
card to get the points. This means that the EdTech
Odyssey Game stopped me from participating in
class. Michael Wu said in his blog, Gamification 101:
The Psychology of Motivation, that points can
become a detraction from the lesson, which in my
case, it did,
Also I have always found that by offering a
replacement project as a reward for points
shows that the project that can be replaced is
unimportant. To be able to opt out of an
assignment means that the assignment does
not carry with it necessary information for
everyone; therefore, is not important. The
information I am receiving through this
assignment is not so important that everyone
needs to know it.

6. How Gamificiation will impact me as
a teacher
This is a great tool for classrooms when used
properly.
For use in my future classrooms I will do couple of
things differently.
1. Ask what prizes the student would want to
receive in lieu of desired behaviour.
2. Look at the interests of the students in my class
and try to integrate them into the game.
3. Set up a game that allows for different people to
progress at different paces, so that they learn at
the pace that they are most successful

7. The End
Thanks for looking through my
slideshow on gamification.
Hope you enjoyed it.