A copy of a talk I gave at the Literacy Link South Central AGM. In it I discuss the history of the term gamification and why gamification and maker culture promote learning and growing from failure. Failure can be an extremely productive form of education. As educators we must encourage everyone to take chance, make mistakes, identify those mistakes, and grow from those experiences.

1. Gamification:
why failing is
educational
Ryan Hunt
@Ryan__Hunt
DHMakerBus Co-founder

2. Start of presentation
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You find yourself at the beginning of a talk on gamification. You see three options
before you,, do you:
>
Go North (a brief history of gamification)
GO EAST (What is maker culture?)
GO WEST (what gamification and making have in common)
GO SOUTH (How can I use gamification techniques today?)

3. You go north
> You wonder what this strange word
gamification means and what odd
history it may have

4. What is „gamification?‟
• Gamification typically involves applying
game design thinking to non-game
applications to make them more fun and
engaging.

5. Search frequency for “gamification”

7. Marketing vs. Education

11. Failure

12. You go east
> You meet a strange person calling
themselves a maker. Best use caution, they
seem to wield strange tools.

22. You go west
You accidentally mix some making with
some gamification, you notice that the two
things mix well, forming something new and
exciting.

26. Failure

27. You go south
Before you leave this strange land you
decide to take something with you. You look
around for something that can be easily
brought back.

28. Personal Learning
Network
(PLN)

29. EDMODO

32. Scratch

33. TWINE

35. BOMB GAME

36. This is an example of a common
PowerPoint game used in the teaching of
English as a second language in Korea.
In this presentation we will show you how to
use the techniques found in this game to
make non-linear PowerPoint presentations
Let’s get started!

37. A community-driven teaching resource

38. 5 Pt
4 Pt
3 Pt
2 Pt
1 Pt

41. How’s the weather?
It’s sunny.

43. Do you like apples?
No, I don’t like apples.

45. Do you like chicken?
Yes, I like chicken.

47. What’s you name
My name is _______.

49. What day is it?
It’s Friday, March
th.
8

51. What’s your favourite
colour?
My favourite colour is ____.

53. What does TIES stand for?
Technology In Education

55. Unscramble: uTkeyr
Turkey

57. Unscramble: yawbuS
Subway

59. How’s it going?
I’m happy!

61. How’s it going?
I’m sad.

63. What country is this?
It’s Canada.

65. What country is this?
It’s the Republic of Korea.

67. Who is this?
It’s Ryan.

69. Who is this?
It’s Beth.

71. Name three countries.
???

73. Name three animals.
???

75. What’s your favourite
animal?
My favourite animal is…

77. What colour is this?
It’s green.

79. What colour is this?
It’s yellow.

81. Name things that are
yellow.
???

83. What did you do last
weekend?
I…

85. What is she doing?
She is playing soccer.

107. Collaborative Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12JNd4
UL0rp8hCxEDZwa2Rf1fFszaUj7gvm5ccRou7Q/edit?usp=sh
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