This document discusses using the platform Zondle to gamify education. It provides instructions for teachers to set up a Zondle account, create classes, add students, and select or create topics for games. Examples are given of different game formats and how teachers can view student progress. Benefits mentioned include increased student motivation, teachers guiding learning instead of lecturing, and data on weaknesses. The presentation encourages teachers to try Zondle from a student perspective to understand how it works.

1. Gamify With Zondle
Presented by: Michele Freeman, MBA

3. Presentation Information Will Be
Available Online
A handout will be uploaded to the Schools
Without Walls class on Zondle that explains how
to set up a Zondle account, implement Zondle
Challenge, have students create a user account,
create a class, and select a topic or create one.
The handout also explains how to embed zondle
on your class website and how to find my topics.
Let the games begin!

4. We’ve Come A Long Way

5. "A teacher who is attempting to teach
without inspiring the pupil with a desire
to learn is hammering on a cold iron.“
~Horace Mann

6. The Pedagogy Wheel was created by Allan Carrington and shows
you the best apps for each level of Blooms' Taxonomy

7. Gamification
• Teacher goes from “sage on the
stage” to “guide on the side”
http://www.gamification.co/2012/01/13/gamification-vs-game-based-learning-
in-education/

8. Why Gamification?
“People often say motivation doesn’t
last. Neither does bathing—that’s why
we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

9. Dr Wayne Holmes, Zondle’s head
of Education, became convinced
of the pedagogical benefits of
gamification while conducting
research for his Ph.D. in Education
at Oxford University.
http://www.hopscotchconsulting.co.uk/blog/display/gamification-could-
be-good-for-education#sthash.2Gyi6Z6N.dpuf

10. Zondle Challenge
• Use your laptop or any smart device (including
your cell phone) to go to zondle.com/play on
Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. It doesn’t work well
on Internet Explorer.
• The instructions are on the Zondle Instructions
handout on the SWOW Web site.

11. Benefits of Zondle

12. Student Selects Game

13. Teachers Can Create A Resource
Packet Online (Optional)

14. Zondle Mobile

15. Teachers Can View Progress

16. Teachers See A Progress Graph And
Weakest Questions In Gradebook

17. Connect Zondle To Edmodo

18. Zondle Team Play
• Students at your school can play against
another school anywhere in the world in real
time

19. Now we will look at
some examples in Zondle.
www.zondle.com

20. Try Zondle From The Student
Perspective Here
Go to www.zondle.com
Register for the SWOW class
with the following class code:
18484-85939
Be sure to enter the hyphen.
You do not have to enter an
email address.
After you have registered, select
the “Veterans” game.

21. Select the game format that you want to play (I like basketball)
CLICK PLAY

22. Set Up Your Zondle Account
• Go to www.zondle.com
• Click on “Join Now”
• Click on “I’m A Teacher”
• Create a username and password
• Enter your email address
• Click on the box beside “I Agree To The Terms”
• Click “Continue”

23. Click on Manage School
Then click on “Create A New Zondle
School”
Enter your title, last name, school
name (doesn’t have to be the real
school name) and zip code
Then click “Continue”
Click the padlock to receive the
teacher join code. Hand out the
code to other teachers in your
school who want to join.
Now click on “Create New Class”
Enter the class name and click
“Save”

24. To Add students
• Click on “Add Students”
• Then click on “Ask
Students To Join Your
School With A Class
Code”
• Copy and paste the class
code to the class you are
assigning this to (in
Edmodo for example)
• You can enter students
yourself but it is a slower
process
• Zondle will generate a
username and password
if you don’t enter one.
• Click “Continue”
• You can save the Excel
spreadsheet with student
username and password
information

25. Go to Games on the left hand
side of your screen
Click in the search box at the top of your screen
Enter your topic name (such as Keyboarding) in the search box
Hit the Enter key
Click on the plus sign next to the topic
Set topic to students
Click on “Set as formative assessment”
Then click the “X” to close the box
Now students can begin playing Zondle games with the topic(s)
you have set for their class

26. Find My Class
• Search for arkansasteacher and play a topic I
have set
• You can copy topics and use them in your
classes
Sign up today at www.zondle.com

27. Any Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact me at
Michele Freeman, Riverside High School
michele.freeman@riverside.k12.ar.us
Phone: (870) 237-4328

28. References
The Gamification of Education was
obtained from
http://www.knewton.com/gamification-education/
The Pedagogy Wheel was obtained
from
http://www.edtechroundup.org/the-roundup/
archives/05-2013