Resources

Examples

• Mission Control
  • Tech4Learning I: 6th grade
  • Tech4Learning II: 8th grade
  • HS elective
    • Tech4Learning III
    • Game Design
• Leaderboard

Learning Management System

• Edmodo

Student Blogs

• Kidblog
  • Artifact examples-I collect a variety of digital artifacts to ensure students have satisfactorily completed assignments. This evidence becomes the basis for their grade. My classes are pass/fail.

Conferences

• Games in Education: annual symposium sponsored by First Playable in the greater Troy, NY area that is usually the first week of August
  • Level Up with Gamification: Tom Driscoll Putnam Public Schools Social Studies Teacher Coventry, RI Flipped History

Web Resources

• Gamification of Education: Interactive TEDEd lesson
• A Practitioner's Guide to Gamification of Education: Case Studies PDF
• Exploring Gamification Techniques for Classroom Management by Scott Nicholson: Abstract PDF
• Mr. Gonzalez's Classroom blog: Middle School teacher's blog that includes gamification, tech integration and many examples and resources
• Gamification Infographic
• Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology: Have your students discover the type of gamer they are.
  • Gamification through Rewards, Meaning and Play a slide presentation by Scott Nicholson
  • Gamification wiki
  • Gamification In Education: Edutopia article
• Gamification in Education: What, How, Why Bother?: Abstract
• Top Ten Case Studies
• 4 Ways To Bring Gamification of Education To Your Classroom
• Why Badges Work Better Than Grades
• Game Design (resources in a separate tab)

Avatar Makers

• Avatar Maker
• DoppelMe

MOOC opportunities-many exist here is an example

• Gamification

Famous Video clips about Badges

Some people think that in order to truly gamify you need to dole out badges as rewards. That isn't the case. I don't use badges we just level up. So you don't need no stinkin' badges either.