"Tips From Teachers - Engage Students With Gamification"

Jordan Billings, Instructor for Olathe Public Schools teaches 7th grade Social Studies including Kansas History and Geography at Indian Trail Middle School. He started adding gamification to his classroom with ClassCraft then has adapted several different themes over the years. Currently, he incorporates a Marvel theme layer to his classes and finds that students are eager to come to class. They have actually asked for more "boss challenges AKA tests". Jordan shares about the benefits he's found with gamification and offers advice for those that might like to start small and use this tool to increase student engagement in their classroom.

Episode 8, "Tips From Teachers - Engage Students With Gamification", July 21, 2021

The Kansas City Star published an article about Indian Trail Middle School and how they were using gamification school wide. Check out this article about how Jordan Billings was taking gamification one step further.

In 2019, Jordan won the "Outstanding Educator Award" from Ottawa University.