Gamification has slowly been on the rise, especially within educational environments, but this doesn't refer to playing a game. Rather, as Dave Potts (10 Oct 2014) mentions, it is based on the use of elements found in game-play to help encourage and motivate student engagement in lessons and other learning activities while rewarding them for their hardwork! As a result, the purpose of this is to encourage students to learn and apply their knowledge from lessons in fun and exciting ways using these game-play strategies.

Some game elements used are:

• Tasks
• Badges
• Rewards
• Leaderboards
• Friendly competition
• Rules
• Feedback
• Avatars

Gamification is used to assist in developing student learning and engagement. In the classroom, when we integrate these concepts from games allows for students to be introduced to "friendly competition, a sense of achievement, an engaging learner experience and it encourages learners to progress through the content, motivate aciton, and eventually influence behaviour" (Pandey, A. 1 July 2015. Top 6 Benefits of Gamification in eLearning. Retrieved from https://www.eidesign.net/top-6-benefits-of-gamification-in-elearning-2/). Why not create an environment that encourages student engagement, while allowing for them to engage in their learning in new and exciting ways (which meets the needs of all different learners) while having instant feedback.