Gamifiying+learning+in+my+classroom

=__Gamifying learning in my classroom - Showcase__=

**When - Monday 20th June, from 10:30am to 12pm**

**What's it about? - Game based learning and gamification (adding a game layer onto classroom learning)**

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This showcase highlights my journey in gamifying learning in my classroom. I've always been a gamer (not to the extent that I'd wear a headset and play Call of Duty or War of Warcraft for hours on end). I started playing the good old super nintendo when I was in the early years of primary school and have moved through the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 3, Wii and now the Xbox 360. I love role playing games where there is a mission, quests to do and puzzles to solve. There is a certain enjoyment of getting Mario through to an alternative exit in a stage so you can make a path to a hidden level, or solving a quest where you have to talk to mutliple characters at different times. And when you can't solve it by yourself, you research instructional guides on the net and learn from others how to do it. Video games reward persistence. They have a way of making you play the game for hours. They make tasks just at the right level (not too easy and not too hard) so that it challenges you to keep going. They make you do research when you don't know how to pass a level. I wanted to transfer this in my classroom.

The showcase will involve myself and three of my students on our thoughts of gamification in the classroom. What we thought of getting points for handing in work, leaderboards, getting passwords to level up and achievement badges. We will also be talking about games-based learning in the classroom, which involves using the Xbox 360 to learn Newton's laws and experimental design.

For more info on my reflections on games based learning and gamification, check out my blog. If you want a quick preview of what gamification is about, check out the video below:

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I hope to see you there. And yes, we will have an Xbox so you can have a go and experience game based learning for yourself. :) We will have Sonic Racing with Banjo Kazooie, Formula 1 Racing and National Geographic Quiz