This week we looked at gaming and gamefication in the classroom, particularly we concentrated on Minecraft. I think gaming is a great way to get kids engaged and form a classroom community, be it online or physical games. I’ve attached two gameplay videos, the first is me stumbling through Minecraft for about 30 minutes and the second is a ten minute Prodigy Math Games gameplay video. I think both tools are a great potential option for the classroom, but I definitely need a 12 year old tutor to help me with Minecraft.
Minecraft
Prodigy Math Games
Gamefication vs Game Based Learning
- Gamefication
- adding a game element to an existing learning experience
- competition
- points
- flash cards
- badges
- bingo
- generate random numbers using dice
- Game based learning
- the game is the learning experience
- mine craft as a tool