Game-Based Learning
"Professional Learning with SeeSaw" -- ISTE17 Challenge
What is it?
Examples!
Have you ever played the card game Go Fish or Old Maid? What about checkers? Games are fun, and I prefer to win rather than lose!
Do you remember playing The Oregon Trail in school? I hoped for a good trail adventure without Mary breaking her arm, and I cheered each time my wagon made it safely across the river. As a kid, I didn't realize I was learning about pioneer life, hunting, etc. -- it was just fun! I wish I could thank by 5th grade teacher for incorporating game-based learning.
If you're a coffee drinker and Starbucks lover, you're probably scanning that app over and over to earn stars for all your purchases. Do those star rewards encourage you to buy more? Do you complete in the bonus challenges to collect even more stars? If so, you are falling prey to the genius of Starbucks gamification.
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More Resources on Game-Based Learning
- 20+ resources for engaging game-based learning - Ditch That Textbook
- 3 Ways to Use Game-Based Learning
- How Game-Based Learning Can Help All Students of All Ages Learn
- Explore "Prodigy" math game as a way to implement Game-Based Learning
- Overview and history of game learning (infographic)
- 8 Game Elements to Make Learning Fun
- Game-Based adult PD - Carl Hooker