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Jul 09

8th Grade Year Plan

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification, Science
July 9, 2013

After planning possible 6th grade activities, I put them into the 3D GameLab (3DGL) interface ready for kids to Beta test in the fall. So far I have 73 quests in several different chains with room for some student choice. The benefit of having no grades is that kids can really pick and choose what …

Badges, Benefit, Beta Test, Chains, Consequence, Earth Science, Eighth Graders, Fear Of Failure, Gpa, Interface, Life Science, Main Topics, Own Webpage, Payback, Rewards, School Science, School Year, Spreadsheet, Student Choice, Student Engagement, Video Game, Visual Layout
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Jul 06

Rewards and Gaming #3dgamelab

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
July 6, 2013

The idea of badges and achievements in gaming is a problem for teachers who have abolished extrinsic motivators in their classrooms. In 3DGL there is a Badges section, an Achievements section and an Awards section. I’m really conflicted by the awards section because it’s more like rewards than badges and achievements in my eyes. I …

Awards Ceremonies, Awards Section, Badges, Candy, Game, Gamer, Gami, Gold Stars, Interface, Led, Lotto, Lotto Tickets, Money, Motivators, Pavlov, Rewards, Splitting Hairs, Stamps, Stickers, Video Game
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Jun 11

Alternate Reality Game

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Gamification, Grades & HW, Science
June 11, 2012

This past Thursday Nicholas Provenzano hosted a Twitter chat at #NerdyChat on the topic of Gamification (see transcript here). Gamification is the idea of using the best of video gaming in the classroom. Why? Watch a kid play a video game. Video games hook the player and motivate the player to persevere through failure and …