ELM 372 4-8 Literacy Methods: Gamification in Education

Suzanne Halloway in her Top Hat Blog provides a good explanation of gamification in education.

Henry Jenkins musings on play and learning and much more...

Simple explanation with good links to more information from noted experts.

Simple explanation of gamification with links and ideas to develop gaming ideas.

Steven Isaac's article provides good definitions and good examples.

"When one teacher organized his students into teams of competing barbarians, they embraced learning about ancient Rome."

"A teacher shares how she gamified learning in her classroom—including both what worked and what didn’t".

Great ideas and leaderboards

15 of Marczewski’s gaming elements

Discusses great game elements like: mystery, action, challenge, risk, uncertainty and more.

The basic version is free. Just sign up for it with your email account. I would use the Logo template to make digital badges.

Make quizzes for free!

Create learning games for free!

Create short videos for free

Literature-Rich Connections
Whether you're adapting an exisitng WebQuest or building your own, consider the following areas to bring literature alive for learners.

Characters
Reflection of time & place
Relationships
Experiences & frustrations
What would it be like to be?
What if? Use characters as student roles
Project Idea: Plan an event, party, dinner, or other events there the characters might interact. Write a skit or role play.
Project idea: Create an oral history for a character.

Brief overview of why role-playing is important in the classroom.