After our session on gamification I was thinking about how useful it has been to gamify aspects of my class this year. Even if I didn’t start from the beginning of the year with a specific online resource, I had been doing little things to gamify my classroom, from table points to earning classroom money for specific actions. I have always liked games and implementing some form of play in what I do, and students tend to react positively to this, but I had never used or explored an organized online tool like the ones we’ve been looking at this semester. Even though we are close to the end of the school year, using Quizziz and ClassDojo have triggered a very different and positive reaction from my students. Quizziz has allowed me to do quick checks on understanding and gather data through assessments that are simply games to my students. My students this year love to compete and see how they did by using Quizziz, and the option to take the Quizziz at their own pace makes it better to reduce some of my student’s frustration. I have also been using Class Dojo significantly to award students points for positive behavior and responsibility in class. It has made such an effect that when they hear the little sound of a point being awarded or deducted they immediately react (with a few exceptions of course). I have also been able to take advantage of the behavior lessons included in the site, students love to listen to the creatures and learn about different conflicts they face. Going back to gamification, the rewarding and loosing of points through different badges encourages students to work together to gain individual and group points; which they can then get in classroom money. My objective with these tools as I am gamifying my classroom is to engage my students and help them learn something in a fun way. If students are excited about something, they are likely to engage and in turn be curious about what they are learning. I want to trigger that excitement for learning with gamification.
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Jose G. CerdaArchives
May 2018
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