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6 Keys to a Successful Gamified Learning Experience

Magic EdTech

Educators hardly need evidence that games are immensely attractive for school-age children. Like a midday espresso shot for adults, gamification facilitates increased learning and content retention in K-12 students. Wise educators may capitalize on this enthusiasm by including competitiveness in their gamified environments.

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6 Ways Gamification can Facilitate Learning in Your Corporation Right Now

Magic EdTech

Hence corporations these days use gamification in their learning strategies to improve the learning curve for their employees. By virtue of its engagement prowess, gamification appeals to people across the board and enables their desire to pursue professional growth, as Gabe Zichermann suggested. Gamification Increases Engagement.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. Education, thus, has its roots in the earliest social interactions. Gamification and Virtual Reality. Little has changed in today’s space-age. Back to the basics.

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The Present and the Future of Game-Based Learning in the Ed Tech Industry?

Magic EdTech

Conversations on modernizing education should provide strategies for keeping students motivated and ensuring that they are practicing strategic thinking, confidence, and creativity—skills that they will need in the future workplace. Gamification uses various motivational factors, such as scorecards that promote competition amongst users.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

Cool Cat Teacher

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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6 Keys to Successful Gamified Learning Experience

Magic EdTech

Educators hardly need any evidence that games are extremely attractive for school-age children, as their classrooms daily surge with non-stop conversations about the latest video games. Like a mid-day shot of espresso, gamification can facilitate increased learning and deeper levels of content retention in K-12 students. Keep it Fun!

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

Cool Cat Teacher

This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. As I look ahead to this summer and listen to educators, here are 21 hot topics that I think we should consider including in our summer PD. We have to relate to educate. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.