gamedesk - gamification in education - manu melwin joy

GameDeskGamification in Education

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorSCMS School of Technology and Management

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.

GameDesk

• GameDesk is a non-

profit that has worked

with AT&T to

revolutionize education

nationwide.

GameDesk• They focused on

gamifying education by

conceiving of, designing,

and producing video

games that incorporate

academics.

GameDesk• The project was aimed

mostly toward at-risk high

school students, who

showed great advances in

their educational skills by

using their games.

GameDesk• According to a recent

evaluation, 80% of

students using

MathMaker showed

increases in math scores.

GameDesk• The scores increased an

average of 22% from the start

to the end of the program--

this at a school where less

than two-thirds of students

overall were graduating.