GAMIFICATION

LET’S PLAY

5 minutes to play the game

Frog Jumping Puzzle

1. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/problemsolving/frogjump.html

or

2. http://www.smart-kit.com/s7284/

BRUSHEADS

Follow the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw

GAMIFICATION IN ACTION

HOW TO WE MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO CHAN GE THEIR BEHAVIOR

1.Incentives

2.Badges

3.Points

4.Discounts

5.Free Stuff!!

6. Provide things the customers like

Is liking something the same as being motivated by something

Pleasure = Behaviour change

WHAT IS A GAME?

A Game is a system in which players engage in an abstract challenge defined by rules interactivity and feedback, the results in a quantifiable outcome often eliciting an emotional reaction.

INTRODUCTION

What is Gamification?gamification - gam(e) + -ification

applying game-design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging

GAMIFICATION

Gamification is using game based mechanics, aesthetics and game thinking to engage people motivate action, promote learning and solving problems

OTHER COMPONENTS OF GAMIFICATION

The interest curve within a game is the flow and the sequence of events holds and grabs players attention and extends the concept throughout the entire experience. Games are designed to take initial interest and rise it to an other level. When the game is over the learner leaves the interest with some interest left over and with the knowledge is gained by the carefully sequenced instruction.

CURVE OF INTEREST

FLOW-BY MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYESTATE BETWEEN BOREDOM AND ANXIETY

INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION

WHAT CAN GAMIFICATION DO?

• Hand-eye coordination

• Solving Problems

• Teaching Higher Order Skills

• Thinking the unthinkable

• Engaging learners in a live classroom

• Helping people lose weight

• Making physical therapy more enjoyable

• Testing knowledge and performance

• Good for Old and Young

APPLYING GAMIFICATION TO LEARNING DOMAINS

• Declarative Knowledge

• Conceptual Knowledge

• Procedural Knowledge

• Rule-based Knowledge

• Experiencing the concept

• Experience consequences

• Affective Domain

• Psychomotor Domain

BENEFITS FROM MY EXPERIENCE

In today’s world the more comfortable a child is with technology the better equipped he/she will stay on the top of it.

Educational games definitely increases students engagement.

Personalize instruction, better assess knowledge and collect helpful information needed to improve their knowledge.

Children are less likely to develop attention problem in school and very useful for the children who are less communicative in class which I have experienced during virtual classes on Edmodo in which students were exposed to numerous games by me.

CONCERNS IN GENERAL

Violence in video games can contribute to social behavior problems.

The students are likely to forget the skills learnt in the games when we test them later.

The student’s learning necessity like thorough reading of the text book is not prioritized if introduced to games.

Parents will never want their children spending more time on games at school.

It is difficult for the teachers to monitor each child in a stipulated time.

Number one barrier is funding. School have to spend huge amount and not every school can access to teaching resources.

GAMIFICATION IN ACTION

53% male and 47% female women 18 or older represent a greater portion of the game-

playing population (30%) than boys 17 or younger (18%) average player age is: 30 25% of population is over 50 social games outpace competitive games by 3:1

CONCLUSION

The Mantra

“Have fun while you learn”