Gamification is the integration of game dynamics into any medium such as website, community and school etc in order to drive a positive response, participation and engagement from a target audience. Without a doubt, gamification will be popular in education and educational technology in 2011. Already we’re seeing many interesting developments within education and the…
I have an Op-Ed on VentureBeat today entitled “VCs level up with ‘gamification‘”. It focuses on the increased amount of seed and early stage capital that has been going into gamification within the last year and what that means for development and the future. Effectively, investment enters the gamification channel either as pure-play (gamification-only) or…
An inside look at Michael Fergusson: CEO and founder of Ayogo Games Inc. [SlideDeck id=’1574′ width=’100%’ height=’450px’] You can read more of Michael’s thoughts by following him on Twitter: @fergusson And don’t miss the chance to network at the Gamification Summit in January!
No matter how advanced technology becomes, there will always be some things that human beings just do better, such as recognizing distinctions in colors and patterns and prioritizing complex decisions. In the fields of human biology and DNA analysis, these skills are key to understanding genetic structure. Being able to recognize similarities and make distinctions…
In yesterday’s New York Times, writer John Tierney covers the topic of games that change behavior. It’s a great piece featuring some of the Gamification Summit’s top speakers, including keynoter Jane McGonigal and veteran designer Nicole Lazzaro. One of the topics that Gamification is broadly subsuming is games for change and “serious games”*. They are…
An inside look at Sharleen Sy: Co-founder of Play Dynamics Inc. and Writer for Strategic Synergy [SlideDeck id=’1492′ width=’100%’ height=’450px’] You can read more of Sharleen’s thoughts by following her on Twitter: @SharleenSy And don’t miss the chance to network at the Gamification Summit in January!
If Yelp and GetGlue had a baby, it would probably look something like InTheMO, a new site (still in Alpha) that allows users to get & give recommendations of cool spots around the world. While there are a plethora of review sites for restaurants, clubs and the like, InTheMO specifically targets small social networks as…
An inside look at Dean Takahashi : lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. [SlideDeck id=’1505′ width=’100%’ height=’450px’] You can read more of Dean’s thoughts by following him on Twitter: @deantak And don’t miss hearing him speak at the Gamification Summit in January!
I continue to get a lot of positive feedback about my talk at Mesh Marketing in Toronto last month. Kyra Aylsworth says she learned a lot from my presentation – so much so that it inspired this great blog post about it on teehanlax.com. I want to thank her for this piece, she clearly has…
