April 21, 2026
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Low-Tech Gamification for Students with Amy Baskin

Ivan Kuo01 mins

Educators are some of the hardest working people out there with some of the lowest budgets to do their jobs right. It takes ingenuity, creativity, and passion to achieve real engagement with students, which is why Amy Baskin’s Grammar Olympics and other game concepts for grammar really demonstrate the power of fun for teaching.

We invited Amy to come on our weekly webshow to tell us more about what she’s been up to and she shares some of her secrets and successes from her gamified endeavors. Check out the full video below for the interview



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The Grammar Olympics: How to Gamify Teaching on a Budget

Ivan Kuo01 mins

Some of the most exciting things happening in education are the advancements in education technologies, like classroom-wide tablet systems and online learning platforms but it doesn’t mean a creative lesson plan can’t be just as effective.

Amy Baskin, an English professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville, created a teaching-system that combined a series of “Olympic-style” events revolving around teaching grammar conventions. Professor Baskin took the stage at GSummit SF 2013 to share her story with the Grammar Olympics and shows us all how there is no substitute for great teachers.

Also, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest videos from GSummit SF 2013 as they’re released. You can also download a copy of Amy’s presentation by downloading it here.

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