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The Best of Education Gamification in 2013

Ivan Kuo12 years ago12 years ago14 mins

When it comes to gamification, no community can match the level of excitement, engagement, and dedication to the concept as much as our education readers do.

To wrap up our first week of the best gamification stories of 2013, we’d like to present 5 stories ranging from the emergence of World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and zombies in schools to increased US government spending on educational game initiatives. It’s a good (read: fun) time to be an educator for 2014.

Educating with WoW and Minecraft with Lucas Gillispie

Ivan Kuo13 years ago10 years ago01 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.

This past week’s guest was Lucas Gillispie, educator and creator of Edurealms — a site dedicated to providing educational materials that make use of games like World of Warcraft and Minecraft. Check out the full video to learn about Lucas’ insights on using games in the classroom and some of the challenges he faces.

Be sure to catch tomorrow’s episode at 1PM EDT with Gabe for another gamification design QnA on the Gamification Revolution

Top Articles for Education Gamification in 2012

Ivan Kuo13 years ago06 mins

Behold! Gamification Co’s Best of 2012 series will conclude with the best of Education from last year. The education community showed intense engagement with these articles for here and I hope that these resources may inspire countless classrooms to change into engagement powerhouses for students. Read on about how some of Blizzard’s most popular games are education High School and College classes, an iPad app to train Autistic children, a classroom gamifying musical compositions, an interview with Kevin Werbach, Coursera Gamification Professor, and finally – a full six part series by an expert educator discusses gamification’s current role in modern education. Get schooled after the jump

Transform Loyalty Punch Cards for Customers with Customization and Guild Dynamics

Ivan Kuo13 years ago15 mins

In a recent study looking at why some massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) like World of Warcraft still commands millions of loyal players despite its eight year lineage, those engaging most with character customization and guilds were found to be the most loyal players. The TechCrunch article mentions the possibility for these elements to increase “virality”…

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