A copy of a talk I gave at the Literacy Link South Central AGM. In it I discuss the history of the term gamification and why gamification and maker culture promote learning and growing from failure. Failure can be an extremely productive form of education. As educators we must encourage everyone to take chance, make mistakes, identify those mistakes, and grow from those experiences.
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1. Gamification: why failing is educational Ryan Hunt
@Ryan__Hunt DHMakerBus Co-founder
2. Start of presentation0/0You find yourself at the beginning of
a talk on gamification. You see three options before you,, do
you:>Go North (a brief history of gamification) GO EAST (What is
maker culture?)GO WEST (what gamification and making have in
common) GO SOUTH (How can I use gamification techniques today?) 3.
You go north> You wonder what this strange word gamification
means and what odd history it may have 4. What is gamification?
Gamification typically involves applying game design thinking to
non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging. 5. Search
frequency for gamification 6. Marketing vs. Education 7. Failure 8.
You go east> You meet a strange person calling themselves a
maker. Best use caution, they seem to wield strange tools. 9. You
go west You accidentally mix some making with some gamification,
you notice that the two things mix well, forming something new and
exciting. 10. Failure 11. You go south Before you leave this
strange land you decide to take something with you. You look around
for something that can be easily brought back. 12. Personal
Learning Network (PLN) 13. EDMODO 14. Scratch 15. TWINE 16. BOMB
GAME 17. This is an example of a common PowerPoint game used in the
teaching of English as a second language in Korea. In this
presentation we will show you how to use the techniques found in
this game to make non-linear PowerPoint presentationsLets get
started! 18. A community-driven teaching resource 19. 5 Pt4 Pt3 Pt2
Pt1 Pt 20. Hows the weather?Its sunny. 21. Do you like apples?No, I
dont like apples. 22. Do you like chicken?Yes, I like chicken. 23.
Whats you nameMy name is _______. 24. What day is it?Its Friday,
Marchth. 8 25. Whats your favourite colour?My favourite colour is
____. 26. What does TIES stand for?Technology In Education 27.
Unscramble: uTkeyrTurkey 28. Unscramble: yawbuSSubway 29. Hows it
going?Im happy! 30. Hows it going?Im sad. 31. What country is
this?Its Canada. 32. What country is this?Its the Republic of
Korea. 33. Who is this?Its Ryan. 34. Who is this?Its Beth. 35. Name
three countries.??? 36. Name three animals.??? 37. Whats your
favourite animal?My favourite animal is 38. What colour is this?Its
green. 39. What colour is this?Its yellow. 40. Name things that are
yellow.??? 41. What did you do last weekend?I 42. What is she
doing?She is playing soccer. 43. Collaborative Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12JNd4
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