Tag: Games
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MinecraftEDU: Minecraft for the Classroom
After reading the original article by Audrey Watters about a year ago, I read this one with great interest as I was chasing the idea of setting up our own Minecraft server. It was interesting to read about the details, now if I can just get to affording it. It’s been almost a year since…
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Minecraft and The Classroom
From this article by Chris O’Brien, How Minecraft is Taking Over The World, comes an overview of Minecraft a link that is a starting point for the discussion about its use in education. This is going to be a game we are going to play in my classroom when I can research how to use…
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Using Gamer Rewards Instead of Grades to Boost Engagement
From IT News For Australian Business Clearly defined goals and fair, incremental rewards are two game design techniques that could motivate the ‘gamer generation’ in the workforce, according to a US academic. Lee Sheldon of the Indiana University believes managers may have to rethink how they engage the next generation entering the mainstream workforce. “As the…