Category Archives: Education

Gamification as a Boat-Building Exercise

Posted on 2019/09/15 by Steve Capone

Unlike many teachers, I do not teach the same content every year. Sometimes, I wish I were planning a unit I’ve taught many times before – and I’ve lived that experience in the past – but most of the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos | Tagged advice to new gamifiers, classroom game, classroom management, education, engagement, game, game my class, game-based learning, games, games in the classroom, games to learn, gamification, gamify, learning, presentations, student-centered classroom, twitter | Leave a comment

Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students

Posted on 2019/09/04 by Steve Capone

Last year, my sixth-grade team of teachers worked together with students to guide students to create a class-wide set of norms for behavior. The process was energizing and gave the students a voice in their own expectations, so I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Teaching Memos | Tagged class, classroom management, code of norms, student agency, student authorship, student care, student choice, student voice, student-centered classroom, student-centered teaching, students, teachers, Teaching | Leave a comment

Presentation Plan: Utah Council for the Social Studies – Nov. 2, 2019

Posted on 2019/08/30 by Steve Capone

If you’re teacher in Utah, or if you just so happen to be visiting Utah in early November, I would love to meet with you and talk gamification. I’m gamifying my course again this year, and the game is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Submissions, Education, Games and Gamification | Tagged AMLE, AMLE19, conference, Conference Presentations, conferences, game, games, gamification, gamify, gamifying, NCSS, Teaching, teaching strategies, UCSS, Utah Council for the Social Studies, Utah Teachers | 1 Comment

Introducing Earth 2: 2019-2020’s Classroom Game

Posted on 2019/08/29 by Steve Capone

TLDR: Below, I’m posting a link to my classroom game (Earth 2) introduction and details. If you’re a regular reader, you know that gamification is the practice of adding game elements (e.g. game mechanics and theme) to non-game contexts, and you … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Teaching Memos | Tagged classroom, classroom management, fun in school, games, games in school, games in the classroom, gamificacion, gamification, gamified classroom, gamified learning, learning, learning contexts, student choice, Teaching | 1 Comment

Games and Game Elements & Mechanics in the Classroom: A Simple Taxonomy

Posted on 2019/04/03 by Steve Capone

When I began teaching in the Spring of 2008, I was teaching adults in a college setting, and I acted under the assumption that students were just like me – they’d like what I liked, learn how I learned, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Teaching Memos | Tagged classroom, game-based learning, gameful learning, games, gamification, gamify, gamifying, gaming, GBL, learning, motivation, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, student agency, student choice, student-centered learning, Teaching, teaching strategies | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Education

Gamification as a Boat-Building Exercise

Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students

Introducing Earth 2: 2019-2020’s Classroom Game

Games and Game Elements & Mechanics in the Classroom: A Simple Taxonomy

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