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Nothing Went as Planned, and Everything Will Be Okay: A(nother) 2020 Experience

Posted on 2020/09/09 by Steve Capone

All we can do is the best we can do, and it’s okay not to be okay. This week, as is the case so many places across the country, our school had a surprise shutdown on the occasion of a … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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