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Students Learning From Gaming

Posted on 2019/04/08 by Steve Capone

Last week, I wrote about bringing Dungeons & Dragons to the after-school classroom (incidentally, D&D was in the Times opinion section this past weekend) and about how I more-or-less stumbled into the whole thing. Today I’m writing just a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Games and Gamification | Tagged D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, empathy, game-based learning, games, games in school, games in the classroom, gaming, GBL, learning, learning from games, learning to play well with others, role playing, role playing game, role-playing games, RPGs, students, Teaching | Leave a 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

A Critical Lens: Standards-Based and Competency-Based Grading

Posted on 2019/02/01 by Steve Capone

As I’ve been learning more about Standards-Based Grading and Competency-Based Grading, I am struck by something: they don’t appear to be any different in practical application from traditional grade reporting. They distinguish themselves, but they fail to be different in … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos | Tagged competency based education, competency based grading, critical lens, critical thinking, education, grading, learning, pedagogy, standards based grading, Teaching | Leave a comment

On Student Motivation (and on making content matter through gamification)

Posted on 2019/01/28 by Steve Capone

So as not to bury the lead: gamification motivates more naturally than does the boring, standard approach to content. For those who see my posts and think, TLDR, you may be interested in homing in on the bold-faced ideas, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos | Tagged choose your own learning adventure, curricular themes, curriculum themes, games, gamification, learning, motivation, student choice, student interests, students, Teaching, teaching memo | Leave a comment

Student Choice + Choice Architecture

Posted on 2019/01/18 by Steve Capone

When we walk into retail stores – Home Depot, Target, or whatever your personal flavor – effective store designers know how to encourage from us particular choices. Sunstein and Thaler would call such experience-creators “choice architects”. By presenting our shopping … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos | Tagged behavioral economics, choice architecture, choose your own learning, choose your own learning adventure, learn, learning, nudge, nudges, pedagogy, student choice, student voice, teachers, Teaching, teaching memo | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: learning

Students Learning From Gaming

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

A Critical Lens: Standards-Based and Competency-Based Grading

On Student Motivation (and on making content matter through gamification)

Student Choice + Choice Architecture

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