There have
already been many discussions about how to improve the educational system and
make the students more inclined towards their books but nothing seems to have
helped much. However, some of the HR and training institutions have introduced
gamification as a new tool to interact and teach people. They are of the view
that it is a great way to engage people and make them know about different
things in a fun way. The educators shouldn’t, however, be the last one to
include this in their day to day teaching. This way, both the teachers and the
parents will be able to prepare the educational syllabus of their respective
students and children so that they feel excited about carrying on with their
courses.
Gamification in
the Previous Years
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The educational
program of Fizz and Martina’s Math
Adventures was loved by the students about 10 years ago. It became
immensely popular amongst the school students who were found to be absolutely
engaged in solving their problems which were posed to them during the show and
at times they even wanted to continue with the same during recess period.
Students were
seen to be working as a group and also through constant interactions with each
other. This is indeed a great way to learn things without feeling weary of the
subject. The students were even asked by their teachers to reason out how they
solved their respective problems and the students absolutely loved it.
Gamify the Classrooms
and Reward the Students
Recently, a lot
has been brewing up about the gamification of education. It is nothing but
presenting the contents in a game-like situation in order to attract the
learners and motivate them to do something innovative with the given topic.
However, this should not just be a fashion in the arena of education and the
educators should think positively about slipping in the same in their education
system as early as possible.
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Let me give you
an example showing how gamification of education might help the children to
learn better. For example, if the teachers are constantly forcing the students
to do well in mathematics because in future it will help them to be an engineer
and design different equipments, including bikes and cars, then why not
demonstrate them the importance of the subject by showing them a video of car
or bike making and designing so that they can learn it in a better way? This
way not only the students will be thoroughly engaged to the video but they will
also be able to learn about the intricacies of the given subject, and in turn
will be able to fetch good marks for the same as well.
Since using the SpellingCity app my students are often asking if they can work on spelling, which never happened to me my first 4 years of a teacher. We also participated in World Math Day, and some of my students spent a few hours doing math facts at home to get more points. When used appropriately, games can reach many kids that nothing else will.
ReplyDeleteThanks, David for supporting the topic. Good to see that you have already implemented the Gamification in your learning syllabus for your students. We may soon see this in all parts of the World. After all, students deserve to learn in a better way.
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