But it's such a good song and would you believe it's about a video game? No, no, you probably wouldn't.
Games can inspire music just as much as they can inspire learning. Gaming can be the means, motive, and content of our lives if we let them be and it can still be universally palatable.
Not everything is puppies and cake...
In the very least I'd like to offer an opposing view of gamification. Be warned, the author is a bit...aggressive.
http://tinyurl.com/3cp9xoc
In my opinion, this is someone who does not understand the ACTUAL concept of gamification, that is to say, encouraging us to be productive through fun. But then, games aren't innocent either. If you look back at my first post, I referred to a particular webcast. This week they did a piece on propaganda games. Check it.
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/propaganda-games
http://tinyurl.com/3cp9xoc
In my opinion, this is someone who does not understand the ACTUAL concept of gamification, that is to say, encouraging us to be productive through fun. But then, games aren't innocent either. If you look back at my first post, I referred to a particular webcast. This week they did a piece on propaganda games. Check it.
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/propaganda-games
Real life 'cheevos
One of the driving forces behind games-based-learning (if you're on twitter, that's #gbl) is recognition. We already use recognition - what's that fancy piece of paper I got from going through university actually for, how about that A+ on your math test?
Mozilla seems to be developing a tool that makes use of achievements, or badges, and make them real. Also, maybe we can finally show all those things we did that have been hard to show.
Mozilla seems to be developing a tool that makes use of achievements, or badges, and make them real. Also, maybe we can finally show all those things we did that have been hard to show.
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