Gamification

Who is a digital native?

• Those who learnt to use computers at some stage during their adult life.

• They were born before 1980s.

• New generation of young people born into the digital age.

• The older crew, they weren’t raised in a digital environment.

Who are the digital immigrants?

It is the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts to trigger intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in students in order develop their skills through engaging activities with an educational purpose.

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How we can use gamification?

• Using deductive grammar

• Using one activity that is usually a game, but this time has an education goal

• Students studying the rules

• Memorizing adjectives and the way they are used.

What is the objective of using gamification?

Name four game elements that we can use in a class:

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Is an example of gamification:

• Solving a worksheet with a list of exercises.

• Read the chapter of a book and make a questionnaire.

• Doing a class exposition about an specific topic.

• Students accessing to an interactive website in which they describe different people by completing a puzzle.

Is the game element that allows players to see where they are and how they progressed.

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Are coins or tokens used to reward players and create game economy.

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List the benefits of Gamification: