Understanding Gamification and Digital Privacy

Which Minecraft modes are most popular?

• Creative

• Survival

• Spectator

• Adventure

Answer explanation

Creative Mode allows players unlimited resources and access to all game items and players can focus on building and designing without any restrictions. Players can enjoy creativity and construction. Survival mode is a more “gamified” Minecraft mode where players can gather resources, build structures, and fend off hostile creatures (DE-Fastlink, 2024).

Social media postings can include photographs or videos that are not your own or licensed.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. Social media postings should not include photos or videos that are not your own or licensed, even though they can increase engagement and sharability. The use of photos and videos that are not yours are prohibited by copyright and intellectual property laws (Texas State University, 2024).

Which of the following DOES NOT apply to gamification?

• Gamification taps into basic human desires such as need for recognition, reward, status, and achievement.

• Gamification allows individuals and teams to compare accomplishments and engage in friendly competition.

• Gamification can help students take action to protect their digital privacy on devices and manage their personal data.

• Gamification has been shown to relieve stress and clear the brain of distractions.

Answer explanation

Gamification allows for people’s need for recognition, reward, status, and achievement to develop. It includes an innate love of competition and collaboration; and the human desire for self-expression and altruism (Jacobs, 2025).

Which ISTE student standard DOES NOT apply to social media?

• Students demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interaction online.

• Students use technology to improve their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

• Students safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online.

• Students take action to protect their digital privacy on devices and manage their security online.

Answer explanation

Even though all the answers are ISTE students standards, the use of technology to improve their practice and demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways if more geared to gamification than social media (ISTE, 2017).

Which of the following IS an ISTE standard for educators regarding social media?

• to demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology responsibly.

• to safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online.

• to protect their digital privacy on devices.

• to mentor students in safe, legal, and ethical practices with digital tools.

Answer explanation

Even though all these are ISTE standards, only the correct choice, mentoring students, applies to educators (ISTE, 2017).

Games are explicit in their learning objectives, and learning becomes a byproduct of the game.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Games allow players to learn on a subtextual level and secondary learning outcomes. They are well known for abstracting complex issues down to basic problems that users can interact with and begin to understand (Teng, 2014).

1. Games provide us with challenges to overcome, and if we make mistakes, we can try again and identify gaps in our knowledge.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Students normally are absorbing and applying knowledge to pass a test. In a game, players are doing so because they want to explore and progress voluntarily. Players have intrinsic motivation in games and in doing so, they are willing to think about how to solve problems (Teng, 2014).

Which of the following is a benefit of using Minecraft?

• Creativity and Imagination

• Problem-solving and Critical Thinking

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Basic programming and engineering concepts

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Mine-Craft open ended format encourages imagination. It requires a plan to execute projects. Many players can work together to build and explore. It introduces basic concepts of engineering and programming with the use of its mechanics and command blocks (DE-Fastlink, 2024).

Which one of the following is NOT a reason for teachers to use social media?

• Know what students are facing

• Build digital citizens

• To become popular on campus

• Experience technology as a multiplier

Answer explanation

Social media provides an easy way to maximize social rapport with students and to develop digital citizenship which is one of the most important skills for 21st-century learners. The definition and outcome of being multiplier means you’ll vastly broaden the visibility, reach, and impact of what happens in your classroom (Adam, 2017.

Quizizz can help a teacher create differentiated assessments using AI features.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Quizizz power users can teach, evaluate, review, and differentiate the tool's services for their students. The “Analyze w/ AI” feature can recognize trends in student performance. It also highlights areas where additional support or review are needed giving insights you can act on immediately (Tutt, 2025).