This week Mike, Suzanne and Brendan begin a deep dive into Gamification within the classroom and the greater world. Many us are participating in Gamification in our lives and we don't even realize it. This is the first of a short series of conversations that you don't want to miss!

For this week's interview Brendan met with Jessica McCloskey from William N. DeBerry Elementary about their process for preparing for the MCAS.


Articles:

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/gamification-in-education-vicki-davis
https://tophat.com/blog/gamification-education-class
https://www.knewton.com/infographics/gamification-education/
http://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/top-10-education-gamification-examples/
https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/12-examples-of-gamification-in-the-classroom/
https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2014/05/13/what-is-gamification-and-why-use-it-in-teaching/
http://edtechreview.in/news/324-examples-gamification-in-education
https://www.pearsoned.com/digital-learning-gamification/
http://inservice.ascd.org/the-difference-between-gamification-and-game-based-learning/
http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/gamification-education
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/12/04/pursuing-quests-how-digital-games-can-create-a-learning-journey/
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/gamification/
https://medium.com/@OfficeofEdTech/playing-together-trends-in-game-based-education-7b9c1a026b1a

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