Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Did we have failures? We started talking about gamification and how we could use games in a different way, a more developmental way. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning. Absolutely. There was always something to improve, something that went wrong. But I would tell my students, We will learn from this.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. They are excited by new possibilities, and learn from their failures. Create 3D printables - sell on Shapeways.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams. In a world where teachers still suffer too often from tech failures, this is a welcome change. More on gamification of education: 29 Online Educational Activities Kids Will Love This Summer. Con–which became a Pro.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Gamification —borrowing the motivating principles from games and applying them to a non-game setting—can rewire and bolster social dynamics in the classroom when properly implemented. Games Make It OK to Fail Failure is a normal part of learning. Here are some key insights we’ve gathered about the ways video games foster learning: 1.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

In committing to the use of games for instruction, he’s not only found a unique way to capture his students’ attention but also to alter their incentives for learning while simultaneously redefining the concept of failure. There may be no better example of meeting students where they are than Arnold’s gamification of the learning process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Failure is a learning tool. It is a well-accepted concept for pre-schoolers and has made a successful leap to the classroom, relabeled as ‘gamification’ Use the power of games to draw students into learning and encourage them to build on their own interests. It means you differentiate for the needs of your parents.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

HURLEY: The top-down arrangement you describe can allow us to avoid some common failures, but the open question is whether it can lead to impressive successes. I've seen PD programs designed around gamification strategies that give teachers room to try things they might not have tried otherwise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Barometers to success are as likely to be effort and failure as a perfectly turned-out project. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked. They are life long learners. They were problem solvers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

But I would say that the failure of ideals doesn't mean that the ideal is bad or unworkable. The idea that Uber is using gamification for incentivizing drivers to earn rewards, and that they're somehow a terrible actor just by doing that, I think is a little bit misleading. Let me speak to the question that you've asked.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Barometers to success are as likely to be effort and failure as a perfectly turned-out project. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked. They are life long learners. They were problem solvers.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Why It Works Gamification works because it introduces immediate feedback and visible progress, two elements that keep learners engaged. Gamification doesnt mean turning every subject into a video game. It reframed failure as part of progress and made every learner feel seen.

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