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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. No one wants to be at the bottom of a leaderboard,” says Deepak Cheenath, co-founder of Quizizz, a classroom tool that lets teachers create pop quizzes and games. But it also can’t offer boring bits of information interspersed with fun games.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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Quizzes on Google Forms now allow for a bit more customization: Teachers can offer partial credit for answers choices while auto-grading multiple choice questions. Upgrades also include Smarty Ants Español, a program designed to help K-2 Spanish-speaking students learn how to read in Spanish. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?: According to Erik C.