k12

JULY 10, 2025

Polls and Quizzes: Encourage your child to participate in polls or mini quizzes if their online platform offers them. Virtual Whiteboards: These online tools replicate the traditional classroom whiteboard—and in some cases, students can even write or draw on them too.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

There’s even an option to write stories together. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. A softer, more nuanced form of gamification is on the rise. Quizizz is embodying this shift.

Gamification 205

Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. When I designed the gamification unit, I had no idea the effect it would have. But Ray taught me an invaluable lesson about buzzwords, adaptability, and unintended results.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

Gamification Dry subject matter coupled with decreasing attention spans means traditional teaching approaches are becoming less effective. Gamification in the classroom can take on various forms. These include writing and adapting lesson plans, forming and updating schedules, and creating student assessment reports.

Gamification 167

Gamification Hybrid Learning Education Motivation 167

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2018

The article focused on how clickers could help boost engagement and gamification in the classroom. quizzes, clickers and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students heads (e.g., If they’re writing down a quick response to a prompt before pairing up, they’re using retrieval practice.

Science 164

Science Feedback Gamification Learning 164

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2024

The basic plan is free, which allows you to create engaging quizzes that students can participate in using any device with internet access. And since gamification of learning can boost student performance by almost 90% , it’s a particularly impactful choice. Students can write on these with dry-erase markers and wipe them clean easily.

Teaching 166

Teaching Gamification Quizzes Learning Styles 166

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Write a reflection summarizing the major themes and their content. Take positive student comments as evidence of this improvement—for example, “eight students commented favorably that when I added weekly quizzes they felt more prepared for exams.” That comment did not appear once since I began writing notes on my slides in real time.”

Course Evaluations 122

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 122