Games in the Classroom: Using Tech to Learn

Games are a powerful medium that can be used in the classroom to teach concepts, motivate students, and measure learning outcomes. Teachers should know the benefits of gaming so they can create engaging lessons for their students.

1. Gaming is a great way to keep students engaged in learning.

Gaming is a great way to keep students engaged in learning. The visual, auditory, and tactile components of gaming engage the senses more than traditional methods like lectures or textbooks. If you’ve ever been pulled away from your phone by an urgent message during class (or distracted at work), then you know how hard it is to break free from it. Pedagogy that incorporates gaming can help students stay engaged in the course material and be more attentive.

Gaming motivates students to learn by providing a new form of engagement,  a sense of ownership over their learning experience, and an opportunity for mastery.​

2. Gamification can be used in the classroom to motivate students and make lessons more interactive.

Students are more engaged and motivated when they’re playing a game than sitting in an auditorium listening to a lecture. When you gamify your lesson or course content, it becomes interactive for students—they want to learn because learning helps them within the game and engages their natural competitiveness.

​Students can be given narrative and gaming elements to make the material come alive. For example, when learning about world history, students could take on a role of an ancient traveler in the period they’re studying, collect items during activities that are related to what they’re learning in class — and earn points for correct answers. 

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3. Teachers should use games that allow for different levels of difficulty so all learners have an opportunity to succeed. ​

The games that are most successful in the classroom will be different for every student.  To stay motivated when playing these types of games, students should have opportunities to explore and interact with their environment while still having goals and challenges set out before them.​

​This type of gaming experience is called Gamification: making something into a game so it's more fun or challenging than usual. There are many benefits to this approach; including motivation (students might enjoy themselves more), engagement (they'll spend less time zoning out) and it increases the efficacy of lessons.

4. Games can promote teamwork and collaboration in the classroom ​

Games are a fun way for learners to cooperate and work together, so students must have the opportunity to play games in class. Games can also promote teamwork outside of school hours because they can be played with others who may not attend the same school.

Gamification is the process of using game thinking and game design techniques to increase the efficacy of lessons.

Games in the classroom are a powerful way to teach content and measure learning outcomes. Teachers should be aware of how games can enhance lessons, motivate learners, or promote teamwork--both within school hours and outside of them too. Gamification is an important process for valuable education strategies because it increases the efficacy of lessons using game design.

​Teachers, are you looking for a way to make your classroom more engaging?​

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Blended Play is an educational gaming company that creates games that allow teachers to use their own content. This means they can gamify their classrooms and increase engagement and retention. We have two different groups of games; individual and group based games. This allows for teachers to do a whole class review or have individualized learning paths for their students. We allow you to assign video games with your content as homework and review practice.

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With our game-based learning platform, we’ve created the most effective way for educators to bring technology into the classroom in order to teach students with personalized lessons tailored just for them! Our goal is simple – help teachers create better learners by using blended play!

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