Incorporating game elements into lessons helps students feel more motivated and excited to participate. As a fourth-grade teacher, I’ve seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into ...

Social engagement: Playing an analog game typically brings students together. Initial student interactions are functional: ...

One might consider golf a silly sport. In simple terms, golfers get up early to hit tiny balls with big-headed sticks, then chase them long distances only to hit them again. They don’t develop speed, ...

Jennifer Zaino is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in business and technology journalism. Her work appears in publications including The Semantic Web Blog, RFID Journal, Smart Enterprise ...

Every educator hopes to instill a lifelong love of learning within their students. We strive to make each lesson engaging, while igniting a sense of curiosity, wonder, and discovery in every child.

Gamification is catching on in the learning marketplace, and for good reason. The concept helps embed learning more deeply and quickly. Using the same techniques game designers have long adopted to ...

Gamification is often viewed as a magic pill that makes people more motivated, engaged, and able to retain the information they are learning. The concept has exploded in popularity over the past ...

The following article was posted on the Knowledge@Wharton website on February 11, 2014. In 2011, a game called Foldit caused a sensation by solving a decades-old scientific mystery in just three weeks ...