My Badges - My Experience with Gamification in the Classroom 
Gamification is when learning is facilitated using a game context. In my tech class we completed weekly activities and earned badges. I think the concept of gamification is very interesting and makes sense using the concept of video game to enhance students' learning. I think children in the primary and junior grades would really enjoy this.
In my experience, I learned a lot about the process of gamification. It was motivating to earn a badge each time I completed my weekly task, however, after 5 or 6 weeks the tasks became less meaningful and more of just a task rather than a game. This is just my experience with one form of gamification, I would be open to trying it out in a classroom with my students but in my experience it was not any more motivating than other work that I have done.
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