Gamification

Name one of the first, most exemplary computer based learning games.

• Dungeons and Dragons

• SimCity

• Oregon Trail

• MinecraftEDU

How are kids motivated by games?

• Students are active, manipulating objects and variables.

• Students have control over their actions.

• Students are engaged in experiential learning.

• All of the above.

Learning during gaming transfers to knowledge in real life.

• True

• False.

Game based learning allows for low risk mistakes to be made.

• True

• False

What are four types of positive benefit that game play provides?

Is it more beneficial for cognitive development to include or exclude digital learning games?

Six out of ten children in the United States play video games.

• True

• False

What chemical in the brain is stimulated by playing video games?

• Adrenaline

• Serotonin

• Dopamine

• Cortisone

What is a simulation?

Game based environments promote

• Creativity

• Collaboration

• Problem solving

• All of the above