Zichermann's 6 Rules of Gamification

The first rule is to Understand the Win. Which of the following would be a win for a K-12 classroom?

• Increased student engagement

• Increased student motivation

• Decreased undesirable behaviors

• All of these

Rule #2 is to unpack the player's intrinsic motivation and progress towards mastery. This means to focus on the students' ...

• favorite color and pet

• name and country of origin

• needs and interests

• grades and test scores

The third rule is to design for the emotional human, not the rational human. This is backed by the fact that people tend to act impulsively rather than logically. Which of the following is a way to focus on an emotional human response?

• Designing a game around puppies, everyone loves puppies.

• Asking students to pick partners that they like working with

• Using student reading levels to assign books

• Making the "Next" button large and green and the "Back" button smaller and red.

The fourth rule is to develop scalable, meaningful intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. We've been discussing these a lot lately. List 3-5 rewards and state if they are intrinsic or extrinsic.

Rule #5 is to use a leading platform vendor. The two platforms for gamification in the classroom that we've discussed are...

Rule #6 is to make it fun! Draw or find an image to show how you like to have fun!