I feel like the gamification of education is a double edged sword. It can get rather cheesy and I imagine it would turn some kids off to learning, as I was from

I feel like the gamification of education is a double edged sword. It can get rather cheesy and I imagine it would turn some kids off to learning, as I was from some of the videos / workbooks / whatever I was exposed to in middle school. I'd be interested in how effective these approaches are. My faith is in Khan Academy though, amazing work they're doing.