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I think we should gamify education. Give the students a challenge who will complete the difficult electronics theory exam the quickest and you will see them mak

by js8 4y ago

I think we should gamify education. Give the students a challenge who will complete the difficult electronics theory exam the quickest and you will see them making an effort. In general, I would split the current volume of basic education into smaller subjects (with many optionals) and finer levels, and have students to make a choice how fast they want to complete them (as long as they would work towards one of these goals).

number6 4y ago
Not necessarily gamify but make it fun. I recommend 'Code' by Petzold. This book explains how computers work and has some methoids how to add numbers or build an adder yourself and it is super fun to read.
- marginalia_nu 4y ago
  How then will these kids have any sort of ability to do things that are not fun? That's a fairly essential life skill.
  - number6 4y ago
    There is still PE for this. /s OK, really, do you want to be stuck with boring and bad textbooks and teachers to drive home the lesson, that some things are just not fun and have to be done anyways? This can and will be done at home: brushing teeth, bathing, put on clothes, bring out the trash, wash dishes. I have a whole bag of not fun things for my kids to do, that are not fun but have to be done anyways. Turst me, they don't need it in school too. Let learning be fun.
lewdev 4y ago
I recall a teacher creating an RPG-like learning system that tracks numbers that help them "level up" by "gaining xp" through activities that help in their weak areas. Sorry to be lazy to not look it up, but I thought it was an interesting take on gamifying learning.
- jdesmond 4y ago
  My HS CS class in 2014 was like this. It was wonderful because it took away the incarceration feeling of normal public school. If I did the work faster than everyone else correctly, I could go and do what I wanted in the school, which motivated other students to finish and motivated me to finish first. I wish other classes were like that. The only thing close in college was profs who would let you test out of classes, and work on a self study project for the class, I loved that.
  - lights0123 4y ago
    My college offers a similar program, and I've heard good things about it from other students who have taken courses with it. https://gradecraft.com/ https://gradecraft.com/

by js8 4y ago

number6 4y ago

Not necessarily gamify but make it fun. I recommend 'Code' by Petzold. This book explains how computers work and has some methoids how to add numbers or build an adder yourself and it is super fun to read.

marginalia_nu 4y ago
How then will these kids have any sort of ability to do things that are not fun? That's a fairly essential life skill.
- number6 4y ago
  There is still PE for this. /s OK, really, do you want to be stuck with boring and bad textbooks and teachers to drive home the lesson, that some things are just not fun and have to be done anyways? This can and will be done at home: brushing teeth, bathing, put on clothes, bring out the trash, wash dishes. I have a whole bag of not fun things for my kids to do, that are not fun but have to be done anyways. Turst me, they don't need it in school too. Let learning be fun.

lewdev 4y ago

I recall a teacher creating an RPG-like learning system that tracks numbers that help them "level up" by "gaining xp" through activities that help in their weak areas. Sorry to be lazy to not look it up, but I thought it was an interesting take on gamifying learning.

jdesmond 4y ago
My HS CS class in 2014 was like this. It was wonderful because it took away the incarceration feeling of normal public school. If I did the work faster than everyone else correctly, I could go and do what I wanted in the school, which motivated other students to finish and motivated me to finish first. I wish other classes were like that. The only thing close in college was profs who would let you test out of classes, and work on a self study project for the class, I loved that.
- lights0123 4y ago
  My college offers a similar program, and I've heard good things about it from other students who have taken courses with it. https://gradecraft.com/ https://gradecraft.com/