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Playing the Ayiti game and getting horribly sucked in, I thought about the relative effectiveness of theme and concept, and in what situations would gamification be more useful.  I have the feeling that not every subject lends itself to gamification, and wonder if it is possible to draw the line somehow.

Digital Game-Based Learning now has the research behind the ideas and how we need to incorporate more gaming as learning in our classrooms, K-20.

I made a little slide show of my thoughts on the readings for this week.

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Designing equity-creating technologies from within equity-denying contexts requires a constellation of sideways moves—including the acknowledgement that educationly and socially impactful learning innovations are more than technological solutions employing best practices aligned with measurable curricular objectives.

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