Speaker: Rodrigo Borgia, CEO, Gamifica Gamification and learning in a child environment are very close. Actual kids come with games emended in them motherboards. To enhance a learning process with gamification mechanics is a perfect combination. If the subject you are teaching is creating a video game, the alignment is basically perfect. A great experience, a solid knowledge transfer and a very positive attitude is perceived over all parts of the course. This talks will cover this all concepts included in the design of a gamified learning class in a Spanish speaking environment.

3. Teaching games in Argentina
Or
A little story on how to gamifiy a class with low-to-no-budget

4. What is gamification?
Gamification is the use of game thinking and game
mechanics in a non-game context to engage users in solving
problems and increase retention / learning

5. Why Gamification for K-12?
Allows teachers to engage a student in a subject
from a different perspective
Lets students have fun while learning

6. How to gamify a class?
Goalkeeper is field player
Tactics: 1-2-1, 2-0-2, 2-1-1, 3-0-1
Always short distances (no offside)
Best player defends
Play is ground level

7. How to gamify a class? (cont.)
Getting away from the classic Points, Badges and Leaderborads
Or
The science of micro-engagement
Decision
Challenge
Achievement
Reward

8. Ways to gamify a course
Introduction
Course
presentation
On boarding
On going
History of
games
Game creation
Play game /
history
Completion
Certification
Game show

9. Landscape
Program presented in November, approval in March
Cool school, zero financial support
First class, expected 15
Inscription of 50

10. Basic rules
No punch, No kick, No bites
No blood outside the body
No gum in someone’s hair

11. Typical Lesson Outline
History of games – 5 minutes
Game creation – 30 minutes
Play game / history – 5 minutes

12. Technology

13. Examples

14. Are there cultural differences?
At an Argentinean school
without all available technology, yes!
School with Windows 7,
Students with iPhones 5, 6 / Galaxy phones,
playing Minecraft at a Master Level….

15. Lessons learned
Group of students: less than 15, please!
Older mentoring youngers: does not always work
Engagement loop: 10 minutes
Step by step learning, slow increments

16. Lessons learned (cont.)
Some theory, some programming, some play
Pong: how many of them can we find?
3 basic steps: Sprite, Object, Room
Are you tired? Get some sleep

17. Thank you!
Gracias!

18. Play. Learn. Optimize
Rodrigo Borgia
rborgia@gamifica.net
+0054 341 4818539
España 1734 - 2000 – Rosario - Argentina