Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Gamification: putting the fun into learning | AfricaEducation [Blogs]

Gamification: putting the fun into learning  | AfricaEducation [Blogs] | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Gamification may sound to some like educational games, because it uses gaming techniques to help to teach students new concepts. If one can connect with people effectively through games, can this make learning easier?

Anita Vance's curator insight, June 23, 2014 9:17 AM

The understanding of gaming techniques as applied to learning can open the doors and minds of our learners - worth a try...

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Two Excellent Tools to Create Educational Games for your Class | Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Two Excellent Tools to Create Educational Games for your Class | Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

What if you want to take your gaming experience to the next level ? What if you are  no longer content with the educational games you have already bookmarked and decided to create your own? Well now and thanks to web 2.0 tools everything is possible. There are several platforms that provide simple and easy to use tools to create your own games. Using such tools you will be able to design the games that best suit your teaching objectives. I am sharing with you two of the most popular game creating tools and I invite you to try them out with your students. I am pretty sure you will love them.

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