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From the classroom: ‘Gamification’ keeps learning fun, fresh
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Emily Dixon, a fifth-grade teacher at McAllister Elementary, guides her students through a prehistoric jungle -- just one of the many ways she has brought “gamification” into her classroom. Photo provided.
Our world is constantly changing, adapting to the times, but is education following suit? Education has changed superficially, but not necessarily at the core. When I relocated to Georgia, I was hired as a fifth-grade teacher after only teaching in a pre-K classroom. Life was throwing me a curveball in more ways than one. It wasn’t just the content that overwhelmed me.
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