Week 16 - Final Blog Entry
Course Takeaways The first takeaway is that I have some creativity in me! I personally struggle to feel confident in my design ability; whether it's in the literal artistic drawings, or just lesson design, but through the completion of the assignments within this course and my interactions with my classmates, I feel more confident that I have something unique to offer other educators and students! Second, resources are out there. Through play testing and general reflection on the multiple of example games we played, I realized there is more free and engaging resources that are available to us educators then we could even imagine! I also learned that the best way to keep up to date on these resources is to collaborate with equally passionate educators. Finally, gamification is attainable. It's a lot of hard work but it is worth it. The process of designing, testing, and implementing games is time-intensive but I personally think it's the best way to engage students, especial...
