Category Archives: Education

World Food Programme – Gaming For Good

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I have been meaning to write about the United Nations World Food Programme and their amazing work for sometime. WFPs Free Rice website is a wonderfully simple concept, in essence it provides a range of “games” mainly in the form … Continue reading →

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Formative Labs Using Gamification To Make The World a Better Place

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

San Francisco based start-up Formative Labs were set up in 2010 to solve problems and change consumer behaviours with regard to energy conservation. Their new social sustainability program Double Impact is a gamified platform which enables brands to encourage greener … Continue reading →

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Gabe Zichermann at TEDxKids@Brussels

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Gabe Zichermann gave an excellent short presentation at TEDxKids@Brussels on June 1st introducing the concept of, and his theories for some of the science behind gamification.   TEDxKids@Brussels took 48 kids, all of them born in 2000, and turned them … Continue reading →

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PBS Kids – Transmedia and Gamification Enhanced Edutainment

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

PBS Kids The Electric Company is a TV show, an online destination and a community outreach experience that offers 6-9 year old children a hip portal into the world of literacy. Each episode ends  with a call-out for the website … Continue reading →

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Gamified Independent Learning

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Audrey Watters takes a look at the effect of gamification on independent learning for the MindShift website in a recent post. Audrey writes about the social learning network OpenStudy, a recipient of one of the Gates Foundation’s recent Next Generation … Continue reading →

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