For my final project in the games studies class, I am going to be writing a paper. I'm excited for this because although I am writing a thesis on gamification of the classroom, I don't get to explore the application of it as much as I would like. Once I started my thesis, I got locked in to an idea, and this project is giving me an opportunity to explore and be creative. Just like we talked about with games, this writing is unleashing things I was not expecting. The act of creation, whether it is in a game, or in a paper, allows for growth and introspection. In a way, I feel connected to my work like Anna Anthropy does. The work speaks to a part of me that has been forced to be silent for a long time.
In this paper, I am taking a hard look at what is wrong with classrooms, and how a classroom styled as a game might change how students behave and perform. I already have a syllabus mapped out, and am working on how it actually might be applied in a classroom!
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