Gamification

Today we are living in the age of gaming. Many  games are present in front of us as teachers, so we have to search about which one  of these games we want to use or which one is good or best fit with our students. 

• Nearpod can help teachers to make their lessons more interactive. In this game many themes are available , and you can choose the theme that best fit with your lesson. Such themes can really make the game more attractive and can direct students attention toward the topic. Also this game give you the opportunity to manage your time by limiting  the period given to the students to answer something, and help you to monitor the students performance, by which you can easily detect who is answering and who is not. You can use this game in different ways, for example you can use it at the beginning of the lesson to review something, or you can use it at the end of the lesson to check for understanding. This game is useful due to many aspects. One of the aspects that I like the most is the ability of the teacher to pause the game at any time to check or discuss something with the students.  I like the way how students can choose their characters, this really something nice and can motivate them
• Genially, in this game many templates are available, one of the most interesting templates that you can use is the escape room. This template can really motivate the students and encourage their critical thinking, by which they will try to work hard and think in logical way to be able to find the answer and move out of the room. In fact this game is really useful and it can add the sense of fun and joy to the class, it can increase the productivity of the students and let them be intrinsically motivated to learn. 
• Jeopardy, in this game you can include several questions, by which you can categorize them in the way you want. This game can challenge the students to answer in specific categories. Its useful, especially if you let the students play in groups, this can generate the competition in your class. Moreover this game is very simple and easy to use by teachers as it is a simple question and answer activity. 
•  Another games that we can use: Bingo, world wall, Kahoot and puzzles. Such games can help us a lot in our teaching process; help us in planning, implementing and evaluating student's. moreover they make learning more effective and engaging.