Serious Gaming
In elementary music we play games all the time. These games are not online, but games we play while singing a song we learned and we move around the room to keep students active while we learn. My students are use to playing games in class, so I think incorporating online games would be an easy switch to make. Gamification is a term that I am hearing more often. Teachers are trying to use more games in their classroom to help motivate students. The article Gamification: Using game like elements to redesign our classrooms says gamification does not have to mean playing online games in the classroom, but it is "changing the atmosphere of the classroom to make it more game-like." Having a game-like atmosphere in the classroom can help students to become more motivated and can promote persistence, collaboration, and creativity. Using games in the classroom and creating a game-like atmosphere can have a great effect on students. A survey I found interesting was done in 2013 b...