TCEA 2017 SESSION TAKE-AWAY
THE BOARDROOM
and other cool ideas
Ideas designed to gamify the technology
applications classroom Created by Dr. Harrison McCoy, Arlington Collegiate High School, @drharrisonmccoy
Sample the Boardroom at
ciaboardroom.weebly.com
The Boardroom is a simulation
game designed to reinforce the
content learned in Computer
Information Applications, a
computer literacy course at
Arlington Collegiate High School in
Arlington, Texas.
Students will play the game by
forming a team made up four
players. All team members must be from the the same class period.
With approval of the teacher, a team
may choose to have either 3 or 5
members based on the enrollment of
the class. (For example, if there are
21 class members, there would be
one team with 5 members.) While
team members may have different
roles, all team members are
considered equal.
Why gamify a classroom?
$1, 707
BILLION
4 OUT
OF 10
According to
www.elearningindustry.com, The market growth of
gamification is expected to
reach the $1,707 billion in
2015 and the 5,500 billion in
2018.
More than 50% of corporate
processes will be gamified. In
addition, gamification will be the
primary mechanism that 40% of
the Global 1000 organizations
will employ to improve their
business operations.
GAMIFICATION PREPARES
STUDENTS FOR THE WAY THE
WORLD DOES BUSINESS
89%
89% of those surveyed stated
that a point system would
boost their engagement. 62%
62% stated that they would be
motivated to learn if
leaderboards were involved
and they had the opportunity to
compete with other colleagues
What are some other
ways to gamify a classroom?
Escape
Games
Design
Team
Contests
Vocab
Tourneys
Creative Competitions
Team
Building
Games
in 2014, 52 percent of the
gaming community was
composed of females.
Thirty­eight percent of
players are women over
the age of 18, compared to
17 percent boys under the
age of 18.
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