I don't know what Gamification is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

Rise and shine everyone! I've seen my colleagues' blog posts on Gamification and I can't stop wondering... Did you all know what it was beforehand??? I'm under the impression that you did, and therefore the tiredness of it. However, this was the first year I ever came across that term and I am already tired of hearing it! I'm sorry, I can't imagine your pain. Anyway, this would be a great moment to talk about how this master is very much relying on previous knowledge that not everyone might have, but let's keep this a positive space.

The thought of chocolate-covered broccoli still haunts me to this day. Not because of its distressing flavour (I imagine) but because it's a teaching pattern that is widely extended. Working by rewards might get the job done, but at some point, you will run out of chocolate, won't you? Although at first I was a little dubious about our teacher's claims on how we should engage our students from the core instead of superficially (not because I disagreed, but because I thought it to be utopic) I must say that it really is the only way of teaching efficiently. The thing is, to achieve that, teachers have to invest most if not all of their time creating new content, which, as we ALL know, is mentally exhausting. Therefore, I believe that projects like GamificaTuAula are not only helpful but crucial to building a parallel society where teachers help teachers. By the way, have you heard about Teachers Pay Teachers? It's a similar idea but this one requires economic expenditure. I am more drawn towards the first project for that same reason, if everybody collaborates and shares their work for free, the social network will become almost infinite, and we will live happily ever after. Yes, this is a little too utopian for now, but we as future teachers can engage in this type of mutual support groups that eventually benefit all of us. Including our students.

The conclusion is always the same, right? Helping each other is the key to growing as a society and making better decisions, just as we saw a couple of weeks ago with the desert experiment in class. However, it is easier said than done, and giving the first step is always scary. Nevertheless, I encourage you to be altruistic, if you believe in karma you know it will get back to you one way or another!