Gamedesk - Gamification in education - Manu Melwin Joy

GameDesk is a non-profit that has worked with AT&T to revolutionize education nationwide. They focused on gamifying education by conceiving of, designing, and producing video games that incorporate academics. 

1. GameDesk Gamification in Education

2. Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy Assistant Professor SCMS School of Technology and Management Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – [email protected] Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.

3. GameDesk GameDesk is a non-profit that has worked with AT&T to revolutionize education nationwide.

4. GameDesk They focused on gamifying education by conceiving of, designing, and producing video games that incorporate academics. 

5. GameDesk The project was aimed mostly toward at-risk high school students, who showed great advances in their educational skills by using their games. 

6. GameDesk According to a recent evaluation, 80% of students using MathMaker showed increases in math scores.

7. GameDesk The scores increased an average of 22% from the start to the end of the program--this at a school where less than two-thirds of students overall were graduating.