Last week I was at the amazing Learning 2.012 conference in Beijing, China. I attending Adrian Camm’s extended session on gaming. His knowledge is wide and deep so the session taught me much. I especially appreciate the resources he shared, including 3DGameLab. Trying to figure out how to get started there lead me to the 3D Gamelab Guild Site and its newsletter. That lead me to an online book club that has me psyched.
The Level Up BC book club focuses on reading books about gaming and gamification!! I finally have a group of people who are reading the books I am reading and trying to create their own games in an educational setting. Right now we are reading The Gamification of Learning and Instruction by Karl M. Kapp. I already had this book and was reading it on my own so this book club is a real find. At the moment we are tweeting powerful quotes from the book. You can find them with the hashtag #levelupbc. We also have side challenges that allow us to level up.
Another component of this group is a wiki on which people share the games and gamification they are trying. I am getting good ideas from reading other members’ posts on the wiki. Seeing their plans spurred me to take a few more steps on my own. I’ll post more regarding that soon.