Gamify Your Classroom

Matthew Farber does something rare in education publishing: he synthesizes the research, interviews the actual experts — Gee, Jenkins, Salen, Squire — and still keeps one foot in real classroom practice rather than pure theory. Reviewers called it a clear-headed antidote to game-based-learning hype, which is exactly what the field needed in 2014 and still needs. The 2014 technology references will feel dated, but the pedagogical framework underneath them holds up well.