The Gamification of Learning: A Recipe for Disaster? As schools increasingly incorporate ed tech games into their curriculum, parents are starting to scrutinize what's happening behind the screens.
My own son's math homework turned out to be Prodigy, a site that gamifies learning by promising fun and engagement.
In reality, he spent less than 30 seconds answering math questions before switching to cartoon monster battles and advertising videos. The rapid adoption of ed tech games in classrooms is alarming.