GAMIFICATION

Simply stated, “gamification” is the process of taking the most motivational elements from games and applying those same design principles to non-game settings. For teachers, these simple tweaks can help us create classrooms that are more engaging, accessible, and student-centered. Whether you’re brand new to gamification or looking to take your game to a whole new level, this is your one stop shop for item cards, boss battles, and fully themed adventures. Transform any lesson into an epic adventure your students will never forget.

GAMIFICATION COLLECTIONS:

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Boss Battles

Put yourself in the shoes of your average grade schooler, and try to imagine which of these options sounds more appealing: “End of Unit Benchmark Exam 3.4.1” or an “Epic Showdown with a Larger Than Life Bad Guy?!” This collection will help you transform the mundane to the extraordinary.

Items & Power-Ups

Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh — you name it! For three decades and counting, kids around the world have been collecting these colorful cards to build the perfect deck and harness the unique powers of the many items that they contain. This collection helps you put the power of item cards in your classroom.

Legendary Leaderboards

Legendary Leaderboards are your ultimate resource for themed classroom competitions. From the mystical Realm of Renown to the spooky scoreboard in the world of Ghostly Greats, each leaderboard is designed to engage and inspire students. Track progress, celebrate achievements, and create unforgettable learning adventures!

Lesson Plan Layouts

Make quick work of your next lesson plan with more than a dozen different highly themed and fully editable slideshow layouts. Pop and swap embedded timers with a simple click of your mouse, and add all sorts of agenda items to an embedded countdown ticker to help keep your classes on track and moving in the right direction.

Micro Printable Task Cards

Good news! Any EMC² Learning activity can be elevated with clear, content-specific micro-tasks instead of open-ended prompts alone. Download one of these templates, plug in targeted tasks tied to your standards, and watch students level up to generate richer details, clearer thinking, and more meaningful evidence of learning.

NPC Cutscenes

What happens when you cross a clever Google Slides hack with the click-and-drag customization of old school video games? Since the heyday of the Atari, Non Player Characters (NPC’s) have done all sorts of heavy lifting to help bring players deeper into all sorts of adventures. And now it’s your slideshow’s turn to do the same!

Print and Play Leader Badges

Unlock the magic of classroom recognition with Leader Badges! These print-and-play badges are fully editable and pre-sized to fit into trading card sleeves. Get in the game and give your students the power to collect and showcase their achievements all year long.

Side Quests

Drawing inspiration from the choose-your-own-adventure style gameplay of some of our favorite video games, the Side Quests collection reimagines traditional “extra credit” assignments to give teachers dozens of ideas for bite-sized tasks that can quickly be added to any course for optional student enrichment.

Story Powered Syllabi

Unleash the power of the Story Powered Syllabi resource lineup and transform your classroom into an adventure! This fully editable collection of pre-made syllabus templates gives teachers the power supercharge any traditional syllabus with the infusion of a ready-made theme of their choice. Turn your classroom into a yearlong adventure!

Theme Packs

Swashbuckling pirates. Epic kingdoms and castles. Ancient raiders of forgotten tombs. And out-of-this-world stories of adventures that could only exist in a galaxy far, far, away. Browse the Theme Packs collection to search for all kinds of fully editable resources pre-sorted by one of nine action-packed themes.

Wonder Websites

Bring your classroom to life Wonder Websites! — fully editable Google Slides decks that transform course materials into immersive, theme-based digital hubs. With built-in navigation, no coding required, and vibrant visuals throughout, these templates make it easy to organize, personalize, and share everything your students need in one place.

EVEN MORE RESOURCES:

Looking to level up your instructional approach and try gamifying on a much larger scale? These resources take a bit longer, but their impact is massive!

Civolution

Step into Civolution. Part Civilization, part Sim City, this epic resource is a gamified “second skin” for your classroom. Rival dynasties rise, tech trees unfold, and achievements await—perfect for teachers ready to push their gamification experience to the next level.

Horizontal Badge Builder Express Template

This is a tool to help you start making badges for your class game. These are built to be about business card size. These are great way to quickly get paper badges made and into the hands of your students.

Gamification Control Tower

Bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before. If you’re looking to make the leap into a fully gamified classroom, the Gamification Control Tower is your all new one stop shop for keeping your year running smoothly with a single spreadsheet. Fire it up and take flight!

Sidequest Collection System

Side Quests take self-paced learning to a whole new level of play, and can make for a powerful addition to any classroom whether you’re running a fully gamified yearlong course or not. This handy spreadsheet will help you keep track of every submission in a single spot.

Sound Board 1: Space & Alarms

Sometimes, it’s actually all of the bells and whistles that really do help a traditional activity come to life in a way that our students will never forget. This interactive teacher Sound Board gives you the power to transform your desktop computer into a command center.
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