Classcraft

Kommentare: The engagement of my pupils with Classcraft has been a hit for a number of years now. My principal, fellow teachers and parents have all commented on how "into it" the pupils are. It's a teacher's best friend.

Vorteile: I like so many features of this product that it's difficult to pick out just a few. Mostly, it is the fact that my pupils have never failed to be hooked by the gamification aspect of Classcraft. Even the most unmotivated students get a glint in their eye and end up modifying their behaviours thanks to Classcraft. The ability to edit and use your own positive and negative behaviours is great. The random student picker - Wheel of Destiny - is great. Random fun events (also editable) is a winner with the pupils. Parent participation is welcomed. It's cool graphics and avatars make this a hit with grade 6 and up as many other types of behaviour games seem to babyish.

Nachteile: I am currently using the Free version and would love to upgrade to the full version as it has so many amazing features. Unfortunately, accessing the full version outside of the US makes the monthly fee just too expensive for countries like mine with a high US dollar exchange rate.

Kommentare: In the foundation in which I work one of my assignments is to give workshops on technologies and technological tools, it is for them that you always have to find a way to innovate then in conversations with a friend about communication and information technologies. theme of the gamification and from that moment I dedicate myself to see its potential and among that search I managed to find this platform which gave me a great experience both at the time of improving my workshops as well as the attention I give to the people They carry out these workshops.

Vorteile: This is what education needed since the traditional methods are already out of the attraction of the students that is why the fact that the students can get into a character in which they feel more comfortable than in the traditional classes can achieve a better attractive to them, as well as the possibility that they can play at any time they have free is an incredible potential

Nachteile: One of the great controversies with the digital world and the new era of teaching like Elearning is that students are immersed in this world and lose contact with other people but in this platform participation can be stimulated through the different means of communication, as well as that we can be aware of what the students are looking for by having a better monitoring of the other weaknesses is for them that I think that this platform is a structure of which I like everything.

Kommentare: I liked using it for a while, as my classes didn't really give me lots of time in order to implement it into my lesson plan. Also, I used it with young adults and even though they liked the idea, it would have taken more effort to make them feel like it was something new and innovative. Also, having phones out in the environment I used the software was a no go, even if it was for academical purposes.

Vorteile: - Students become motivated as it is a game
- Ability to divide students by groups, send messages and have different activities customized for your classroom

Nachteile: - The payments options being only in USD can hit pretty hard if you don't live in the USA.
- It takes some time to get used to all the features the site provides.
- If some students don't have phones you need to do everything manually for them, and that can take some time away from your teaching.

Kommentare: Classcraft is a great way to engage your teen and tween students with being nore responsible for their learning.

Vorteile: That students can earn items to upgrade their character. It makes the Gamification more personalized.

Nachteile: That it was a little complex for my younger audience. I wish it had a little more kid friendly version.

Vorteile: I was looking for a new way to run my classroom and settled on gamification. Minecraft was all the rage, so a quick internet search led me to Classcraft. It seemed like a natural choice, so I decided to set up an account and do some testing. Already in my last unit of the year, I picked a few students to use who I knew would be more than happy to give feedback. I liked that it made things very interactive, that you could start the class with events, and use that as a warm-up activity, and that quizzes were like battles. It seemed like it would really speak to my 6th graders. The software was slick, and a great idea. Finally, the cost for the full version of the product is very reasonable.

Nachteile: While I thought that Classcraft would be just what I was looking for, the free version did not allow me to see the capabilities of the system. I was able to build an infrastructure, but could not set up events, or quests. Even though I was able to setup the students, some students who confirmed their "account" in the class, did not show in the class, and since I was not a paying user, customer support was not very helpful, mostly recommending that I upgrade to a paid account, because then they can assist with setup. I was also unable to get it to integrate well with my Google Drive setup (almost) required by the institution at the time. These things made it very difficult for me to test out the software to petition my department for the funds to upgrade which I would have done, had I been confident that I was going to utilize it enough to justify the money, which was reasonable for the full version product.