Gamifying education to "meet students where they are" was a huge mistake.

"I ain't saying you treated me unkind," sang Bob Dylan. "You just kinda wasted my precious time." From X: Figen posts a video of a teacher who brought a PlayStation to class to use Assassin's Creed to teach about the Industrial Revolution . This is a distraction and a waste of time, responds Tom Bennett. It gets students to expect bells and whistles. SoL in the Wild agrees it's "100% terrible." He blames constant messages to teachers to make lessons fun, fun, fun. Learning